1990 World Series of Poker

The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion’s Horseshoe.

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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold’em	Mike Hart	$252,000	Mel Judah
$1,500 Razz	Ray Rumler	$111,600	Robert Turner
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Norm Boulus	$108,600	Wally Caldwell
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Monte Kouz	$113,400	Herb Chessler
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Tony Stormzand	$106,800	Jack Green
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Phil Reher	$124,200	Al Kudelka
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Vasilis Lazarou	$158,400	Steve Metz
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Shawqui Shunnarah	$113,400	Austin Scott
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw	John Bonetti	$83,250	Milton Butts
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Hugh Todd	$168,000	Keith Sexton
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston	$142,000	O’Neil Longson
$2,500 Limit Hold’em	Berry Johnston	$254,000	Hal Kant
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em	Allen Baker	$280,000	Freddy Deeb
$500 Ladies’ Seven Card Stud	Marie Gabert	$22,000	Jenny Kaye

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Mansour Matloubi	$835,000
2nd	Hans Lund	$334,000
3rd	Dave Crunkleton	$167,000
4th	Jim Ward	$91,850
5th	Berry Johnston	$75,150
6th	Al Krux	$58,450
7th	Rod Peate	$50,100
8th	John Bonetti	$33,400
9th	Stu Ungar	$25,050

Other High Finishes

Place	Name	Prize
13th	Bobby Hoff	$12,500
17th	Mel Judah	$12,500
19th	Perry Green	$10,000
20th	Mickey Appleman	$10,000
24th	Tom Franklin	$10,000
26th	Humberto Brenes	$8,050
28th	Artie Cobb	$7,500