1985 Super Bowl of Poker explained

The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."[1]

Prior to 1979, the only high dollar tournament a person could enter was the WSOP. 1972 WSOP Main Event Champion and outspoken ambassador for poker Amarillo Slim saw this as an opportunity. "The World Series of Poker was so successful that everybody wanted more than one tournament," he said.[2] Slim called upon his connections and friendships with poker's elite to start a new tournament in the February 1979. Before the SBOP had developed a reputation of its own, many of the most respected names in poker attended the tournament "more to support Slim and take advantage of the very fat cash games the event would obviously inspire."[3] Slim modeled his SBOP after the WSOP with several events and a $10,000 Texas Hold'em Main Event.

One of the principal differences between the WSOP and the SBOP was the prize structure. The WSOP's prize structure was flat ensuring more people received smaller pieces of the prize pool. The SBOP typically used a 60-30-10 payout structure. In other words, only the first three places received money and generally in the ratio of 60% to first place, 30% to second place, and 10% to third.[4] This payment schedule predominated the SBOP for the first 5 years of the event, but as the event grew the number of payouts increased while keeping the payout schedule top heavy.

1985 Tournament

Poker Hall of Famers Chip Reese and Billy Baxter both made runs at various titles, but neither succeeded in winning their events. The only member to win a tournament that year was Johnny Chan in the $1,000 Omaha event. In order to win the title, he had to defeat two other Hall of Fame caliber players in Dewey Tomko who was inducted into the Hall in 2008 and 1993 recipient Jack Keller. Tomko went on to win the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud event.

Key

Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.
PlaceThe place in which people finish.
NameThe name of the player
Prize (US$)Event prize money

Event 1: $400 Ladies 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Kimberly Bye$
2nd Betty Wagner$
3rd Elsie Brent $
4th Starla Brodie$
5th Cyndy Violette$
6th Lucy Bowman$
7th Cheryl Davis$

Event 2: $500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Rich Quakenbush$
2nd Mark Stropko$
3rd Dody Roach $
4th Mike Stoltz$
5th Dave Walden$
6th Peter Etchemendy$
7th Andy Myerson$

Event 3: $1,000 Ace-to-Five Lowball

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Greg Wagner$
2nd T. J. Cloutier$
3rd Robert Hunter $
4th John Serpa$
5th Dennis Horvath$
6th Johnny Hale$
7th Phil Morgan$

Event 4: $500 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Cheryl Davis $
2nd Artie Cobb$
3rd Dino Bumbico $
4th Gary Berland$
5th David Holzderber$
6th Peter Christ$
7th Bob Ensley$

Event 5: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Art Youngblood $
2nd Chip Reese$
3rd Frank Hunter $

Event 6: $5,000 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Dewey Tomko$
2nd Rick Greider$
3rd Frank Hunter $

Event 7: $2,500 Ace-to-Five Lowball

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Austin Squatty $
2nd Mike Markos$
3rd Billy Baxter$
4th Rick Riolo$
5th Seymour Liebowitz $

Event 8: $500 Omaha

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Terry Fielder $
2nd Dave Chanduloy$
3rd Fred Bowen$

Event 9: $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st $
2nd Jeff Burdasall$
3rd Chip Reese$

Event 10: $1,000 Omaha

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Johnny Chan$
2nd Dewey Tomko$
3rd Jack Keller$

Event 11: $500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Dave Keiser $
2nd Terry Farmer$
3rd Hal Kant$

Event 12: $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Gary Lundgren $
2nd Billy Baxter$
3rd Jim Ray$

Event 13: $1,000 "Follow the stars" Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Bill Strothers $
2nd Norman Jay$
3rd Ray Legett$

Event 14: $10,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Mickey Appleman$
2nd Dewey Tomko$
3rd John Esposito$
4th Lyle Berman$
5th Jack Keller$
6th Al Ethier$
7th Gary Lundgren$

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1981 SBOP: Doubling Up . Hand of the Day . Poker Listing . June 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090628013412/http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-hand-of-the-day_1981-sbop-doubling-up?show=all . June 28, 2009 . live .
  2. Web site: From the Poker Vaults: Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker, Part I . PokerNews . Reback . Storm . March 5, 2009 . June 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514092401/http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/03/poker-vaults-amarillo-slim-super-bowl-poker-1197.htm . May 14, 2009 . live .
  3. Web site: 1982 SBOP: A Win For the Longshot Doc. Poker Hand of the Day. Poker Listing. Wise. Gary. June 19, 2009.
  4. Web site: From the Poker Vaults: Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker, Part II. PokerNews. Reback. Storm. March 12, 2009. June 15, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090515034442/http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/03/poker-vaults-amarillo-slim-super-bowl-poker-part-2-1227.htm. May 15, 2009 . live.
  5. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $400 Ladies 7 Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  6. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $400 Ladies 7 Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  7. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Ace-to-Five Lowball. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  8. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $500 7 Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  9. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  10. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  11. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  12. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $500 Omaha. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  13. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  14. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Omaha. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  15. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $500 Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  16. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  17. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 "Follow the stars" Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.
  18. Web site: 1985 Super Bowl of Poker $10,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 18, 2009.

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