1972 World Series of Poker

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1972 World Series of Poker

The 1972 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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Main Event
There were 8 entrants to the main event.

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Binion's Horseshoe

Preliminary event

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$10,000 Five-Card Stud	Bill Boyd	$20,000	Unknown

Main Event

There were 8 entrants to the main event. Each paid $5,000 to enter the tournament, Benny Binion

Benny Binion

Lester Ben "Benny" Binion was a well known American casino owner and poker enthusiast....
added $5,000 into the prize pool for every player who entered, to gain more publicity from the event and draw bigger crowds into Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe

Doyle Brunson

Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....
actually cashed out his chips for $20,000 when the tournament was down to 3-handed because he felt too ill to play. Amarillo Slim

Amarillo Slim

Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. , known as Amarillo Slim, is a professional gambler, famous for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the main event at the 1972 World Series of Poker....
went on to win the 1972 main event overcoming Puggy Pearson's

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....
2-1 chip lead.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston Amarillo Slim Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. , known as Amarillo Slim, is a professional gambler, famous for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the main event at the 1972 World Series of Poker....	$60,000
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	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	$20,000
4th	Crandall Addington	None
5th	Jack Straus Jack Straus Jack Straus was an American professional poker player.Straus began playing in World Series of Poker events in the early 1970s. Straus finished in fourth place in the 1972 Main Event....	None
6th	Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a long-time gambler and professional poker player....	None
7th	Roger Van Ausdall	None
8th	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....	None