1979 World Series of Poker explained

Competition:	1979 World Series of Poker
Location:	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates:	May 11 – May 22
Champion:	Hal Fowler
Prev:	1978
Next:	1980

The 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in May 1979.^[1]

Preliminary events

There were 11 preliminary events at the 1979 World Series of Poker.^[2] Moss became the first player in WSOP history to win seven career bracelets.

	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
1	$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw	15	Bobby Baldwin (1/4)	$90,000	Byron Wolford	^[3]
2	$500 Seven Card Stud	80	Gary Berland (1/4)	$24,000	Mike Schnieberg	^[4]
3	$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	34	Gary Berland (2/5)	$20,400	Puggy Pearson (0/4)	^[5]
4	$600 Mixed Doubles	25	Doyle Brunson (1/6) & Starla Brodie (1/1)	$4,500	Wayne Eister & Pat Eister	^[6]
5	$400 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	53	Barbara Freer (0/1)	$12,720	Pat Sovoia	^[7]
6	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	85	Perry Green (1/3)	$76,500	Jim Bechtel	^[8]
7	$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	37	Lakewood Louie (1/2)	$22,200	J.W. Box	^[9]
8	$2,000 Draw High	19	Lakewood Louie (2/3)	$22,800	Jackie MIlls	^[10]
9	$1,000 Razz	37	Sam Mastrogiannis (1/1)	$22,200	Unknown	^[11]
10	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	16	Johnny Moss (1/7)	$48,000	Puggy Pearson (0/4)	^[12]
11	$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	97	Dewey Tomko (1/1)	$48,000	Duanne Hammrich	^[13]

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.^[14]

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Hal Fowler (1/1)	$270,000
2nd	Bobby Hoff	$108,000
3rd	George Huber (0/1)	$81,000
4th	Sam Moon	$54,000
5th	Johnny Moss (1/7)	$27,000
6th	Chip Reese (0/1)	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 ⁽¹⁾

External links

• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker
• Tournament results at the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Series of Poker 1979 . 2024-11-19 . The Hendon Mob . en.
2. Web site: 1979 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule . WSOP.com. 2024-11-16.
3. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
4. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #2: $500 Limit Seven Card Stud . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
5. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #3: $1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
6. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #4: $600 Mixed Doubles Seven Card Stud . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
7. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #5: $400 Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
8. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #6: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
9. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #7: $1,000 Limit A-5 Draw Lowball . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
10. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #8: $2,000 Limit Draw High . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
11. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #9: $1,000 Limit Razz . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
12. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #10: $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
13. Web site: 1979 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #11: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em . 2024-11-16 . World Series of Poker.
14. Web site: Holloway . Chad . History in Spades: The First Amateur to Win the Main Event . PokerNews . 2010-11-04 . 2024-11-11.