1990 World Series of Poker


The 1990 World Series of Poker was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'emMike Hart$252,000Mel Judah
$1,500 RazzRay Rumler$111,600Robert Turner
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo SplitNorm Boulus$108,600Wally Caldwell
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo SplitMonte Kouz$113,400Herb Chessler
$1,500 Limit OmahaTony Stormzand$106,800Jack Green
$1,500 Ace to Five DrawPhil Reher$124,200Al Kudelka
$1,500 Seven Card StudVasilis Lazarou$158,400Steve Metz
$1,500 Pot Limit OmahaShawqui Shunnarah$113,400Austin Scott
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven DrawJohn Bonetti$83,250Milton Butts
$5,000 Seven Card StudHugh Todd$168,000Keith Sexton
$5,000 Pot Limit OmahaThomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston$142,000O'Neil Longson
$2,500 Limit Hold'emBerry Johnston$254,000Hal Kant
$2,500 No Limit Hold'emAllen Baker$280,000Freddy Deeb
$500 Ladies' Seven Card StudMarie Gabert$22,000Jenny Kaye

Main Event

There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. For the first time since the 1984 WSOP Main Event, the final table had nine players. On the third day of the tournament, Stu Ungar was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room from a drug overdose. However, he had such a chip lead that even when the dealers kept taking his blinds out every orbit, Ungar still made the final table and finished ninth pocketing $25,050.

Final table

PlaceNamePrize
1stMansour Matloubi$835,000
2ndHans Lund$334,000
3rdDave Crunkleton$167,000
4thJim Ward$91,850
5thBerry Johnston$75,150
6thAl Krux$58,450
7thRod Peate$50,100
8thJohn Bonetti$33,400
9thStu Ungar$25,050

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
PlaceNamePrize
13thBobby Hoff$12,500
17thMel Judah$12,500
19thPerry Green$10,000
20thMickey Appleman$10,000
24thTom Franklin$10,000
26thHumberto Brenes$8,050
28thArtie Cobb$7,500