1982 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments February 2026 1982 World Series of Poker Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada May 9 – 27 USA Jack Straus 1981 1983 The 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe in May 1982.1982 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule WSOP.com https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/schedule/?groupid=217 November 16, 2024 Events There were 13 preliminary events at the 1982 World Series of Poker. Billy Baxter became the third player in WSOP history to win the first two events of a single World Series. #Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1May 9, 1982 $2,500 Ace to Five Draw39 Billy Baxter (1/3) $48,750 Bobby Baldwin (0/4) Results2May 10, 1982 $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw19 Billy Baxter (2/4) $95,000 Lou Axler Results3May 11, 1982 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Split88 Tom Cress (1/1) $44,000 Clark Mantz Results4May 12, 1982 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em192 Jim Doman (1/1) $96,000 Frank Henderson Results5May 13, 1982 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud64 June Field (1/1) $16,000 Jackie Jean Results6May 14, 1982 $1,000 Seven Card Razz80 Nick Helm (1/1) $40,000 Robert Turner Results7May 15, 1982 $800 Mixed Doubles44 David Sklansky (1/1) & Dani Kelly (1/1) $8,800 Lanette Rocheleau & Gary Berland (0/5) Results8May 16, 1982 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em164 Ralph Morton (1/1) $123,000 Joe King Results9May 17, 1982 $1,000 Limit Hold'em202 John Paquette (1/1) $101,000 Sam Wilson Results10May 18, 1982 $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud37 Chip Reese (1/2) $92,500 Ken Flaton Results11May 19, 1982 $1,000 Ace to Five Draw77 Vera Richmond (1/1) $38,500 Tim Jewett Results12May 20, 1982 $1,000 Draw High31 David Sklansky (2/2) $15,500 Michael Conti Results13May 21, 1982 $1,000 Seven Card Stud112 Don Williams (1/1) $56,000 Roger Moore Results14May 22, 1982$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event104Jack Straus (1/2)$520,000Dewey Tomko (0/1) Results Main Event There were 104 entrants to the Main Event. This Main Event was the first to exceed 100 entries.Streltcoff Max WSOP 1982: Jack Straus, a Chip and a Chair PokerListings October 27, 2024 https://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/wsop-1982 November 11, 2024 Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top nine players finishing in the money and the champion earning half of the prize pool. Doyle Brunson made the final table in pursuit of a record third Main Event title, but finished fourth. Jack Straus beat Dewey Tomko to win the 1982 title; earlier in the tournament, Straus had been down to one chip.World Series of Poker: A Retrospective: 1982 Summary http://gaming.unlv.edu/WSOP/annual/1982.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20031018021319/http://gaming.unlv.edu/WSOP/annual/1982.html October 18, 2003 University of Nevada, Las VegasAlfano Sean "All You Need Is A Chip And A Chair" CBS News July 2, 2007 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/all-you-need-is-a-chip-and-a-chair/ March 7, 2025 Final table Place Name Prize 1st Jack Straus $520,000 2nd Dewey Tomko $208,000 3rd Berry Johnston $104,000 4th Doyle Brunson $52,000 5th A. J. Myers $52,000 6th Dody Roach $41,060 In The Money Finishes Place Name Prize 7th Buster Jackson $20,800 8th Sailor Roberts $20,800 9th Carl Cannon $20,800 The wristwatch Due to early criticism that the bracelets were too feminine and that no male winners wore them, the WSOP replaced the bracelets with golden wristwatches in 1982. The wristwatches were unpopular, and, as a result, the bracelets were brought back in 1983.June 18, 2012 The WSOP on June 15th, 2012 http://acr.bazzinga.ca/the-wsop-on-june-15th-2012-part-iv March 26, 2013 Americas CardroomFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes References External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker Category:World Series of Poker World Series of Poker Category:1982 in Nevada