World Series of Poker 1987

The 1987 World Series of Poker was the 18th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from May 1st to 17th, 1987 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 A-5 Draw Lowball	May 1, 1987	216	Bob Addison		086,400
2	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Rebuy)	May 2, 1987	037	Billy Baxter		153,000
3	0.1000	Limit Omaha	May 3, 1987	180	TJ Cloutier		072,000
4th	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 4th 1987	071	Artie Cobb		142,000
5	0.1000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 5th 1987	259	Jim Craig		103,600
6th	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)	May 6, 1987	091	Hal Kant		174,000
7th	0.1500	Limit Hold'em	May 7, 1987	342	Ralph Morton		189,000
8th	0.1000	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 8, 1987	233	Joe Petro		093,200
9	0.1000	Limit razz	May 9, 1987	163	Carl Rouss		065,200
10	00.500	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 10, 1987	084	Linda Ryke printer		016,800
11	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	May 11, 1987	313	Hilbert Shirey		171,600
12	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 12, 1987	152	Johnny Chan		625,000

Main Event

Johnny Chan (2008)

→ Main article : 1987 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 17, 1987. In the final hand, Chan won with A ♠ 9 ♣ against Henderson with 4 ♦ 4 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Johnny Chan	625,000
2		Frank Henderson	250,000
3		Bob Ciaffone	125,000
4th		James Spain	068,750
5		Howard Lederer	056,250
6th		Dan Harrington	043,750

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1987 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1987 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1987 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).