1988 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 modelled 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.

1988 Tournament

The 1988 SBOP was possibly one of the most notable years in the tournament's history. Two future Poker Hall of Famer's Stu Ungar and Jack Keller were playing heads-up for the right to claim the title. Stu won the event and went on to become the only person to win three SBOP Main Events. The loser, Jack Keller, ended up winning two SBOP Main Events. The Main Event was not the only final table that Jack made it to in 1988. Jack faced off against another future Poker Hall of Famer at the $1,000 Ace to Five Draw tournament. This time he fell short to Chip Reese.

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: $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Stu Ungar$
2nd Jack Keller$
3rd Don Williams $
4th David Baxter$
5th Perry Green$
6th Ricardo Alem-Simon$
7th Jose Rosenkrantz$

Event 2: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Robert Turner$
2nd Eric Treichel$
3rd Earl Kim $
4th Michael Halford$
5th Stan Singer$
6th Ken Flaton$
7th Johnny Hale$
8th John Fallon$

Event 3: $ 1,000 Ace to Five Draw

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Chip Reese$
2nd Ray Rumler$
3rd Pat Flanagan$
4th Jack Keller$
5th Jack Lewis$

Event 4: $ 500 Limit Seven Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Jim Brenner$
2nd Barbara Gold$
3rd Wallace Phipps$
4th Said Barjestch$
5th Robert Miller$
6th Jack Shirley$
7th Karen Wolfson$
8th Jack Lewis$
9th Ken Flaton$
10th Johnny Moss$

Event 5: $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st John King$
2nd Seymour Leibowitz$
3rd Ron Graham$
4th George Tsiklitiras$
5th Ed Edmonson$
6th David Baxter$
7th Mike Hart$
8th Don Williams$
9th Artie Cobb$

Event 6: $ 1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Marty Sigel$
2nd Al Korsin$

Event 7: $ 200 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Ricardo Alem-Simon$
2nd Men Nguyen$
3rd Tony Abadi$
4th Eldon Elias$
5th Dewey Tomko$
6th Tom Franklin$
7th Al Korsin$
8th Eddie Schwettmann$
9th George Rodis$

Event 8: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Doug Roche$
2nd Ray Rumler$
3rd Lauri Foreman$
4th Humberto Brenes$
5th Al Korsin$
6th Tony Thang$
7th T. J. Cloutier$
8th Hector Williams$
9th Don Thrash$

Event 9: $ 1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud

Event 10: $ 2,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw

Event 11: $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha

Event 12:$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Don Holt$
2nd George Rodis$
3rd Jens Nielsen$
4th Yosh Nakano$
5th Brad Daugherty$
6th Perry Green$
7th Harve Morgan$
8th Scott Mayfield$
9th David Baxter$

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: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold'em . Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob . June 16, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080121171336/http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=24280 . January 21, 2008 . live .
  6. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $500 Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20051218114900/http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r. December 18, 2005. dead.
  7. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Ace to Five Draw. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  8. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $500 Limit Seven Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  9. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $200 Pot Limit Omaha. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  10. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  11. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $200 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  12. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $500 Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  13. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  14. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $2,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  15. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $200 Pot Limit Omaha. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  16. Web site: 1988 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.

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