The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.
Events There were 20 preliminary events at the 1994 World Series of Poker. #Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1April 16, 1994 $1,500 Limit Hold'em506 Steven Sim (1/1) $289,200 Charles Brock Results2April 17, 1994$5,000 Limit Hold'em105Erik Seidel (1/3)$210,000Michael Davis Results3April 18, 1994 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys167 Huck Seed (1/1) $167,000 Lindy Chambers Results4April 19, 1994 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em330 George Rodis (1/1) $135,000 Phil Hellmuth (0/5) Results5April 20, 1994 $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split103 J. C. Pearson (1/1) $103,000 Matthias Rohnacher Results6April 21, 1994 $2,500 Seven Card Stud132 Rodney H. Pardey (1/2) $132,000 Alan Boston Results7April 22, 1994 $5,000 Seven Card Stud72 Roger Moore (1/1) $144,000 Adam Roberts Results8April 23, 1994 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha168 O'Neil Longson (1/1) $100,800 J. C. Pearson Results9April 24, 1994 $2,500 Limit Hold'em212 Mike Laing (1/1) $212,000 Fred Lieberman Results10April 25, 1994 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em247 Jay Heimowitz (1/4) $148,200 Quinton Nixon Results11April 26, 1994 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em220 John Heaney (1/1) $220,000 Hal Kant (0/1) Results12April 27, 1994 $1,500 Razz148 Mike Hart (1/4) $88,800 Tommy Hufnagle Results13April 28, 1994$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud96Barbara Enright (1/2)$38,400Natalie Ryke Results14April 29, 1994 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split225 T. J. Cloutier (1/2) $135,000 Chris Bjorin Results15April 30, 1994 $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em163 T. J. Cloutier (2/3) $163,000 Travis Dang Results16May 1, 1994 $1,500 Ace to Five Draw155 J. J. Chun (1/1) $93,000 Steve Flicker Results17May 2, 1994 $1,500 Seven Card Stud226 Johnny Chan (1/4) $135,600 Mansour Matloubi (0/1) Results18May 3, 1994 $1,500 Limit Omaha139 Brent Carter (1/2) $83,400 Moxie Ungar Results19May 4, 1994 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split212 Vince Burgio (1/1) $127,200 Gary Hutzler Results20May 5, 1994 $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys57 Lyle Berman (1/3) $128,250 Huck Seed Results21May 6, 1994$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event268Russ Hamilton (1/1)$1,000,000Hugh Vincent Results
Main Event There were 268 entrants to the main event. 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.
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 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
External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker