1980 World Series of Poker
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Preliminary events
| Event | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 Seven Card Stud Split | Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman Mickey L. Appleman is an American professional poker player, sports bettor, and sports handicapper now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey... |
$30,800 | Bob Buckler |
| $1,000 No Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing... Hold'em |
Robert Bone | $69,000 | David Baxter David Baxter (poker player) David Baxter was an American poker player from Corpus Christi, Texas, who won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker.-Poker:Baxter first cashed in the WSOP in 1980 in a no limit hold'em event. He won his first bracelet in 1983 in the $1,500 no limit hold'em event, winning $145,500... |
| $2,000 Draw Draw (poker) A poker player is drawing if they have a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand. For example, in seven-card stud, if four of a player's first five cards are all spades, but the hand is otherwise weak, they are drawing to... High |
Pat Callihan | $15,600 | Irv Warsaw |
| $400 Ladies' Seven Card Stud | Deby Callihan Deby Callihan Deby Callihan was a World Series of Poker champion in the 1980 $400 Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud.As of 2008, her total WSOP tournament winnings exceed $14,880.-World Series of Poker bracelets:-References:... |
$14,880 | Linda Davis |
| $5,000 Seven Card Stud | Pete Christ | $90,000 | Stu Ungar Stu Ungar Stuart Errol "Stu" Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin rummy player of all time.... |
| $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw | Sarge Ferris Sarge Ferris Fred Bernard "Sarge" Ferris was an American professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in deuce-to-seven draw.Ferris won his bracelet at the 1980 World Series of Poker, winning $150,000... |
$150,000 | Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an 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 books on poker.Brunson is the first player to... |
| $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | Gene Fisher Gene Fisher Gene Fisher is an American poker player from El Paso, Texas.Fisher won two World Series of Poker bracelets in 1980 and 1993, winning the same amount in both events. He has also cashed in various other poker tournaments.... |
$113,400 | Louis Hunsucker |
| $1,000 Ace to Five Draw | Jim Fugatti | $35,600 | Johnny Hale |
| $600 Mixed Doubles | A. J. Myers & Lynn Harvey | $7,380 | Unknown |
| $500 Seven Card Stud | Bobby Schwing | $52,800 | Don Holt Don Holt (poker player) Don Holt is an American poker player. He has won a World Series of Poker bracelet and has cashed in various events at the WSOP including the Main Event.... |
| $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 possible five-card hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against the player for low, and the ace usually plays low... |
Lakewood Louie Lakewood Louie "Lakewood" Louie is an American poker player best known for his success at the World Series of Poker in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Louie started playing in tournaments at the World Series of Poker in the 1970s... |
$33,600 | Joe Macchiaverna |
Main Event
There were 73 entrants to the main event, with each paying an entry fee of $10,000. This would be Ungar's first of three wins.Final table
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stu Ungar Stu Ungar Stuart Errol "Stu" Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin rummy player of all time.... |
$365,000 |
| 2nd | Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an 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 books on poker.Brunson is the first player to... |
$146,000 |
| 3rd | Jay Heimowitz Jay Heimowitz Jay B. Heimowitz is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. Heimowitz was one of the original players to help establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house.... |
$109,500 |
| 4th | Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a gambler and professional poker player. He was the first winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event, at the time a cash game event in which he was awarded the title by the vote of his peers in 1970, He also twice won the current tournament format of the WSOP Main Event in... |
$73,000 |
| 5th | Charles Dunwoody | $36,500 |
| 6th | Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player.He was born in Brooklyn, New York... |
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