The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.
Events There were 14 preliminary events at the 1990 World Series of Poker. Amarillo Slim became the first player to win WSOP bracelets in three different decades.
#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1April 30, 1990 $1,500 Limit Hold'em420 Mike Hart (1/2) $252,000 Mel Judah (0/1) Results2May 1, 1990 $1,500 Razz186 Ray Rumler (1/1) $111,600 Robert Turner Results3May 2, 1990 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split181 Norm Boulus (1/1) $108,600 Wally Caldwell Results4May 3, 1990 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split189 Monte Kouz (1/1) $113,400 Herb Chessler Results5May 4, 1990 $1,500 Limit Omaha178 Tony Stormsand (1/1) $106,800 Jack Green Results6May 5, 1990 $1,500 Ace to Five Draw207 Phil Reher (1/1) $124,200 Al Kudelka Results7May 6, 1990 $1,500 Seven Card Stud264 Vasilis Lazarou (1/1) $158,400 Steve Metz Results8May 7, 1990 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha189 Shawqui Shunnarah (1/1) $113,400 Austin Scott Results9May 8, 1990 $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw37 John Bonetti (1/1) $83,250 Milton Butts Results10May 9, 1990 $5,000 Seven Card Stud84 Hugh Todd (1/1) $168,000 Keith Sexton Results11May 10, 1990 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha71 Amarillo Slim (1/4) $142,000 O'Neil Longson Results12May 11, 1990 $2,500 Limit Hold'em254 Berry Johnston (1/3) $254,000 Hal Kant (0/1) Results13May 12, 1990 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em260 Allen Baker (1/1) $280,000 Freddy Deeb Results14May 13, 1990 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud110 Marie Gabert (1/1) $22,000 Jenny Kaye Results15May 14, 1990$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event194Mansour Matloubi (1/1)$835,000Hans Lund (0/1) Results
Main Event
There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. For the first time since the 1984 WSOP Main Event, the final table had nine players. On the third day of the tournament, Stu Ungar was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room from a drug overdose. However, he had such a chip lead that even when the dealers kept taking his blinds out every orbit, Ungar still made the final table and finished ninth pocketing $25,050. Berry Johnston entered the final table in pursuit of second Main Event title, but finished in fifth.
Final table
Place Name Prize 1st Mansour Matloubi $835,000 2nd Hans Lund $334,000 3rd Dave Crunkleton $167,000 4th Jim Ward $91,850 5th Berry Johnston $75,150 6th Al Krux $58,450 7th Rod Peate $50,100 8th John Bonetti $33,400 9th Stu Ungar $25,050
In The Money Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
Place Name Prize 13th Bobby Hoff $12,500 17th Mel Judah $12,500 19th Perry Green $10,000 20th Mickey Appleman $10,000 24th Tom Franklin $10,000 26th Humberto Brenes $8,050 28th Artie Cobb $7,500 32nd Donnacha O'Dea $7,500 34th Thor Hansen $7,500 35th Hoyt Corkins $7,500
References
Further reading
External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker