1988 World Series of Poker

The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.


Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$1,500 Limit Hold'em Val Carpenter $223,800 Jack Keller
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Russ Gibe $181,800 Hans "Tuna" Lund
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Gilbert Gross $181,000 Hugh Todd
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Thor Hansen $158,000 David Heyden
$1,000 Limit Omaha David Helms $91,200 Don Williams
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Lance Hilt $123,600 Joe Petro
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Loretta Huber $17,000 Ester Rossi
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Merrill Hunt $130,200 Johnny Moss
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Seymour Leibowitz $157,500 David "Chip" Reese
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Johnny Moss $116,400 Richard Chase
$1,000 Seven Card Razz Don Williams $76,800 Art Youngblood

Main Event

There were 167 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.From Wikipedia

Final table

1st Johnny Chan $700,000
2nd Erik Seidel $280,000
3rd Ron Graham $140,000
4th Humberto Brenes $83,050
5th T. J. Cloutier $63,000
6th Jim Bechtel $49,000
9th Jesse Alto $21,000