1991 World Series of Poker

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1991 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 26 – May 13
Champion
United States Brad Daugherty
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The 1991 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe from April 26 to May 13, 1991. The 1991 World Series featured a then-record 18 bracelet events.

Preliminary events

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The 1991 WSOP featured 17 preliminary events.[1]

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Joe Becker (1/1) $119,400 Mel Judah (0/1)
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Doyle Brunson (1/7) $208,000 Dan Stashkiw
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Brent Carter (1/1) $166,800 O'Neil Longson
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Thomas Chung (1/2) $142,000 Mim Penney
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Artie Cobb (1/3) $146,400 John Sears
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Pat Flanagan (1/1) $106,800 David Allred
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Mike Hart (1/3) $106,200 James Richburg
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Jay Heimowitz (1/3) $126,000 John Bonetti (0/1)
$1,500 Limit Omaha Paul Heinrich (1/1) $92,000 Chris Hatzakos
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Max Linder (1/1) $256,000 Eddie Schwettman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Rodney H. Pardey (1/1) $133,000 Don Williams (0/3)
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw John Spadavecchia (1/1) $58,500 Dewey Tomko (0/3)
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Ron Stanley (1/1) $203,000 Stavros Karabinas
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha An Tran (1/1) $87,600 Chris Björin
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Donna Ward (1/1) $28,200 Toni Brown
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Byron Wolford (1/1) $210,000 Erik Seidel
$1,500 Razz Charles Wight (1/1) $231,000 Steve Kopp

Main Event

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There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of $1,000,000.[2]

Final table

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Place Name Prize
1st Brad Daugherty (1/1) $1,000,000
2nd Don Holt $402,500
3rd Bob Veltri $201,250
4th Don Williams (0/3) $115,000
5th Perry Green (0/3) $69,000
6th Ali Farsai $34,500

In The Money Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
7th Hilbert Shirey (0/1) $28,750
9th Donnacha O'Dea $17,250
10th Robert Turner $11,500
11th Jay Heimowitz (0/3) $11,500
12th O'Neil Longson $11,500
13th Gabe Kaplan $11,500
15th Brent Carter (0/1) $11,500
18th David Baxter (0/2) $11,500
19th Hans Lund (0/1) $9,200
21st Jason Lester $9,200
22nd Mike Hart (0/3) $9,200
24th Mike Sexton (0/1) $9,200
29th Bobby Baldwin (0/4) $8,050
34th Hamid Dastmalchi (0/1) $8,050

References

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  1. ^ "World Series of Poker 1991: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. ^ Lucchesi, Ryan (June 28, 2008). "Brad Daugherty is the First Millionaire World Champion". CardPlayer. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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