The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.
Events There were 12 preliminary events at the 1986 World Series of Poker. 1984 WSOP Main Event winner Jack Keller finished runner-up in two preliminary events.
#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1May 10, 1986 $1,000 Limit Omaha121 Jim Allen (1/1) $48,400 Jack Keller (0/2) Results2May 11, 1986 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha (Rebuy)67 David Baxter (1/2) $127,000 Eddie Schwettman Results3May 12, 1986 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em302 Hamid Dastmalchi (1/1) $165,000 Hans Lund (0/1) Results4May 13, 1986 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud82 Barbara Enright (1/1) $16,400 Betty Carey Results5May 14, 1986 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw with Rebuys 31 Ron Graham (1/1) $142,000 Aubrey Day (0/2) Results6May 15, 1986 $1,500 Limit Hold'em320 Jay Heimowitz (1/2) $175,800 Frank Henderson Results7May 16, 1986 $1,000 Seven Card Razz131 Tom McEvoy (1/3) $52,400 Alma McClelland Results8May 17, 1986 $1,000 Ace to Five Draw173 J. B. Randall (1/1) $69,200 Clifford Roof Results9May 18, 1986 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low Split169 Tommy Fischer (1/2) $73,600 Carl Lao Results10May 19, 1986 $5,000 Seven Card Stud40 Sam Mastrogiannis (1/2) $80,000 Rick Greider Results11May 20, 1986 $5,000 No Limit Ace to 5 Draw with Joker (Rebuy)32 Mike Cox (1/1) $118,000 Jack Keller (0/2) Results12May 20, 1986 $1,000 Seven Card stud196 Sam Mastrogiannis (2/3) $78,400 David Chew Results13May 21, 1986$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event141Berry Johnston (1/2)$570,000Mike Harthcock (0/1) Results
Main Event
There were 141 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. 1985 World Champion Bill Smith made back-to-back Main Event final tables. Johnston, the eventual winner, finished third at the final table in 1985 when Smith won. Wendeen Eolis became the first female player to finish the main event in the money when she finished in 25th place.
Final table
Place Name Prize 1st Berry Johnston $570,000 2nd Mike Harthcock $228,000 3rd Gary Berland $114,000 4th Jesse Alto $62,700 5th Bill Smith $51,300 6th Roger Moore $39,900
In The Money Finishes NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
Place Name Prize 8th Jim Doman $22,800 10th Dewey Tomko $12,500 11th Don Williams $12,500 13th Jim Bechtel $12,500 14th Lyle Berman $12,500 15th David Baxter $12,500 16th Bobby Baldwin $12,500 21st Gabe Kaplan $10,000 23rd Buster Jackson $10,000 25th Wendeen Eolis $10,000 26th Johnny Moss $10,000 28th Ken Flaton $7,500 34th Artie Cobb $7,500
References
External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker