1990 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.

1990 Tournament

The 1990 SBOP had arguably one of the toughest final tables ever assembled. Four of the final six players (Jack Keller, Stu Ungar, T. J. Cloutier, and Chip Reese) have all been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. A fifth player, Hamid Dastmalchi won the WSOP Main Event in 1992. Between the five of them, they have acquired 20 WSOP bracelets. T. J. Cloutier did at the SBOP what he has failed to do at the WSOP, despite making 4 WSOP Main Event Final tables, by winning the SBOP Main Event. Billy Baxter won the Deuce To Seven Lowball. Deuce to Seven is the format type where Baxter has won five WSOP bracelets. Baxter had finished in second place in various SBOP Deuce to Seven Lowball five times and third once.[5]

Hoyt Corkins a two time bracelet and one time World Poker Tour winner won his first major tournament at the 1990 SBOP.[6]

Key

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

Event 1: $ 400 7 Card Stud (Ladies)

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Marsha Waggoner$
2nd Linda Ryke-Drucker$
3rd Liz Jameson$
4th Glenda Bridges$

Event 2: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Fred Sigur$
2nd Jose Rosenkrantz$
3rd Bob Ensley$
4th David Stone$
5th Howard Berger$

Event 3: $ 500 Limit 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Ester Rossi$
2nd Paul Kornelly$
3rd Alex Murray$
4th Mike Berry$
5th Michael Simon$

Event 4: $ 1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Gene Fisher$
2nd Artie Cobb$
3rd Sam Grizzle$
4th John Yarmosh$
5th Jeff Campbell$
6th Bud Moore$

Event 5: $ 1,000 7 Card Razz

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st John Cover$
2nd Johnny Moss$
3rd Steve Edelson$
4th Mike Markos$
5th Don Zewin$
6th Mike Sexton$

Event : $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Ron Stanley$
2nd Lyle Berman$
3rd Rodger Hutchinson$
4th Johnny Chan$
5th Ken Flaton$

Event 7: $ 1,000 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Artie Cobb$
2nd John Agliolora$
3rd Dewey Tomko$
4th Don Zewin$
5th Tommy Fischer$

Event 8: $ 200 No Limit Hold'em with Rebuys

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st John Spadavecchia$
2nd Lyle Berman$
3rd Bill Smith$
4th Humberto Brenes$
5th Scott Johnson$
6th Max Stern$

Event 9: $ 1,000 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Ron Stanley$
2nd Tommy Fischer$
3rd Ronald Ross$
4th Tony Thang$
5th Mickey Finn$
6th Barney O'Malia$
7th Humberto Brenes$
8th Tommy Grimes$
9th John Spadavecchia$

Event 10: $ 200 Limit Omaha with Rebuys

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Hoyt Corkins$
2nd Jack Keller$
3rd David Baxter$
4th Stan Johnson$
5th Vasillis Lazarou$
6th John Cernuto$
7th Tony Thang$
8th Roger Moore$
9th Brent Carter$

Event 11: $ 1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Cyndy Arynn$
2nd Jimmy Athanas$
3rd Don Williams$
4th Flan Pikington$
5th Mike Hart$
6th Alan Boston$
7th Harry Thomas$
8th Robert Miller$
9th Unknown$

Event 11: Deuce To 7 Lowball

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Billy Baxter$
2nd Roger Van Driesen$
3rd Rick Riolo$
4th John Bonetti$

Event 12: $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st T. J. Cloutier$
2nd Jack Keller$
3rd Stu Ungar$
4th Richardo Alem-Simon$
5th Hamid Dastmalchi$
6th Chip Reese$
7th Jim Doman$

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: William Baxter's profile on The Hendon Mob . March 31, 2022 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
  6. Web site: Hoyt Corkins' profile on The Hendon Mob . March 31, 2022 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
  7. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $400 7 Card Stud . Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob . June 16, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604091658/http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=23755 . June 4, 2011 . live .
  8. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $500 Limit 7 Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  9. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  10. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 7 Card Razz. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  11. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $200 Pot Limit Omaha. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  12. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 7 Card Stud. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  13. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $200 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  14. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  15. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $200 Limit Omaha . Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  16. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud . Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  17. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker Deuce To 7 Lowball. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.
  18. Web site: 1990 Super Bowl of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold'em. Tournament Results . The Hendon Mob. June 16, 2009.

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