1992 World Series of Poker

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

Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Men Nguyen $120,600 Tom McEvoy
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Buddy Bonnecaze $115,800 Jimmy Athanas
$1,500 Razz Lamar Hampton $80,400 Men Nguyen
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eli Balas $122,400 Marlon De Los Santos
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Lance Straughn $152,400 Greg Angel
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Rick Steiner $105,000 Marsha Waggoner
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Bob Abell $226,800 Rocky Romano
$1,500 Limit Omaha Tom McEvoy $79,200 Berry Johnston
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Billy Thomas $81,000 Joe Lazar
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Mickey Appleman $119,250 Huck Seed
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Dal Derovin $90,000 Vince Burgio
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Erik Seidel $168,000 Phil Hellmuth
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Ray Rumler $106,000 Esther Rossi
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hoyt Corkins $96,000 O'Neil Longson
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Kenny Duggan $134,000 Noli Francisco
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Paul Clark $122,000 Ray Rumler
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Lyle Berman $192,000 Humberto Brenes
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth $168,000 Steve Kopp
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Shari Flanzer $38,000 Kim Alford

Main Event

There were 201 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Until 2007, this was the only year that there were fewer participants in the main event than the prior year.

Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Hamid Dastmalchi $1,000,000
2nd Tom Jacobs $353,500
3rd Hans Lund $176,750
4th Mike Alsaadi $101,000
5th Dave Crunkleton $60,600
6th Clyde Coleman $30,300

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
7th Johnny Chan $25,250
8th Jack Keller $20,200
12th John Bonetti $10,100
13th Todd Brunson $10,100
15th Bobby Baldwin $10,100
17th Berry Johnston $10,100
20th Surinder Sunar $8,080
21st Telly Savalas $8,080
22nd Barry Greenstein $8,080
23rd Mike Sexton $8,080
24th Mel Judah $8,080
25th Chris Bjorin $8,080

References