1988 World Series of Poker

The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion’s Horseshoe between 5th May, 1988, and 21st May, 1988.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold’em	Val Carpenter	$223,800	Jack Keller
$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	Russell 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

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

 

Place	Name	Prize
9th	Jesse Alto	$21,000
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