1987 World Series of Poker

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1987 World Series of Poker

The 1987 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

Main Event
There were 152 entrants to the main event.

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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,000 Ace to Five 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....	Bob Addison	$96,400	Don Williams Don Williams (poker player) Don Williams is an United States poker player.Williams has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker , and has cashed in many other WSOP events including the Main Event....
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw with Rebuys	Billy Baxter Billy Baxter (poker player) William E. Baxter, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006.Born in Augusta, Georgia, Baxter started his gambling career like many others of his age by gambling in the pool halls....	$153,000	Joe Petro
$1,000 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.... Omaha	T. J. Cloutier T. J. Cloutier Thomas James Cloutier is a professional poker player from Albany, California. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006....	$72,000	Robert Turner Robert Turner For the American football offensive lineman, see Robert Turner Robert Turner is an United States professional poker player based in Downey, California, California....
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Artie Cobb Artie Cobb Artie Cobb is an United States professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Cobb has won 4 bracelets at the World Series of Poker , three of them in seven-card stud....	$142,000	Don Williams Don Williams (poker player) Don Williams is an United States poker player.Williams has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker , and has cashed in many other WSOP events including the Main Event....
$1,000 Seven Card Stud	Jim Craig	$103,600	Al Anderson
$2,500 Pot 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.... Omaha	Hal Kant Hal Kant Hal Kant was an entertainment industry attorney who specialized in representing musical groups. He was best known for his 35 years as principal lawyer and general counsel for the Grateful Dead, a position in the group that was so strong that his business cards with the band identified his role as "Czar"....	$174,000	Lyle Berman Lyle Berman Lyle Berman is a professional poker player and business executive....
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Ralph Morton	$189,000	Jack Keller Jack Keller Jack Keller was a professional poker player.Keller served in the United States Air Force prior to becoming a poker pro. He won the 1984 World Series of Poker main event, 3 WSOP bracelets and more than $1.4 million in tournament play at the World Series of Poker during his career....
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	Joe Petro	$93,200	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, coincidently he won the same amount $113,400 in both of the events....
$5,000 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....	Carl Rouss	$65,200	Mark Mitchell
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Linda Ryke-Drucker	$16,800	Barbara Putterman
$1,500 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	Hilbert Shirey Hilbert Shirey Hilbert Shirey is an American professional poker player.Shirey has won three WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker and has also cashed in 20 other other WSOP events....	$171,600	Lee Wosk

Main Event

There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	$625,000
2nd	Frank Henderson Frank Henderson Frank Henderson is an United States professional poker player from Houston, Texas, Texas.Henderson was the runner-up to Johnny Chan in the 1987 World Series of Poker $10,000 betting hold'em main event....	$250,000
3rd	Bob Ciaffone Bob Ciaffone Bob Ciaffone is the author of Robert's Rules of Poker, and an United States poker player, based in Saginaw, Michigan.Ciaffone finished third in the 1987 World Series of Poker $10,000 betting Texas hold 'em main event, winning $125,000....	$125,000
4th	James Spain	$68,750
5th	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	$56,250
6th	Dan Harrington Dan Harrington Dan Harrington is a professional poker player. Harrington chose his own nickname "Action Dan" even though he is known for being a tight conservative player....	$43,750

Other High Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
8th	Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman is an United States professional poker player and sports betting, now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey, New Jersey.Appleman grew up in Long Island, where he was both a strong sportsman and academic, eventually receiving a MBA in statistics....	$25,000
9th	Jack Keller Jack Keller Jack Keller was a professional poker player.Keller served in the United States Air Force prior to becoming a poker pro. He won the 1984 World Series of Poker main event, 3 WSOP bracelets and more than $1.4 million in tournament play at the World Series of Poker during his career....	$18,750
11th	Jay Heimowitz Jay Heimowitz Jay B. Heimowitz is an United States Jewish poker player from Bethel, New York, New York. Jay was one of the original players that helped establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house....	$12,500
12th	Hamid Dastmalchi Hamid Dastmalchi Hamid Dastmalchi is an Iranian-American professional poker player.Dastmalchi won the 1992 World Series of Poker main event, which is his largest tournament win at $1 million....	$12,500
14th	Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes is a professional poker player. Brenes resides in San Jos?, Costa Rica with his wife and three children.Brenes began his career in gambling by playing baccarat, but later made his way into poker....	$12,500
15th	Don Williams Don Williams (poker player) Don Williams is an United States poker player.Williams has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker , and has cashed in many other WSOP events including the Main Event....	$12,500
16th	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....	$12,500
17th	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....	$12,500
18th	Howard Andrew Howard Andrew Howard Andrew is an American poker player, best known for his success at the 1976 World Series of Poker.Andrew won two championship World Series of Poker bracelet at the World Series of Poker, both in 1976....	$12,500
21st	Bobby Baldwin Bobby Baldwin Bobby Baldwin is a professional poker player and casino executive.When Baldwin won the 1978 World Series of Poker main event he became the youngest winner in its history, to be superseded by Stu Ungar in 1980 and then Phil Hellmuth in 1989 and Peter Eastgate in 2008....	$10,000
22nd	Mike Hart Mike Hart (poker player) Mike Hart is an American poker player from Escondido, California.Hart is a veteran of many years at the World Series of Poker and has won four WSOP championship bracelets....	$10,000
23rd	John Bonetti John Bonetti John Bonetti was an United States professional poker player from Houston, Texas.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bonetti began playing at the age of 54, and won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker ....	$10,000
26th	Johnny Moss Johnny Moss Johnny Moss was a long-time gambler and professional poker player....	$10,000