1971 World Series of Poker

The 1971 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion’s Horseshoe during May 1st–15th, 1971. This was only the 2nd installment of the World Series of Poker, but unlike at the 1970 event, freezeout tournaments were played to decide the winner of the main title. The freezeout structure replaced the cash games, and it was kept in use ever since. 5 freezeouts were played in total—4 preliminary events and the Main Event—each featuring a different poker variant. The preliminary events required player to put up a buy-in of $1K, while the Main Event buy-in was $5K.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1K Limit 7-Card Stud	Puggy Pearson	$10K	Unknown
$1K Limit Razz	Jimmy Casella	$10K	Unknown
$1K Limit 5-Card Stud	Bill Boyd	$10K	Unknown
$1K Limit A-to-5 Draw	Johnny Moss	$10K	Unknown

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Moss	$30K
2nd	Walter “Puggy” Pearson	None
3rd	Unknown	None
4th	Unknown	None
5th	Unknown	None
6th	Unknown	None