The 1976 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held from May 3 to 10, 1976, at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events The 1976 WSOP featured seven preliminary events. Howard Andrew became the second player in WSOP history to win the first two events of a single World Series, joining Jimmy Casella from 1974. Moss's win in Event #6 made him the first player in WSOP to win six career bracelets. Future Hall of Famer and established poker professional Doyle Brunson won his first two career WSOP bracelets.

#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-up Results1May 3, 1976 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em56Howard Andrew (1/1) $28,000 Al Ethier Results2May 4, 1976 $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em 25 Howard Andrew (1/2) $24,000 Dewey Tomko Results3May 5, 1976 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw26 Doyle Brunson (1/1) $90,250 Aubrey Day (0/1) Results4May 6, 1976 $1,000 Ace to Five Draw80 Perry Green (1/1) $68,300 Bill Orman Results5May 7, 1976 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Split17 Doc Green (1/1) $12,750 Artie Cobb Results6May 8, 1976 $500 Seven Card Stud52 Johnny Moss (1/6) $13,000 Hal Wilber Results7May 9, 1976 $5,000 Seven Card Stud11 Walter Smiley (1/1) $35,000 Eric Drache Results8May 10, 1976$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event22Doyle Brunson (2/2)$220,000Jesse AltoResults

Main Event

There were 22 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the winner-take-all tournament. The 1976 Championship was the first WSOP Main Event to award the winner a gold bracelet along with the cash prize. In the final hand of the Main Event, Jesse Alto held , while Doyle Brunson held . The flop came giving two pairs for Alto and one pair for Brunson. Alto then led out with a pot size bet, Brunson with the chip lead countered by moving all-in, which was called. The turn came , giving Brunson two pair but still trailing, the river brought giving Brunson a full house and the win. Doyle Brunson's win was the first of two consecutive Main Events for the future Poker Hall of Famer.

Final table

Place Name Prize 1st Doyle Brunson $220,000 2nd Jesse Alto None 3rd Tommy Hufnagle None 4th Crandell Addington None 5th Bob Hooks None 6th Unknown None

References

External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker Tournament results at the Hendon Mob Poker Database