The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events There were 11 preliminary events at the 1987 World Series of Poker.

#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1May 1, 1987 $1,000 Ace to Five Draw216 Bob Addison (1/1) $96,400 Don Williams (0/2) Results2May 2, 1987 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw with Rebuys37 Billy Baxter (1/5) $153,000 Joe Petro Results3May 3, 1987 $1,000 Limit Omaha180 T. J. Cloutier (1/1) $72,000 Robert Turner Results4May 4, 1987 $5,000 Seven Card Stud71 Artie Cobb (1/2) $142,000 Don Williams (0/2) Results5May 5, 1987 $1,000 Seven Card Stud259 Jim Craig (1/1) $103,600 Al Anderson Results6May 6, 1987 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha91 Hal Kant (1/1) $174,000 Lyle Berman Results7May 7, 1987 $1,500 Limit Hold'em342 Ralph Morton (1/2) $189,000 Jack Keller (0/2) Results8May 8, 1987 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Split233 Joe Petro (1/1) $93,200 Gene Fisher (0/1) Results9May 9, 1987 $5,000 Seven Card Razz163 Carl Rouss (1/1) $65,200 Mark Mitchell Results10May 10, 1987 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud84 Linda Ryke-Drucker (1/1) $16,800 Barbara Putterman Results11May 11, 1987 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em313 Hilbert Shirey (1/1) $171,600 Lee Wosk Results12May 12, 1987$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event152Johnny Chan (1/2)$625,000Frank Henderson Results

Main Event

There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. The 1987 Main Event was Johnny Chan's first of back-to-back World Championships. Dan Harrington finished in sixth place. He would later go on to win the 1995 WSOP Main Event.

Final table

Place Name Prize 1st Johnny Chan $625,000 2nd Frank Henderson $250,000 3rd Bob Ciaffone $125,000 4th James Spain $68,750 5th Howard Lederer $56,250 6th Dan Harrington $43,750

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

Place Name Prize 8th Mickey Appleman $25,000 9th Jack Keller $18,750 11th Jay Heimowitz $12,500 12th Hamid Dastmalchi $12,500 14th Humberto Brenes $12,500 15th Don Williams $12,500 16th Rod Peate $12,500 17th Puggy Pearson $12,500 18th Howard Andrew $12,500 21st Bobby Baldwin $10,000 22nd Mike Hart $10,000 26th Johnny Moss $10,000 32nd Berry Johnston $7,500 34th Artie Cobb $7,500 35th Mori Eskandani $7,500

References

External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker