Tournament Information
Tournament:
19th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1988
Date:
May 5 - 21, 1988
Venue:
Binions
Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event:
No Limit Hold'em World Championship (May 16 - 21, 1988)
Buy-in:
$10,000
Prize:
$1,670,000
Entries:
167
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 | Johnny Chan | $700,000 | — | — | |
2nd | Erik Seidel | $280,000 | — | — | |
3rd | Ron Graham | $140,000 | — | — | |
4th | Humberto Brenes | $77,000 | — | — | |
5th | Thomas John "T.J." Cloutier | $63,000 | — | — | |
6th | Jim Bechtel | $49,000 | — | — | |
7th | Quinton Nixon | $42,000 | — | — | |
8th | Mike Cox | $28,000 | — | — | |
9th | Jesse Alto | $21,000 | — | — | |
10th | Jeffrey Rothstein | $12,500 | — | — | |
11th | Steve Kopp | $12,500 | — | — | |
12th | Gary Lindgren | $12,500 | — | — | |
13th | Ralph Morton | $12,500 | — | — | |
14th | Richard Klamian | $12,500 | — | — | |
15th | Jay Heimowitz | $12,500 | — | — | |
16th | Garland Walters | $12,500 | — | — | |
17th | Fredric David | $12,500 | — | — | |
18th | Roger Moore | $12,500 | — | — | |
19th | Jimmy Athanas | $10,000 | — | — | |
20th | Mike Hart | $10,000 | — | — | |
21st | Phil "Doc" Earle | $10,000 | — | — | |
22nd | Junior Whited | $10,000 | — | — | |
23rd | Ken "Skyhawk" Flaton | $10,000 | — | — | |
24th | David Rubenstein | $10,000 | — | — | |
25th | Howard Lipman | $10,000 | — | — | |
26th | Don Williams | $10,000 | — | — | |
27th | David Sklansky | $8,750 | — | — | |
28th | John Spadavecchia | $8,750 | — | — | |
29th | Norman Berliner | $7,500 | — | — | |
30th | Hugh Todd | $7,500 | — | — | |
31st | Jack Keller | $7,500 | — | — | |
32nd | David "Chip" Reese | $7,500 | — | — | |
33rd | Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth | $7,500 | — | — | |
34th | Ali Farsai | $7,500 | — | — | |
35th | T. Tab | $7,500 | — | — | |
36th | Stefan Dios | $7,500 | — | — |