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	Topics 1971 World Series of Poker Topic Home The 1971 World Series of Poker World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada.... (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe Binion's Horseshoe Binion's Horseshoe, also known as the Horseshoe Casino or simply The Horseshoe, was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada on what is now the Fremont Street Experience.... . >	$10,000	Unknown
Limit Five-Card Stud	Bill Boyd	$10,000	Unknown
Limit Ace to Five Draw Draw poker Draw poker is any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing, or "drawing", cards....	Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a long-time gambler and professional poker player....	$10,000	Unknown

Main Event
There were 6 entrants to the main event.

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The 1971 World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
(WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe, also known as the Horseshoe Casino or simply The Horseshoe, was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada on what is now the Fremont Street Experience....
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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Seven-Card Stud Seven-card stud Seven-card stud is a List of poker variants of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country....	Puggy Pearson Puggy Pearson Walter Clyde Pearson was an United States professional poker player.Pearson grew up in Tennessee in a large family with nine siblings. He got his nickname "Puggy" from a childhood accident that left him with a disfigured nose at the age of 12....	$10,000	Unknown
Limit Razz Razz (poker) Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low . The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt....	Jimmy Casella Jimmy Casella Fiore "Jimmy" Casella was a prominent poker player at the World Series of Poker in the 1970s.In the 1971 World Series of Poker he won the Limit Razz event, but his main poker success came in the 1974 World Series of Poker, where he won the Seven Card Razz and the Seven-Card Stud world championship....	$10,000	Unknown
Limit Five-Card Stud	Bill Boyd	$10,000	Unknown
Limit Ace to Five Draw Draw poker Draw poker is any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing, or "drawing", cards....	Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a long-time gambler and professional poker player....	$10,000	Unknown

Main Event

There were 6 entrants to the main event. Each paid $5,000 to enter the tournament. The game played was No Limit Texas Hold em.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a long-time gambler and professional poker player....	$30,000
2nd	Walter "Puggy" Pearson Puggy Pearson Walter Clyde Pearson was an United States professional poker player.Pearson grew up in Tennessee in a large family with nine siblings. He got his nickname "Puggy" from a childhood accident that left him with a disfigured nose at the age of 12....	None
3rd	Unknown	None
4th	Unknown	None
5th	Unknown	None
6th	Unknown	None