World Series of Poker 1974

The 1974 World Series of Poker was the fifth edition of the World Poker Championship and took place from May 6 to 16, 1974 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

Johnny Moss (1974)

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	10,000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 6, 1974	09	Jimmy Casella		041,225
2	0.1000	Limit razz	May 7th 1974	36	Jimmy Casella		025,000
3	0.5000	Limit Five Card Stud	May 8, 1974	08th	Bill Boyd		040,000
4th	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	May 9, 1974	16	Brian Roberts		035,850
5	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 10, 1974	21st	Thomas Preston		011,100
6th	10,000	No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 11, 1974	16	Johnny Moss		160,000

Main Event

The main tournament was played from May 11-16, 1974. 16 participants paid the buy-in of 10,000 dollars . In the final hand, Moss won with 3 ♥ 3 ♠ against Addington with A ♣ 2 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Johnny Moss	160,000
2		Crandell Addington	-

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 1974  - collection of images

• World Series of Poker 1974 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1974 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database