Tournament Information

Date: May 5 - 21, 1988
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Limit Hold'em (May 5, 1988)
Buy-in: $1,500
Prize: $600,000
Entries: 400

Other Events

May 5, 1988 Limit Hold'em $1,500
May 6, 1988 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
May 7, 1988 Omaha Pot Limit $2,500
May 8, 1988 Seven-Card Stud $5,000
May 9, 1988 Omaha Limit $1,000
May 10, 1988 Seven-Card Stud Split $1,500
May 11, 1988 Women's 7-Card Stud $500
May 12, 1988 Seven-Card Stud $1,500
May 13, 1988 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000
May 14, 1988 Limit Ace to Five Draw $1,500
May 15, 1988 Seven-Card Razz $1,000
May 16 - 21, 1988 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $10,000

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Val Carpenter $223,800
2nd Jack Keller $139,870
3rd Mike Lang $55,590
4th Lamar Hampton $33,750
5th Eric Schulz $30,773
6th Carl McKelvey $25,177
7th Howard Lederer $22,380
8th David Dubose $16,785
9th Men "The Master" Nguyen $11,190
10th Bruce Holt $3,000
11th David Malom $3,000
12th John Burgess $3,000
13th Glenn Abuey $3,000
14th Rebecca Bernhard $3,000
15th Mike Sawka $3,000
16th Ernie Ostreicher $3,000
17th Paul Price $3,000
18th John Kelly $3,000
19th Jimmy Athanas $1,500
20th Barry Marfleet $1,500
21st Donald Blumberg $1,500
22nd Monte Kouz $1,500
23rd Tom McEvoy $1,500
24th Frank Stangerone $1,500
25th James Holmes $1,500
26th Richard Dunberg $1,500
27th Jackie Dotson $1,500