1973 World Series of Poker

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1973 World Series of Poker

The 1973 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....
. This year marked the first year a single player won more than one preliminary World Series of Poker event.

Main Event
There were 13 entrants to the main event.

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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,000 Seven Card 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....	Sam Angel	$32,000	Unknown
$3,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Draw (poker) A poker player is drawing if he has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand....	Aubrey Day	$16,500	Unknown
$1,000 No 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.... Hold'em	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....	$17,000	Unknown
$4,000 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....	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....	$32,000	Eric Drache Eric Drache Eric Drache is a professional poker player, former cardroom manager and consultant for NBC. A notable seven-card stud player since the early 1970's, Drache is better known for his management contributions to the poker world....
$3,000 Deuce to Seven Draw	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....	$16,500	Unknown
Limit Limit A limit can be:* Limit , including: Limit of a function Limit of a sequence One-sided limit Limit superior and limit inferior** Net ... Ace to Five Draw	Joe Bernstein Joe Bernstein (poker player) Joe Bernstein was a poker player and road gambler known for being a dapper dresser. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1983....	$21,000	Unknown
Five Card Stud	Bill Boyd	$10,000	Unknown

Main Event

There were 13 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	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....	$130,000
2nd	Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a long-time gambler and professional poker player....	None
3rd	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
4th	Bobby Brazil	None
5th	Bob Hooks	None
6th	Brian "Sailor" Roberts Sailor Roberts Brian "Sailor" Roberts was an United States professional poker player.Before becoming a poker professional Roberts was a Glossary of poker terms#rounder and traveled the country looking for games along with other legends such as Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim....	None

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
10th	Bobby Hoff Bobby Hoff *Bobby "The Wizard"* Hoff** is an United States professional poker player, based in Long Beach, California, California....	None
11th	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....	None
12th	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....	None