1992 World Series of Poker explained

Competition:1992 World Series of Poker
Location:Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates:April 22 – May 16
Champion: Hamid Dastmalchi
Prev:1991
Next:1993

The 1992 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
$1,500 Seven Card StudMen Nguyen$120,600Tom McEvoy
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'emBuddy Bonnecaze$115,800Jimmy Athanas
$1,500 RazzLamar Hampton$80,400Men Nguyen
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo SplitEli Balas$122,400Marlon De Los Santos
$1,500 No Limit Hold'emLance Straughn$152,400Greg Angel
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo SplitRick Steiner$105,000Marsha Waggoner
$1,500 Limit Hold'emBob Abell$226,800Rocky Romano
$1,500 Limit OmahaTom McEvoy$79,200Berry Johnston
$1,500 Pot Limit OmahaBilly Thomas$81,000Joe Lazar
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven DrawMickey Appleman$119,250Huck Seed
$1,500 Ace to Five DrawDal Derovin$90,000Vince Burgio
$2,500 Limit Hold'emErik Seidel$168,000Phil Hellmuth
$2,500 Seven Card StudRay Rumler$106,000Esther Rossi
$5,000 Pot Limit OmahaHoyt Corkins$96,000O'Neil Longson
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'emKenny Duggan$134,000Noli Francisco
$5,000 Seven Card StudPaul Clark$122,000Ray Rumler
$2,500 No Limit Hold'emLyle Berman$192,000Humberto Brenes
$5,000 Limit Hold'emPhil Hellmuth$168,000Steve Kopp
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card StudShari Flanzer$38,000Kim Alford

Main Event

There were 201 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. Until the 2007 WSOP Main Event, this was the only year that there were fewer participants in the main event than the prior year.

Final table

PlaceNamePrize
1stHamid Dastmalchi$1,000,000
2ndTom Jacobs$353,500
3rdHans Lund$176,750
4thMike Alsaadi$101,000
5thDave Crunkleton$60,600
6thClyde Coleman$30,300

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

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PlaceNamePrize
7thJohnny Chan$25,250
8thJack Keller$20,200
12thJohn Bonetti$10,100
13thTodd Brunson$10,100
15thBobby Baldwin$10,100
17thBerry Johnston$10,100
21stTelly Savalas$8,080
22ndBarry Greenstein$8,080
23rdMike Sexton$8,080
24thMel Judah$8,080
25thChris Björin$8,080
34thDewey Tomko$7,070