1987 World Series of Poker

1987 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	May 1 – May 17
Champion
Johnny Chan

The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	Bob Addison	$96,400	Don Williams
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw with Rebuys	Billy Baxter	$153,000	Joe Petro
$1,000 Limit Omaha	T. J. Cloutier	$72,000	Robert Turner
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$142,000	Don Williams
$1,000 Seven Card Stud	Jim Craig	$103,600	Al Anderson
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Hal Kant	$174,000	Lyle Berman
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Ralph Morton	$189,000	Jack Keller
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	Joe Petro	$93,200	Gene Fisher
$5,000 Seven Card Razz	Carl Rouss	$65,200	Mark Mitchell
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Linda Ryke-Drucker	$16,800	Barbara Putterman
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Hilbert Shirey	$171,600	Lee Wosk

Main Event

There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. The 1987 Main Event was Johnny Chan's first of back-to-back World Championships.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Chan	$625,000
2nd	Frank Henderson	$250,000
3rd	Bob Ciaffone	$125,000
4th	James Spain	$68,750
5th	Howard Lederer	$56,250
6th	Dan Harrington	$43,750

In The Money Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
8th	Mickey Appleman	$25,000
9th	Jack Keller	$18,750
11th	Jay Heimowitz	$12,500
12th	Hamid Dastmalchi	$12,500
14th	Humberto Brenes	$12,500
15th	Don Williams	$12,500
16th	Rod Peate	$12,500
17th	Walter "Puggy" Pearson	$12,500
18th	Howard Andrew	$12,500
21st	Bobby Baldwin	$10,000
22nd	Mike Hart	$10,000
23rd	John Bonetti	$10,000
26th	Johnny Moss	$10,000
32nd	Berry Johnston	$7,500
34th	Artie Cobb	$7,500
35th	Mori Eskandani	$7,500