The 1983 World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...

(WSOP) was held May 9th to May 12th, 1983 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 on what is now the Fremont Street Experience. The casino was named for its founder, Benny Binion and had 366 rooms, three restaurants and a rooftop pool.The...

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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$2,500 Ace to Five 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...	David Angel	$46,250	Mike Cox
$1,500 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	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...	$145,500	Richard Klamian
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	Artie Cobb Artie Cobb Artie Cobb is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally from New York, Cobb began playing poker there and moved to Las Vegas in 1976.- Poker career :...	$52,000	David Singer David Singer (poker player) David Singer is an American professional poker player and former attorney.-Law career:Singer is a former environmental lawyer who worked on issues and lawsuits related to cleaning up the Long Island Sound for a non-profit organization.-Poker career:He has been playing poker professionally since...
$800 Mixed Doubles	Jim Doman Jim Doman Jim Doman was an American professional poker player who won two World Series of Poker bracelets.His total live tournament winnings exceeded $800,000.- WSOP Bracelets :-Notes:...  & Donna Doman	$10,000	Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud	Ken Flaton Ken Flaton Ken Flaton was an American professional poker player who was born in New York City, New York and settled in Henderson, Nevada after serving in the US Army....	$62,000	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....
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Carolyn Gardner Carolyn Gardner Carolyn Gardner was a World Series of Poker champion in the 1983 $400 Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud.As of 2008, her total WSOP tournament winnings exceed $61,701.-World Series of Poker bracelets:-References:...	$16,000	Kim Bye
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	Buster Jackson	$124,000	Rick Hamil
$2,500 Match Play	Berry Johnston Berry Johnston Berry Enfield Johnston is an American professional poker player. He is best known as the 1986 World Champion, but he has also won four other bracelets at the World Series of Poker in addition to cashes and wins in many other tournaments throughout his career.- Poker career :Johnston won the 1986...	$40,000	Ray Zee Ray Zee Ray Zee is the pen name of the author of Hi-Lo Split Poker for Advanced Players and Seven Card Stud for Advanced Players.Born and raised in New Jersey, Zee is now semi-retired from high stakes poker and makes his home in Montana.-External links:*...
$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...	John Lukas John Lukas John Lukas is an American poker player who has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker.He won his first bacelet in 1983, in the $1,000 Limit Razz event, earning $43,000. Lukas won his second bracelet in 1985, in the $1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event, earning $74,500.Since then, he...	$43,000	Buddy McIntosh
$1,000 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	Tom McEvoy Tom McEvoy Thomas K. McEvoy is a professional poker player and author. He is best known for his win in the 1983 World Series of Poker main event.-Early life:...	$117,000	Donnacha O'Dea Donnacha O'Dea Donnacha "The Don" O'Dea is an Irish professional poker player. In his youth he was a swimmer, and represented Ireland in the 1968 Olympics. He was also the first Irish swimmer to swim 100m in less than one minute...
$1,000 Limit Omaha	David Sklansky David Sklansky -Life and career:Sklansky was born and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he graduated from Teaneck High School in 1966. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, but left before graduation. He returned to Teaneck and passed multiple Society of Actuaries exams by the time he was 20, and worked...	$25,500	Perry Green
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	Don Todd	$49,500	Richard Stone
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	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....	$110,000	Dewey Tomko Dewey Tomko Duane "Dewey" Tomko is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida....

Main Event

There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for a third time when he finished third. Rod Peate and Tom McEvoy went on to play the longest heads-up match in World Series history until 2006. The match lasted over 7 hours. McEvoy emerged victorious becoming the first player to win the main event via satellite. Donnacha O'Dea was the first foreign player ever to place in the money at the WSOP.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tom McEvoy Tom McEvoy Thomas K. McEvoy is a professional poker player and author. He is best known for his win in the 1983 World Series of Poker main event.-Early life:...	$540,000
2nd	Rod Peate Rod Peate Rod Peate is a poker player from Downey, CaliforniaIn the 1983 World Series of Poker, Peate finished runner-up to Tom McEvoy in the Main Event. Since then, Peate has cashed in the Main Event four times: 1987, 1990, 1997, and 1998....	$216,000
3rd	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...	$108,000
4th	Carl McKelvey	$54,000
5th	Robert Geers	$54,000
6th	Donnacha O'Dea Donnacha O'Dea Donnacha "The Don" O'Dea is an Irish professional poker player. In his youth he was a swimmer, and represented Ireland in the 1968 Olympics. He was also the first Irish swimmer to swim 100m in less than one minute...	$43,200
7th	'Austin Squatty' John Jenkins John Holmes Jenkins John Holmes Jenkins III was an American historian, antiquarian bookseller, publisher, and poker player.Jenkins published his first book Recollections of Early Texas History the year he graduated from high school. He went on to become a well-known dealer in antiquarian books and documents,...	$21,600
8th	R.R. Pennington	$21,600
9th	George Huber	$21,600