Tournament Information

Date: May 5 - 21, 1988
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: No Limit Hold'em (May 6, 1988)
Buy-in: $1,500
Prize: $495,000
Entries: 330

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 Russ Gibe $181,800
2nd Hans "Tuna" Lund $113,625
3rd Al Korson $45,450
4th Berry Johnston $27,270
5th John Johnson $24,998
6th Denny Dahlgren $20,452
7th Thor Hansen $15,907
7th Charles Homer $15,907
9th Rich Korbin $9,090
10th Myron Rosenbaum $3,000
11th Steve Kopp $3,000
12th David "Chip" Reese $3,000
13th Hilbert Shirey $3,000
14th Billy Thomas $3,000
15th Jeffrey Rothstein $3,000
16th Peter Jensen $3,000
17th Ron Watts $3,000
18th Dan Harrington $3,000
19th Dick Carson $1,500
20th Scott Mayfield $1,500
21st Danny Hunsucker $1,500
22nd Frank Mifsud $1,500
23rd Joel Guedry $1,500
24th Humberto Brenes $1,500
25th Eddie Schwettman $1,500
26th Tom Jacobs $1,500
27th Mike Sexton $1,500