1994 World Series of Poker

1994 World Series of Poker
1994 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 16 – May 6
Champion
	Russ Hamilton
	← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Steven Sim	$289,200	Charles Brock
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Johnny Chan	$135,600	Mansour Matloubi
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Brent Carter	$83,400	Moxie Ungar
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Vince Burgio	$127,200	Gary Hutzler
$1,500 Razz	Mike Hart	$88,800	Tommy Hufnagle
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	T. J. Cloutier	$135,000	Chris Bjorin
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	George Rodis	$135,000	Phil Hellmuth
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	O'Neil Longson	$100,800	J. C. Pearson
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz	$148,200	Quinton Nixon
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	J. C. Pearson	$103,000	Matthias Rohnacher
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	Lyle Berman	$128,250	Huck Seed
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	J. J. Chun	$93,000	Steve Flicker
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	Mike Laing	$212,000	Fred Lieberman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Rodney H. Pardey	$132,000	Alan Boston
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Huck Seed	$167,000	Lindy Chambers
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	T. J. Cloutier	$163,000	Travis Dang
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Roger Moore	$144,000	Adam Roberts
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	John Heaney	$220,000	Hal Kant
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Erik Seidel	$210,000	Michael Davis
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Barbara Enright	$38,400	Natalie Ryke
Press Invitational No Limit Hold'em	Bill Sykes	$1,000	Joe Saumarez Smith

Main Event

There were 268 entrants to the main event.^[1] Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. Since this was the 25th anniversary of the Main Event, the winner received $1,000,000, plus his/her weight in silver, in celebration of the WSOP's silver anniversary.^[2]

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Russ Hamilton	$1,000,000*
2nd	Hugh Vincent	$588,000
3rd	John Spadavecchia	$294,000
4th	Vince Burgio	$168,000
5th	Al Krux	$100,800
6th	Robert Turner	$50,400

* Hamilton also won his weight in silver

In The Money Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
9th	Steve Lott	$33,600
16th	Mansour Matloubi	$20,160
19th	J. C. Pearson	$16,800
22nd	Howard Goldfarb	$16,800
24th	Bobby Baldwin	$16,800
25th	Yoshio Nakano	$16,800
26th	Annie Duke	$16,800
27th	Donnacha O'Dea	$16,800

References

^ Rinkema, Remko (2018-07-05). "A Numbers Game: WSOP Main Event Winners & Stats". PokerGO Tour. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ Sexton, Tom (2008-06-16). "Sexton's Corner, Vol. 49: Russ Hamilton, Part 2 -- $1,000,000, a Bracelet and 43 Silver Bars". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[g865-1] Rinkema, Remko (2018-07-05). "A Numbers Game: WSOP Main Event Winners & Stats". PokerGO Tour. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[m872-2] Sexton, Tom (2008-06-16). "Sexton's Corner, Vol. 49: Russ Hamilton, Part 2 -- $1,000,000, a Bracelet and 43 Silver Bars". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

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