World Series of Poker 1981

The 1981 World Series of Poker was the twelfth edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from May 7th to 24th, 1981 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

The Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner		origin		Prize money (in $)
1	0.1000	Limit Draw High	May 7th 1981	036	Ed Barmach				018,000
2	00.600	Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud	May 8, 1981	052	Frank Cardone	Juanda Matthews			015,600
3	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Non-Pro	May 9, 1981	128	Fred David				096,000
4th	0.1000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 10, 1981	104	Michael Gamerman				052,000
5	00.400	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 11, 1981	088	Ruth Godfrey				017,600
6th	0.1000	Limit razz	May 12, 1981	069	Bruce Hershenson				034,500
7th	0.1000	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 13, 1981	067	Johnny Moss				033,500
8th	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 14, 1981	027	AJ Myers				067,500
9	0.2500	No Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 15, 1981	037	Michael Perry				046,250
10	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 16, 1981	162	Dody Roach				081,000
11	0.1000	Limit A-5 lowball draw	May 17, 1981	088	Glen Rodgers				044,000
12	10,000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	May 18, 1981	019th	Stu Hungarian				095,000
13	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 19, 1981	075	Stu Hungarian				375,000

Main Event

Stu Ungar (1980)

→ Main article : Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1981

The final table was played on May 24, 1981. In the final hand, Ungar won with A ♥ Q ♥ against Green with 10 ♠ 9 ♦ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Stu Hungarian	375,000
2		Perry Green	150,000
3		Gene Fisher	075,000
4th		Ken Smith	037,500
5		Bill Smith	037,500
6th		Jay Heimowitz	030,000

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1981 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1981 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1981 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 19, 2016 (English).