The 1991 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe from April 26 to May 13, 1991. The 1991 World Series featured a then-record 18 bracelet events.

Events The 1991 WSOP featured 17 preliminary events. Jay Heimowitz became the second player in WSOP history to win bracelets in three different decades.

#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1April 26, 1991 $1,500 Razz154 Charles Wight (1/1) $231,000 Steve Kopp Results2April 27, 1991 $5,000 Limit Hold'em105 Byron Wolford (1/1) $210,000 Erik Seidel Results3April 28, 1991 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud141 Donna Ward (1/1) $28,200 Toni Brown Results4April 29, 1991 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha128 An Tran (1/1) $87,600 Chris Björin Results5April 30, 1991 $2,500 Limit Hold'em202 Ron Stanley (1/1) $203,000 Stavros Karabinas Results6May 1, 1991 $5,000 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball26 John Spadavecchia (1/1) $58,500 Dewey Tomko (0/3) Results7May 2, 1991 $2,500 Seven Card Stud133 Rodney H. Pardey (1/1) $133,000 Don Williams (0/3) Results8May 3, 1991 $1,500 Limit Hold'em427 Max Linder (1/1) $256,000 Eddie Schwettman Results9May 4, 1991 $1,500 Limit Omaha154 Paul Heinrich (1/1) $92,000 Chris Hatzakos Results10May 5, 1991 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha63 Jay Heimowitz (1/3) $126,000 John Bonetti (0/1) Results11May 6, 1991 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split177 Mike Hart (1/3) $106,200 James Richburg Results12May 7, 1991 $1,500 Ace to Five Draw178 Pat Flanagan (1/1) $106,800 David Allred Results13May 8, 1991 $1,500 Seven Card Stud245 Artie Cobb (1/3) $146,400 John Sears Results14May 9, 1991 $5,000 Seven Card Stud71 Thomas Chung (1/2) $142,000 Mim Penney Results15May 10, 1991 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em271 Brent Carter (1/1) $166,800 O'Neil Longson Results16May 11, 1991 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em208 Doyle Brunson (1/7) $208,000 Dan Stashkiw Results17May 12, 1991 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split198 Joe Becker (1/1) $119,400 Mel Judah (0/1) Results18May 13, 1991$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event215Brad Daugherty (1/1)$1,000,000Don Holt (0/1) Results

Main Event There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of $1,000,000.

Final table Place Name Prize 1st Brad Daugherty $1,000,000 2nd Don Holt $402,500 3rd Bob Veltri $201,250 4th Don Williams $115,000 5th Perry Green $69,000 6th Ali Farsai $34,500

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

Place Name Prize 7th Hilbert Shirey $28,750 9th Donnacha O'Dea $17,250 10th Robert Turner $11,500 11th Jay Heimowitz $11,500 12th O'Neil Longson $11,500 13th Gabe Kaplan $11,500 15th Brent Carter $11,500 18th David Baxter $11,500 19th Hans Lund $9,200 21st Jason Lester $9,200 22nd Mike Hart $9,200 24th Mike Sexton $9,200 29th Bobby Baldwin $8,050 34th Hamid Dastmalchi $8,050

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External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker