1986 World Series of Poker

The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion’s Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,000 Limit Omaha	Jim Allen	$48,400	Jack Keller
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys	David Baxter	$127,000	Eddie Schwettman
$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	Hamid Dastmalchi	$165,000	Hans Lund
$500 Ladies’ Seven Card Stud	Barbara Enright	$16,400	Betty Carey
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw with Rebuys	Ron Graham	$142,000	Aubrey Day
$1,500 Limit Hold’em	Jay Heimowitz	$175,800	Frank Henderson
$1,000 Seven Card Razz	Tom McEvoy	$52,400	Alma McClelland
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	J. B. Randall	$69,200	Clifford Roof
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low Split	Tommy Fischer	$73,600	Carl Lao
$5,000 No Limit Ace to 5 Draw with Joker & Rebuys	Mike Cox	$118,000	Jack Keller
$1,500 Seven Card stud	Sam Mastrogiannis	$80,000	Rick Greider

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Berry Johnston	$570,000
2nd	Mike Harthcock	$228,000
3rd	Gary Berland	$114,000
4th	Jesse Alto	$62,700
5th	Bill Smith	$51,300
6th	Roger Moore	$39,900

Other High Finishes

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Stephen Lott	$34,200
8th	Jim Doman	$22,800
10th	Dewey Tomko	$12,500
11th	Don Williams	$12,500
13th	Jim Bechtel	$12,500
14th	Lyle Berman	$12,500
15th	David Baxter	$12,500
16th	Bobby Baldwin	$12,500
21st	Gabe Kaplan	$10,000
25th	Wendeen Eolis	$10,000
26th	Johnny Moss	$10,000
28th	Ken Flaton	$7,500