1979 World Series of Poker

The 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw	Bobby Baldwin	$90,000	Byron "Cowboy" Wolford
$500 Seven Card Stud	Gary Berland	$24,000	Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	Gary Berland	$20,400	Unknown
$600 Mixed Doubles	Doyle Brunson & Starla Brodie	$4,500	Unknown
$400 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Barbara Freer	$12,720	Pat Sovoia
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Perry Green	$76,500	Jim Bechtel
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	Lakewood Louie	$22,200	Unknown
$2,000 Draw High	Lakewood Louie	$22,800	Unknown
$1,000 Razz	Sam Mastrogiannis	$22,200	Unknown
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Johnny Moss	$48,000	Unknown
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	Dewey Tomko	$48,000	Duanne Hammrich

There were 54 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Fowler was the first amateur to win the WSOP.^[1]

by year	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (results) 2006 (results) 2007 (results) 2008 (results) 2009 (results) 2010 (results) 2011 (results) 2012 (results) 2013 (results) 2014 (results) 2015 (results)

Europe	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (results) 2012 (results) 2013 (results)

Asia Pacific	2013 2014

Circuit events^[1]	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011–12 2012–13

Other	Tournament of Champions World Series of Poker Africa

Poker tours

World	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

European	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

North American	Season 1 2

Asia Pacific	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Latin American	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

UK and Ireland	Season 1 2 3 4 5

Other	Asian (APT) Australia-New Zealand (ANZPT) Central Europe (EUREKA) Italian (IPT) Spain (ESTRELLAS)

Other events

Online events

[1] Starting in 2011, a World Series of Poker bracelet was awarded to the WSOP Circuit National Champion.