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1993 World Series of Poker

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1993 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 20 – May 10
Champion
United States Jim Bechtel
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The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. Poker professionals Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest would both win three bracelets during the 1993 Series.

Preliminary events

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There were 20 preliminary events at the 1993 World Series of Poker.[1]

Number Event Winner Prize Runner-up
1 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Robert Turner (1/1) $103,800 Dave Crunkleton
2 $2,500 Seven Card Stud Marty Sigel (1/1) $113,000 Lonnie Williams
3 $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Erik Seidel (1/2) $94,000 J. W. Smith
4 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Hugo Mieth (1/1) $220,800 Jack Keller (0/2)
5 $1,500 Limit Omaha Jack Keller (1/3) $61,800 Howard Lederer
6 $1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Phyllis Kessler (1/1) $32,800 Becki Vincent
7 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth (1/3) $173,000 Noli Francisco
8 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth (2/4) $161,400 Chris Tsiprailidis
9 $5,000 Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth (3/5) $138,000 Don Williams (0/3)
10 $1,500 Ace to Five Draw Chau Giang (1/1) $82,800 Brian Nadell
11 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Ted Forrest (1/1) $114,000 John Heaney
12 $1,500 Razz Ted Forrest (2/2) $77,400 Charles Burris
13 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Ted Forrest (3/3) $120,000 John Cernuto
14 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Gene Fisher (1/2) $113,400 Mike Krescanko
15 $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Hamid Dastmalchi (1/3) $114,000 Mickey Appleman (0/2)
16 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Humberto Brenes (1/1) $128,000 Jay Heimowitz (0/3)
17 $2,500 Limit Hold'em Humberto Brenes (2/2) $149,000 Tom Cady
18 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Buddy Bonnecaze (1/2) $83,400 Roy Dudley
19 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em John Bonetti (1/2) $122,400 Chau Giang (0/1)
20 $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Billy Baxter (1/6) $130,500 Phil Hellmuth (0/5)

Main Event

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There were 231 entrants to the main event.[2] Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. The first two female players to finish in the money in the main event were Marsha Waggoner, who finished in 19th place, and Wendeen H. Eolis, who finished in 20th place.[3]

Final table

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Place Name Prize
1st Jim Bechtel (1/1) $1,000,000
2nd Glenn Cozen $420,000
3rd John Bonetti (0/2) $210,000
4th Mansour Matloubi (0/1) $120,000
5th Thomas Chung (0/2) $72,000
6th Mick Cowley $36,000

In The Money Finishes

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NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
9th Brad Daugherty (0/1) $24,000
12th Henry Orenstein $19,200
13th Robert Turner (0/1) $16,880
15th Mori Eskandani $16,800
19th Marsha Waggoner $12,000
20th Wendeen Eolis $12,000
24th Mike Sexton (0/1) $12,000
25th Bobby Hoff $12,000
26th Chip Reese (0/2) $12,000

References

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  1. ^ "1993 World Series of Poker". WSOP. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ Rinkema, Remko (2018-07-05). "A Numbers Game: WSOP Main Event Winners & Stats". PokerGO Tour. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  3. ^ "WSOP History: 1993 recap". Card Player. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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