1992 World Series of Poker

1992 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 22 – May 16
Champion
Hamid Dastmalchi

The 1992 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Men Nguyen	$120,600	Tom McEvoy
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Buddy Bonnecaze	$115,800	Jimmy Athanas
$1,500 Razz	Lamar Hampton	$80,400	Men Nguyen
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Eli Balas	$122,400	Marlon De Los Santos
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Lance Straughn	$152,400	Greg Angel
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Rick Steiner	$105,000	Marsha Waggoner
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Bob Abell	$226,800	Rocky Romano
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Tom McEvoy	$79,200	Berry Johnston
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Billy Thomas	$81,000	Joe Lazar
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw	Mickey Appleman	$119,250	Huck Seed
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Dal Derovin	$90,000	Vince Burgio
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	Erik Seidel	$168,000	Phil Hellmuth
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Ray Rumler	$106,000	Esther Rossi
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Hoyt Corkins	$96,000	O'Neil Longson
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Kenny Duggan	$134,000	Noli Francisco
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Paul Clark	$122,000	Ray Rumler
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Lyle Berman	$192,000	Humberto Brenes
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$168,000	Steve Kopp
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Shari Flanzer	$38,000	Kim Alford

Main Event

There were 201 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. Until the 2007 WSOP Main Event, this was the only year that there were fewer participants in the main event than the prior year.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Hamid Dastmalchi	$1,000,000
2nd	Tom Jacobs	$353,500
3rd	Hans Lund	$176,750
4th	Mike Alsaadi	$101,000
5th	Dave Crunkleton	$60,600
6th	Clyde Coleman	$30,300

In The Money Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Johnny Chan	$25,250
8th	Jack Keller	$20,200
12th	John Bonetti	$10,100
13th	Todd Brunson	$10,100
15th	Bobby Baldwin	$10,100
17th	Berry Johnston	$10,100
21st	Telly Savalas	$8,080
22nd	Barry Greenstein	$8,080
23rd	Mike Sexton	$8,080
24th	Mel Judah	$8,080
25th	Chris Björin	$8,080
34th	Dewey Tomko	$7,070