1971 World Series of Poker

1971 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	May 1 – 15
Champion
Johnny Moss

The 1971 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe during May 1–15, 1971. This was only the 2nd installment of the World Series of Poker, but unlike at the 1970 event, freezeout tournaments were played to decide the winner of the main title. The freezeout structure replaced the cash games, and it was kept in use ever since. 5 freezeouts were played in total—4 preliminary events and the Main Event—each featuring a different poker variant. The preliminary events required player to put up a buy-in of $1K, while the Main Event buy-in was $5K.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1K Limit 7-Card Stud	Puggy Pearson	$10K	Unknown
$1K Limit Razz	Jimmy Casella	$10K	Unknown
$1K Limit 5-Card Stud	Bill Boyd	$10K	Unknown
$1K Limit A-to-5 Draw	Johnny Moss	$10K	Unknown

Main Event

There were 6 entrants to the main event, each paying $5,000 to enter the tournament. The game played was no limit Texas hold 'em. Johnny Moss won the tournament and took the whole prize pool. Moss's victory that year was the 1st time a player had been awarded the Main Event Championship 2 years in a row, a feat that would later be also accomplished by Doyle Brunson (in 1976 and 1977), Stu Ungar (in 1980 and 1981), and Johnny Chan (in 1987 and 1988).

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Moss	$30K
2nd	Jack Straus	None
3rd	Doyle Brunson	None
4th	Jimmy Casella	None
5th	Walter "Puggy" Pearson	None
6th	Bryan "Sailor" Roberts	None

External links

• Official site