Event
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Winner
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Prize
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Runner-up
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$2,500 Ace to Five Draw
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David Angel
|
$46,250
|
Mike Cox
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$1,500 No Limit Hold'em
|
David Baxter
|
$145,500
|
Richard Klamian
|
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split
|
Artie Cobb
|
$52,000
|
David Singer
|
$800 Mixed Doubles
|
Jim Doman & Donna Doman
|
$10,000
|
Unknown
|
$1,000 Seven Card Stud
|
Ken Flaton
|
$62,000
|
Stu Ungar
|
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud
|
Carolyn Gardner
|
$16,000
|
Kim Bye
|
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em
|
Buster Jackson
|
$124,000
|
Rick Hamil
|
$2,500 Match Play
|
Berry Johnston
|
$40,000
|
Ray Zee
|
$1,000 Seven Card Razz
|
John Lukas
|
$43,000
|
Buddy McIntosh
|
$1,000 Limit Hold'em
|
Tom McEvoy
|
$117,000
|
Donnacha O'Dea
|
$1,000 Limit Omaha
|
David Sklansky
|
$25,500
|
Perry Green
|
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw
|
Don Todd
|
$49,500
|
Richard Stone
|
$5,000 Seven Card Stud
|
Stu Ungar
|
$110,000
|
Dewey Tomko
|
$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
|
Dick Carson
|
$105,000
|
Jack Straus
|
$1,000 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
|
Ted Binion
|
$10,000
|
unknown
|
There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 9 players finishing in the money. Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for what would have been a record-tying third time when he finished third. Rod Peate and Tom McEvoy went on to play the longest heads-up match in World Series history until 2006. The match lasted over seven hours. McEvoy emerged victorious becoming the first player to win the main event via a satellite tournament. Donnacha O'Dea was the first foreign player ever to place in the money at the WSOP.[2]