1972 World Series of Poker

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The 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

[edit] Preliminary event

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$10,000 Five-Card Stud	Billy Boyd	$20,000	Unknown

[edit] Main Event

There were 8 entrants to the main event. Each paid $5,000 to enter the tournament, Benny Binion added $5,000 into the prize pool for every player who entered, he did this in order to gain more publicity from the event and draw bigger crowds into Binion's Horseshoe.

Doyle Brunson actually cashed out his chips for $20,000 when the tournament was down to 3-handed because he felt too ill to play. Amarillo Slim went onto win the 1972 main event overcoming Puggy Pearson's 2-1 chip lead.

[edit] Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston	$80,000
2nd	Walter "Puggy" Pearson	None
3rd	Doyle Brunson	None
4th	Jack Straus	None
5th	Johnny Moss	None
6th	"Jolly" Roger Van Ausdall	None