1986 World Series of Poker

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The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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[edit] Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,000 Limit Omaha Jim Allen $48,400 Unknown
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha David Baxter $127,000 Eddie Schwettman
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Hamid Dastmalchi $165,000 Unknown
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Barbara Enright $16,400 Unknown
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Ron Graham $142,000 Aubrey Day
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Jay Heimowitz $175,800 Frank Henderson
$1,000 Seven Card Razz Tom McEvoy $52,400 Unknown
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw J. B. Randall $69,200 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Split Tommy Fischer $73,600 Unknown

NB: Mickey Wernick finished 2nd at one of the above Omaha events. (1)

[edit] Main Event

There were 141 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

[edit] Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Berry Johnston $570,000
2nd Mike Harthcock $228,000
3rd Gary Berland $114,000
4th Jesse Alto $62,700
5th Bill Smith $51,300
6th Roger Moore $39,900

[edit] Other High Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
10th Dewey Tomko $12,500
11th Jim Bechtel $12,500
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