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Series of poker tournaments
The 1991 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe . The 1991 World Series featured a then-record 18 bracelet events.
Preliminary events [ edit ]
Event
Winner
Prize
Runner-up
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
Joe Becker
$119,400
Mel Judah
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Doyle Brunson
$208,000
Dan Stashkiw
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Brent Carter
$166,800
O'Neil Longson
$5,000 Seven Card Stud
Thomas Chung
$142,000
Mim Penney
$1,500 Seven Card Stud
Artie Cobb
$146,400
John Sears
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw
Pat Flanagan
$106,800
David Allred
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
Mike Hart
$106,200
James Richburg
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Jay Heimowitz
$126,000
John Bonetti
$1,500 Limit Omaha
Paul Heinrich
$92,000
Chris Hatzakos
$1,500 Limit Hold'em
Max Linder
$256,000
Eddie Schwettman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud
Rodney H. Pardey
$133,000
Don Williams
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
John Spadavecchia
$58,500
Dewey Tomko
$2,500 Limit Hold'em
Ron Stanley
$203,000
Stavros Karabinas
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
An Tran
$87,600
Chris Björin
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud
Donna Ward
$28,200
Toni Brown
$5,000 Limit Hold'em
Byron Wolford
$210,000
Erik Seidel
$1,500 Razz
Charles Wight
$231,000
Steve Kopp
Main Event [ edit ]
There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of $1,000,000.
Final table [ edit ]
Other High Finishes [ edit ]
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
Place
Name
Prize
7th
Hilbert Shirey
$28,750
9th
Donnacha O'Dea
$17,250
10th
Robert Turner
$11,500
11th
Jay Heimowitz
$11,500
12th
O'Neil Longson
$11,500
13th
Gabe Kaplan
$11,500
15th
Brent Carter
$11,500
18th
David Baxter
$11,500
19th
Hans Lund
$9,200
21st
Jason Lester
$9,200
22nd
Mike Hart
$9,200
24th
Mike Sexton
$9,200
29th
Bobby Baldwin
$8,050