1986 World Series of Poker

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

1986 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	May 10 – May 23
Champion
Berry Johnston

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

Main Event

There were 141 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. 1985 World Champion Bill Smith made back-to-back Main Event final tables. Johnston, the eventual winner, was at the final table in 1985 when Smith won. Wendeen Eolis became the first female player to finish the main event in the money when she finished in 25th place.

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

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Steve 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