1990 World Series of Poker

1990 World Series of Poker
1990 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 30 – May 14
Champion
	Mansour Matloubi
	← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

There were 14 preliminary events at the 1990 World Series of Poker.

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Mike Hart (1/2)	$252,000	Mel Judah (0/1)
$1,500 Razz	Ray Rumler (1/1)	$111,600	Robert Turner
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Norm Boulus (1/1)	$108,600	Wally Caldwell
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Monte Kouz (1/1)	$113,400	Herb Chessler
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Tony Stormsand (1/1)	$106,800	Jack Green
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Phil Reher (1/1)	$124,200	Al Kudelka
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Vasilis Lazarou (1/1)	$158,400	Steve Metz
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Shawqui Shunnarah (1/1)	$113,400	Austin Scott
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw	John Bonetti (1/1)	$83,250	Milton Butts
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Hugh Todd (1/1)	$168,000	Keith Sexton
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Amarillo Slim (1/4)	$142,000	O'Neil Longson
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	Berry Johnston (1/3)	$254,000	Hal Kant (0/1)
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Allen Baker (1/1)	$280,000	Freddy Deeb
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Marie Gabert (1/1)	$22,000	Jenny Kaye

Main Event

There were 194 entrants to the main event.^[1] Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. For the first time since the 1984 WSOP Main Event, the final table had nine players. On the third day of the tournament, Stu Ungar was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room from a drug overdose. However, he had such a chip lead that even when the dealers kept taking his blinds out every orbit, Ungar still made the final table and finished ninth pocketing $25,050.^[2]

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Mansour Matloubi (1/1)	$835,000
2nd	Hans Lund (0/1)	$334,000
3rd	Dave Crunkleton	$167,000
4th	Jim Ward	$91,850
5th	Berry Johnston (0/3)	$75,150
6th	Al Krux	$58,450
7th	Rod Peate	$50,100
8th	John Bonetti (0/1)	$33,400
9th	Stu Ungar (0/4)	$25,050

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
13th	Bobby Hoff	$12,500
17th	Mel Judah (0/1)	$12,500
19th	Perry Green (0/3)	$10,000
20th	Mickey Appleman (0/1)	$10,000
24th	Tom Franklin	$10,000
26th	Humberto Brenes	$8,050
28th	Artie Cobb (0/2)	$7,500
32nd	Donnacha O'Dea	$7,500
34th	Thor Hansen (0/1)	$7,500
35th	Hoyt Corkins	$7,500

References

^ Harris, Martin (2017-07-05). "History of the World Series of Poker Main Event: 1990-1999". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ Williams, Alex (June 26, 2005). "The Boy King Has Left the Table". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

External links

Tournament results at the World Series of Poker

[o935-1] Harris, Martin (2017-07-05). "History of the World Series of Poker Main Event: 1990-1999". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[nyt-2] Williams, Alex (June 26, 2005). "The Boy King Has Left the Table". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

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v t e 1990s WSOP bracelet winners
Note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year
1990	Allen Baker John Bonetti Norm Boulus Marie Gabert Mike Hart Berry Johnston Monte Kouz Vasilis Lazarou Mansour Matloubi Phil Reher Ray Rumler Amarillo Slim Shawqui Shunnarah Tony Stormzand Hugh Todd
1991	Joe Becker Doyle Brunson Brent Carter Thomas Chung Artie Cobb Brad Daugherty Pat Flanagan Mike Hart Jay Heimowitz Paul Heinrich Max Linder Rodney H. Pardey John Spadavecchia Ron Stanley An Tran Donna Ward Byron Wolford Charles Wight
1992	Bob Abell Mickey Appleman Eli Balas Lyle Berman Buddy Bonnecaze Paul Clark Hoyt Corkins Hamid Dastmalchi Dal Derovin Kenny Duggan Shari Flanzer Lamar Hampton Phil Hellmuth Tom McEvoy Men Nguyen Ray Rumler Erik Seidel Rick Steiner Lance Straughn Billy Thomas
1993	Billy Baxter Jim Bechtel John Bonetti Buddy Bonnecaze Humberto Brenes (2) Hamid Dastmalchi Gene Fisher Ted Forrest (3) Chau Giang Phil Hellmuth (3) Jack Keller Phyllis Kessler Hugo Mieth Erik Seidel Marty Sigel Robert Turner
1994	Lyle Berman Vince Burgio Brent Carter Johnny Chan J. J. Chun T. J. Cloutier (2) Barbara Enright Russ Hamilton Mike Hart John Heaney Jay Heimowitz Mike Laing O'Neil Longson Roger Moore Rodney H. Pardey J. C. Pearson George Rodis Huck Seed Erik Seidel Steven Sim Bill Sykes
1995	Mickey Appleman John Bonetti Starla Brodie Anthony DeAngelo Marlon De Los Santos Phil Earle Valter Farina Dan Harrington (2) Berry Johnston Richard Klamian Men Nguyen (2) Rod Peate Dan Robison Clifford Roof Hilbert Shirey (2) Mickey Sisskind Max Stern John Tsagaris Christian Van Hees Peter Vilandos Steve Zolotow
1996	Gary Benson John Cernuto David Chiu Freddy Deeb Barbara Enright Sam Farha Jim Feldhouse Gregory Grivas Adeeb Harb Randy Holland Jim Huntley Susie Isaacs Donny Kerr Al Krux Hans Lund Tony Ma John Morgan Men Nguyen Henry Orenstein Dody Roach Huck Seed Marty Sigel Frank Thompson Mel Weiner
1997	Louis Asmo Chris Björin John Cernuto Johnny Chan Claude Cohen Phil Hellmuth Susie Isaacs Linda Johnson Mel Judah Vasilis Lazarou Scotty Nguyen Matthias Rohnacher Doug Saab Maria Stern Max Stern (2) Kevin Song Dean Stonier Dave Ulliott Stu Ungar Bob Veltri
1998	Farzad Bonyadi Patrick Bruel Doyle Brunson Ken Buntjer Jan Chen David Chiu T. J. Cloutier Artie Cobb Mendy Commanda Bill Gempel Chau Giang Tommy Hufnagle Kirk Morrison Daniel Negreanu Scotty Nguyen Donnacha O'Dea Jeff Ross Paul Rowe Steve Rydel Erik Seidel Michael Shadkin
1999	Josh Arieh Steve Badger Eli Balas Charles Brahmi Paul Clark John Esposito Layne Flack Tom Franklin Noel Furlong David Grey Eric Holum Hassan Kamoei Ron Long Mike Matusow Christina Pie Mike Wattel
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