1994 World Series of Poker
Encyclopedia
Preliminary events
| Event | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,500 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 |
Steven Sim | $289,200 | Charles Brock |
| $1,500 Seven Card Stud | Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan rather than his Chinese birth name. born in Guangzhou, China in 1957) is a Chinese American professional poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, including 1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively.... |
$135,600 | Mansour Matloubi Mansour Matloubi Mansour Matloubi is an Iranian-British professional poker player.Matloubi won the 1990 Main Event, making him the first non-American to do so. He also made the final table of the 1993 Main Event, finishing in fourth place. He was eliminated by the event winner, Jim Bechtel.As of 2011, his total... |
| $1,500 Limit Omaha | Brent Carter Brent Carter Brent R. Carter is an American professional poker player from Oak Park, Illinois who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. He now lives in Treasure Island, Florida.-Poker Career:... |
$83,400 | Moxie Ungar |
| $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split | Vince Burgio Vince Burgio Vincent Burgio is an American professional poker player based in West Hills, California.Burgio is a graduate of the University of Missouri... |
$127,200 | Gary Hutzler |
| $1,500 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... |
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, with two bracelets in razz, one in limit Texas hold 'em and one in seven-card stud eight or better... |
$88,800 | Tommy Hufnagle |
| $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split | T. J. Cloutier T. J. Cloutier Thomas James "T.J." Cloutier is a professional poker player from Richardson, Texas. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006.-Early years:... |
$135,000 | Chris Bjorin Chris Bjorin Christer "Chris" Björin is a Swedish professional poker player, now based in London, England. Throughout his career, Björin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.-Poker:... |
| $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 |
George Rodis | $135,000 | Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... |
| $1,500 Pot 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... Omaha |
O'Neil Longson O'Neil Longson O'Neil Longson is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker.-Poker career:... |
$100,800 | J. C. Pearson |
| $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em | 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.... |
$148,200 | Quinton Nixon |
| $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split | J. C. Pearson J. C. Pearson (poker player) J. C. Pearson is a professional poker player originally from Tennessee who won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker. He is a brother of 1973 World Series of Poker Champion Puggy Pearson.Pearson born and raised in Tennessee and was one of nine siblings... |
$103,000 | Matthias Rohnacher |
| $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven 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... w/Rebuys |
Lyle Berman Lyle Berman Lyle Arnold Berman is a professional poker player and business executive.-Business:Berman grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota where he graduated in 1964 with a degree in business administration. He then went to work for his father's leather business, Berman Buckskin. ... |
$128,250 | Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an American professional poker player best known for winning the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.-Early Life:... |
| $1,500 Ace to Five Draw | J. J. Chun | $93,000 | Steve Flicker |
| $2,500 Limit Hold'em | Mike Laing | $212,000 | Fred Lieberman |
| $2,500 Seven Card Stud | Rodney H. Pardey Rodney H. Pardey Rodney Herm Pardey is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Seattle, WA. Pardey is the father of professional poker player and singer/songwriter Rodney E. Pardey and Ryan J. Pardey.... |
$132,000 | Alan Boston |
| $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys | Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an American professional poker player best known for winning the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.-Early Life:... |
$167,000 | Lindy Chambers |
| $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em | T. J. Cloutier T. J. Cloutier Thomas James "T.J." Cloutier is a professional poker player from Richardson, Texas. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006.-Early years:... |
$163,000 | Travis Dang |
| $5,000 Seven Card Stud | Roger Moore Roger Moore (poker player) Roger Moore was a professional poker player.Moore grew up the son of sharecroppers. He quit school in the eighth grade and soon afterwards entered into military service. After the military he worked as a civil servant and for fun he would play poker... |
$144,000 | Adam Roberts |
| $2,500 No Limit Hold'em | John Heaney | $220,000 | Hal Kant Hal Kant Harold Sanford "Hal" Kant was an entertainment industry attorney who specialized in representing musical groups... |
| $5,000 Limit Hold'em | Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.In 2010, he was inducted as a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
$210,000 | Michael Davis |
| $1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud | Barbara Enright Barbara Enright Barbara Enright is an American professional poker player, motivational speaker, and Editor-in-Chief of Woman Poker Player magazine. She has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker and has made it to the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event final table.Enright was the first woman to win an... |
$38,400 | Natalie Ryke |
| Press Invitational No Limit Hold'em | Bill Sykes | $1,000 | Joe Saumarez Smith |
Main Event
There were 268 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Since this was the 25th Anniversary of the event, the winner received $1,000,000, plus his/her weight in silverSilver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...
, in celebration of the WSOP's silver anniversary.
Final table
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Russ Hamilton Russ Hamilton Russ Hamilton was the 1994 World Series of Poker main event champion. He defeated Hugh Vincent in heads-up play to win $1 million in first-prize money, as well as his body weight in silver. Following his World Series win, Hamilton served as a consultant for Ultimate Bet, an online poker server... |
$1,000,000 + His weight in Silver |
| 2nd | Hugh Vincent | $588,000 |
| 3rd | John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia is an American professional poker player from Lighthouse Point, Florida.Spadavecchia has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since the 1980s, with his first finish in the money of a World Series of Poker event coming in the 1988 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 no... |
$294,000 |
| 4th | Vince Burgio Vince Burgio Vincent Burgio is an American professional poker player based in West Hills, California.Burgio is a graduate of the University of Missouri... |
$168,000 |
| 5th | Al Krux Al Krux Al Krux is an American professional poker player now based near Syracuse, New York.Before turning to poker, Krux was a diamond merchant... |
$100,800 |
| 6th | Robert Turner | $50,400 |
Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 16th | Mansour Matloubi Mansour Matloubi Mansour Matloubi is an Iranian-British professional poker player.Matloubi won the 1990 Main Event, making him the first non-American to do so. He also made the final table of the 1993 Main Event, finishing in fourth place. He was eliminated by the event winner, Jim Bechtel.As of 2011, his total... |
$20,160 |
| 19th | J. C. Pearson J. C. Pearson (poker player) J. C. Pearson is a professional poker player originally from Tennessee who won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker. He is a brother of 1973 World Series of Poker Champion Puggy Pearson.Pearson born and raised in Tennessee and was one of nine siblings... |
$16,800 |
| 22nd | Howard Goldfarb Howard Goldfarb Howard Goldfarb is a Canadian poker player, chiefly noted as the runner-up of the 1995 World Series of Poker .At the time he was a 33-year-old land developer and businessman from Toronto. He made his first foray into poker in 1993, when he joined some friends for a game in one of Toronto's private... |
$16,800 |
| 24th | Bobby Baldwin Bobby Baldwin Bobby Baldwin is a professional poker player, off-road racer and casino executive. As a poker player, Baldwin is best known as the 1978 world champion, becoming the youngest main event champion at that time.... |
$16,800 |
| 25th | Yoshio Nakano Yoshio Nakano Yoshio Nakano is a professional poker player and entrepreneur who resides in Long Beach, California.He has played professionally for over 20 years and is a long-time regular at high stakes poker tables at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles... |
$16,800 |
| 26th | Annie Duke Annie Duke Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a bracelet in the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where she earned the Winner-Take-All prize of $2,000,000... |
$16,800 |
| 27th | 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... |
$16,800 |