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The 1992 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 201 entrants to the main event.






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The 1992 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


Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Men Nguyen
Men Nguyen

Men "The Master" Nguy?n is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player....
$120,600 Tom McEvoy
Tom McEvoy

Thomas K. McEvoy is a professional poker player and author.McEvoy was an accountant, but after he was laid off from his job, he took up poker full time in 1978....
$1,500 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....
 Hold'em
Buddy Bonnecaze $115,800 Jimmy Athanas
$1,500 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....
Lamar Hampton $80,400 Men Nguyen
Men Nguyen

Men "The Master" Nguy?n is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player....
$1,500 Omaha 8 or better Eli Balas
Eli Balas

Eli Balas is an United States professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Balas has won 3 bracelets at the World Series of Poker ....
$122,400 Marlon De Los Santos
$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
Lance Straughn $152,400 Greg Angel
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Rick Steiner $105,000 Marsha Waggoner
Marsha Waggoner

Marsha Waggoner is an United States professional poker player who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.Waggoner has finished in the money at 19 World Series of Poker events as of 2007....
Limit]] Hold'em Bob Abell $226,800 Rocky Ramano
$1,500 Limit Omaha Tom McEvoy
Tom McEvoy

Thomas K. McEvoy is a professional poker player and author.McEvoy was an accountant, but after he was laid off from his job, he took up poker full time in 1978....
$79,200 Berry Johnston
Berry Johnston

Berry Johnston is an United States professional poker player. He is best known as the 1986 World Champion, but he has also won four other WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker in addition to cashes and wins in many other tournaments throughout his career....
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Billy Thomas $81,000 Joe Lazar
$5,000 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....
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....
$119,250 Huck Seed
Huck Seed

Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Dal Derovin $90,000 Vince Burgio
Vince Burgio

Vince Burgio is an United States professional poker player based in West Hills, California, California.Burgio is a graduate of the University of Missouri?Columbia....
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....
$168,000 Phil Hellmuth Jr
Phil Hellmuth

Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Ray Rumler $106,000 Ester Rossi
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins

Hoyt Corkins is an United States professional poker player. Known for his softly-spoken voice and his aggressive style, Corkins has two World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....
$96,000 O'Neil Longson
O'Neil Longson

O'Neil Longson is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Longson first finished poker jargon#i at the World Series of Poker in 1991 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 betting hold'em event, where he finished 2nd to Brent Carter....
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Kenny Duggan $134,000 Noli Francisco
Noli Francisco

Noli Francisco is a Filipino American poker player. He has worked as an importer, architect, and entrepreneur. He has been a successful recreational poker player for over 25 years....
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Paul "Eskimo" Clark
Paul Clark (poker player)

Paul "Eskimo" Clark is an United States professional poker player, living in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada....
$122,000 Ray Rumler
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Lyle Berman
Lyle Berman

Lyle Berman is a professional poker player and business executive....
$192,000 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....
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth Jr
Phil Hellmuth

Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....
$168,000 Steve Kopp
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Shari Flanzer $38,000 Kim Alford


Main Event


There were 201 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Until 2007, this was the only year that there were fewer participants in the main event than the prior year.

Final table


Place Name Prize
1st 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....
$1,000,000
2nd Tom Jacobs $353,500
3rd Hans "Tuna" Lund
Hans Lund

Hans "Tuna" Lund is a United States professional poker player, based in Sparks, Nevada, Nevada, who has won two World Series of Poker World Series of Poker bracelets, and was the runner-up at the 1990 World Series of Poker....
$176,750
4th Mike Alsaadi $101,000
5th Dave Crunkleton $60,600
6th Clyde Coleman $30,300


Other High Finishes


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

Place Name Prize
7th 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....
$25,250
8th 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....
$20,200
12th 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 ....
$10,100
13th Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson

Todd Brunson is an United States professional poker player and the son of poker player Doyle Brunson.Although Brunson's father Doyle was a poker player, Brunson did not learn the game when he was young....
$10,100
15th 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....
$10,100
17th Berry Johnston
Berry Johnston

Berry Johnston is an United States professional poker player. He is best known as the 1986 World Champion, but he has also won four other WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker in addition to cashes and wins in many other tournaments throughout his career....
$10,100
20th Surinder Sunar
Surinder Sunar

Surinder Sunar is a England professional poker player based in Wolverhampton, who gained fame as a three-time finalist in the Late Night Poker television series....
$8,080
21st Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas

Aristotelis ?Telly? Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the popular 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Awards for his supporting role in Birdman of Alcatraz ....
$8,080
22nd Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age by his father. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....
$8,080
23rd Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton

Michael Sexton is an United States professional poker player and commentator....
$8,080
24th Mel Judah
Mel Judah

Mel Judah is an Australian professional poker player, also known as "The Silver Fox" . He learned poker at the age of 14 by watching his father play 5-card draw....
$8,080
25th Chris Bjorin
Chris Bjorin

Christer Bj?rin is a Sweden professional poker player, now based in London, England.Bj?rin has been a regular at the World Series of Poker since the early 1990s, and has won two WSOP bracelets....
$8,080