1979 World Series of Poker

The 1979 World Series of Poker was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from May 11 to May 22, 1979.

Events

There were 11 preliminary events at the 1979 World Series of Poker. The 1979 WSOP featured the first designed tournament in WSOP history where two players won a bracelet for the same event. Moss became the first player in WSOP history to win seven career bracelets.

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	May 11, 1979	$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw	15	Bobby Baldwin	$90,000	Byron Wolford
2	May 12, 1979	$500 Seven Card Stud	80	Gary Berland	$24,000	Mike Schnieberg
3	May 13, 1979	$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	34	Gary Berland	$20,400	Puggy Pearson
4	May 14, 1979	$600 Mixed Doubles	25	Doyle Brunson & Starla Brodie	$4,500	Wayne Eister & Pat Eister
5	May 15, 1979	$400 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	53	Barbara Freer	$12,720	Pat Sovoia
6	May 16, 1979	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	85	Perry Green	$76,500	Jim Bechtel
7	May 17, 1979	$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	37	Lakewood Louie	$22,200	J.W. Box
8	May 18, 1979	$2,000 Draw High	19	Lakewood Louie	$22,800	Jackie MIlls
9	May 19, 1979	$1,000 Razz	37	Sam Mastrogiannis	$22,200	Unknown
10	May 20, 1979	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	16	Johnny Moss	$48,000	Puggy Pearson
11	May 21, 1979	$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	97	Dewey Tomko	$48,000	Duanne Hammrich
12	May 22, 1979	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em	54	Hal Fowler	$270,000	Bobby Hoff

Main Event

There were 54 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Fowler was the first amateur to win the WSOP Main Event.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Hal Fowler	$270,000
2nd	Bobby Hoff	$108,000
3rd	George Huber	$81,000
4th	Sam Moon	$54,000
5th	Johnny Moss	$27,000
6th	Chip Reese	-
7th	Crandell Addington	-
8th	Sam Petrillo	-

Performance of past champions

Day 1: Doyle Brunson, Sailor Roberts, Amarillo Slim
Day 2: Puggy Pearson
Day 3: Bobby Baldwin