1989 World Series of Poker

The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1989 Main Event was won by 24 year old Phil Hellmuth, defeating defending champion Johnny Chan, and also breaking the record for the youngest player to win the WSOP Main Event (a record previously set by Stu Unger in 1980). Had Johnny Chan won, he would have tied Johnny Moss's record of 3 consecutive Main Event wins. This year also marked the first year in which Johnny Moss did not finish any WSOP tournaments inside the payout positions.From Wikipedia

Preliminary events


Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$1,000 Limit Hold'em George Allen Shaw $179,600 Lee Southard
$1,500 Seven Card Razz John Laudon $95,400 Said Barjesteh
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Mike Sexton $104,400 Sid Herald
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Alma McClelland $18,600 Adrienne Zoia
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Harry Madoff $119,400 Billy Baxter
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Barry Blackburn $108,000 T. J. Cloutier
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Mel Judah $130,800 Jerry Buhr
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Bob Stupak $139,500 Billy Baxter
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Don Holt $154,000 David Sklansky
$1,500 Limit Omaha Lyle Berman $108,600 MacDonal Kempe
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Frank Henderson $184,000 Kevin Redican
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Norman Keyser $244,000 Tommy Grimes
$2,000 Limit Hold'em Thomas Chung $212,000 Carl McKelvey

Main Event

There were 178 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place Name Prize

1st Phil Hellmuth Jr $755,000
2nd Johnny Chan $302,000
3rd Don Zewin $151,000
4th Steve Lott $83,050
5th Lyle Berman $67,950
6th Noel Furlong $52,850