World Series of Poker 1988

The 1988 World Series of Poker was the 19th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from May 5th to 21st, 1988 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	0.1500	Limit Hold'em	May 5, 1988	400	Val Carpenter		223,800
2	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	May 6, 1988	330	Russell Gibe		181,800
3	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)	May 7, 1988	111	Gilbert Gross		181,000
4th	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 8, 1988	079	Thor Hansen		158,000
5	0.1000	Limit Omaha	May 9, 1988	228	David Helms		091,200
6th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 10, 1988	206	Lance Hilt		123,600
7th	00.500	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 11, 1988	085	Loretta Huber		017,000
8th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 12, 1988	217	Merrill Hunt		130,200
9	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Rebuy)	May 13, 1988	038	Seymour Leibowitz		157,500
10	0.1500	Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 14, 1988	194	Johnny Moss		116,400
11	0.1000	Limit razz	May 15, 1988	192	Don Williams		076,800
12	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 16, 1988	167	Johnny Chan		700,000

Main Event

Johnny Chan (2008)

→ Main article : 1988 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 21, 1988. In the final hand, Chan won with J ♣ 9 ♣ against Seidel with Q ♣ 7 ♥ . The scene can be seen in the film Rounders by John Dahl .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Johnny Chan	700,000
2		Erik Seidel	280,000
3		Ron Graham	140,000
4th		Humberto Brenes	077,000
5		TJ Cloutier	063,000
6th		Jim Bechtel	049,000

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1988 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1988 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1988 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 4, 2016 (English).