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1994 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments


Series of poker tournaments

FieldValue
competition1994 World Series of Poker
locationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
datesApril 16 – May 6
championUSA Russ Hamilton
prev1993
next1995

The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events

There were 20 preliminary events at the 1994 World Series of Poker.

#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1April 16, 1994$1,500 Limit Hold'em506Steven Sim (1/1)$289,200Charles Brock Results
2April 17, 1994$5,000 Limit Hold'em105Erik Seidel (1/3)$210,000Michael Davis Results
3April 18, 1994$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys167Huck Seed (1/1)$167,000Lindy Chambers Results
4April 19, 1994$1,500 No Limit Hold'em330George Rodis (1/1)$135,000Phil Hellmuth (0/5) Results
5April 20, 1994$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split103J. C. Pearson (1/1)$103,000Matthias Rohnacher Results
6April 21, 1994$2,500 Seven Card Stud132Rodney H. Pardey (1/2)$132,000Alan Boston Results
7April 22, 1994$5,000 Seven Card Stud72Roger Moore (1/1)$144,000Adam Roberts Results
8April 23, 1994$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha168O'Neil Longson (1/1)$100,800J. C. Pearson Results
9April 24, 1994$2,500 Limit Hold'em212Mike Laing (1/1)$212,000Fred Lieberman Results
10April 25, 1994$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em247Jay Heimowitz (1/4)$148,200Quinton Nixon Results
11April 26, 1994$2,500 No Limit Hold'em220John Heaney (1/1)$220,000Hal Kant (0/1) Results
12April 27, 1994$1,500 Razz148Mike Hart (1/4)$88,800Tommy Hufnagle Results
13April 28, 1994$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud96Barbara Enright (1/2)$38,400Natalie Ryke Results
14April 29, 1994$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split225T. J. Cloutier (1/2)$135,000Chris Bjorin Results
15April 30, 1994$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em163T. J. Cloutier (2/3)$163,000Travis Dang Results
16May 1, 1994$1,500 Ace to Five Draw155J. J. Chun (1/1)$93,000Steve Flicker Results
17May 2, 1994$1,500 Seven Card Stud226Johnny Chan (1/4)$135,600Mansour Matloubi (0/1) Results
18May 3, 1994$1,500 Limit Omaha139Brent Carter (1/2)$83,400Moxie Ungar Results
19May 4, 1994$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split212Vince Burgio (1/1)$127,200Gary Hutzler Results
20May 5, 1994$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys57Lyle Berman (1/3)$128,250Huck Seed Results
21May 6, 1994$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event268Russ Hamilton (1/1)$1,000,000Hugh Vincent Results

Main Event

There were 268 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. Since this was the 25th anniversary of the Main Event, the winner received $1,000,000, plus his/her weight in silver, in celebration of the WSOP's silver anniversary.

Final table

PlaceNamePrize
1stRuss Hamilton$1,000,000***
2ndHugh Vincent$588,000
3rdJohn Spadavecchia$294,000
4thVince Burgio$168,000
5thAl Krux$100,800
6thRobert Turner$50,400

*** Hamilton also won his weight in silver

In The Money Finishes

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

PlaceNamePrize
16thMansour Matloubi$20,160
19thJ. C. Pearson$16,800
22ndHoward Goldfarb$16,800
24thBobby Baldwin$16,800
25thYoshio Nakano$16,800
26thAnnie Duke$16,800
27thDonnacha O'Dea$16,800

References

References

  1. "1994 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule".
  2. Rinkema, Remko. (2018-07-05). "A Numbers Game: WSOP Main Event Winners & Stats".
  3. Sexton, Tom. (2008-06-16). "Sexton's Corner, Vol. 49: Russ Hamilton, Part 2 -- $1,000,000, a Bracelet and 43 Silver Bars".
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