The 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from May 11 to 22, 1979.
Events There were 11 preliminary events at the 1979 World Series of Poker. The 1979 WSOP featured the first designed tournament in WSOP history where two players won a bracelet for the same event. Moss became the first player in WSOP history to win seven career bracelets.
#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1May 11, 1979 $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw15 Bobby Baldwin (1/4) $90,000 Byron Wolford Results2May 12, 1979 $500 Seven Card Stud80 Gary Berland (1/4) $24,000 Mike Schnieberg Results3May 13, 1979 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Split34Gary Berland (2/5) $20,400 Puggy Pearson (0/4) Results4May 14, 1979 $600 Mixed Doubles25 Doyle Brunson (1/6) & Starla Brodie (1/1) $4,500 Wayne Eister & Pat Eister Results5May 15, 1979 $400 Ladies' Seven Card Stud53 Barbara Freer (0/1) $12,720 Pat Sovoia Results6May 16, 1979 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em85 Perry Green (1/3) $76,500 Jim Bechtel Results7May 17, 1979 $1,000 Ace to Five Draw37 Lakewood Louie (1/2) $22,200 J.W. Box Results8May 18, 1979 $2,000 Draw High19Lakewood Louie (2/3) $22,800 Jackie MIlls Results9May 19, 1979 $1,000 Razz37 Sam Mastrogiannis (1/1) $22,200 Unknown Results10May 20, 1979 $5,000 Seven Card Stud16 Johnny Moss (1/7) $48,000 Puggy Pearson (0/4) Results11May 21, 1979 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em97 Dewey Tomko (1/1) $48,000 Duanne Hammrich Results12May 22, 1979$10,000 No Limit Hold'em54Hal Fowler (1/1)$270,000Bobby HoffResults
Main Event
There were 54 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Fowler was the first amateur to win the WSOP Main Event.
Final table
Place Name Prize 1st Hal Fowler $270,000 2nd Bobby Hoff $108,000 3rd George Huber $81,000 4th Sam Moon $54,000 5th Johnny Moss $27,000 6th Chip Reese None 7th Crandell Addington None 8th Sam Petrillo None
Performance of past champions Day 1: Doyle Brunson, Sailor Roberts, Amarillo Slim Day 2: Puggy Pearson Day 3: Bobby Baldwin
References
External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker Tournament results at the Hendon Mob Poker Database