1988 World Series of Poker

The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

1 Preliminary events
2 Main Event
- 2.1 Final table
- 2.2 Other High Finishes

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Val Carpenter	$223,800	Jack Keller
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Russ Gibe	$181,800	Hans "Tuna" Lund
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Gilbert Gross	$181,000	Hugh Todd
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Thor Hansen	$158,000	David Heyden
$1,000 Limit Omaha	David Helms	$91,200	Don Williams
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split	Lance Hilt	$123,600	Joe Petro
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Loretta Huber	$17,000	Ester Rossi
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Merrill Hunt	$130,200	Johnny Moss
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw	Seymour Leibowitz	$157,500	David "Chip" Reese
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Johnny Moss	$116,400	Richard Chase
$1,000 Seven Card Razz	Don Williams	$76,800	Art Youngblood

Main Event

There were 167 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Chan	$700,000
2nd	Erik Seidel	$280,000
3rd	Ron Graham	$140,000
4th	Humberto Brenes	$77,000
5th	T. J. Cloutier	$63,000
6th	Jim Bechtel	$49,000

Other High Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
15th	Jay Heimowitz	$12,500
18th	Roger Moore	$12,500
20th	Mike Hart	$10,000
23rd	Ken Flaton	$10,000
26th	Don Williams	$10,000
27th	David Sklansky	$8,750
28th	John Spadavecchia	$8,750

Major poker tournaments

World Series
of Poker
(bracelet)

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Europe	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (results) 2012 (results) 2013 (results) 2015 (results)

Asia Pacific	2013 2014

Circuit events^[1]	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011–12 2012–13

Other	Tournament of Champions World Series of Poker Africa

Poker tours

World	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

European	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

North American	Season 1 2

Asia Pacific	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Latin American	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

UK and Ireland	Season 1 2 3 4 5

Other	Asian (APT) Australia-New Zealand (ANZPT) Central Europe (EUREKA) Italian (IPT) Spain (ESTRELLAS)

Super Bowl of Poker

Late Night Poker

Series 1
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Poker Superstars

Other events

Online events

[1] Starting in 2011, a World Series of Poker bracelet was awarded to the WSOP Circuit National Champion.

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1988 World Series of Poker