World Series of Poker 1989

The 1989 World Series of Poker was the 20th edition of the World Poker Championship and took place from May 1st to 19th, 1989 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 Omaha	May 1, 1989	181	Lyle Berman		108,600
2	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	May 2, 1989	180	Blacky Blackburn		108,000
3	0.1000	Limit Hold'em	May 3, 1989	449	George Allen Shaw		179,600
4th	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)	May 4th 1989	099	Frank Henderson		184,000
5	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 5th 1989	077	Don Holt		154,000
6th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 6, 1989	218	Mel Judah		130,800
7th	0.2000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 7, 1989	305	Norman Keyser		244,000
8th	0.1500	Limit razz	May 8, 1989	159	John Laudon		095,400
9	0.1500	Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 9, 1989	199	Harry Madoff		119,400
10	00.500	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 10, 1989	093	Alma McClelland		018,600
11	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 11, 1989	174	Mike Sexton		104,400
12	0.2000	Limit Hold'em	May 12, 1989	265	Thomas Chung		212,000
13	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Rebuy)	May 13, 1989	034	Bob Stupak		139,500
14th	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 14, 1989	178	Phil Hellmuth		755,000

Main Event

Phil Hellmuth (2008)

→ Main article : 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 19, 1989. In the final hand, Hellmuth won with 9 ♠ 9 ♣ against Chan with A ♠ 7 ♠ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Phil Hellmuth	755,000
2		Johnny Chan	302,000
3		Don Zewin	151,000
4th		Steve Lott	083,050
5		Lyle Berman	067,950
6th		Noel Furlong	052,850

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1989 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1989 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1989 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 4, 2016 (English).