1971 World Series of Poker

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1971 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 6 – May 10
Champion
United States Johnny Moss
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The 1971 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe during May 6–10, 1971. This was the second 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. Five freezeouts were played in total—four preliminary events and the Main Event—each featuring a different poker variant. The preliminary events required player to put up a buy-in of $1,000, while the Main Event buy-in was $5,000.[1]

Events

The 1971 WSOP featured four preliminary events.[2] Event #4 saw Johnny Moss become the first player in WSOP history to win multiple career bracelets.

# Date Event Entries Winner Prize Results
1 May 6, 1971 $1,000 Limit Seven-card stud Unknown Puggy Pearson (1/1) $10,000 Results
2 May 7, 1971 $1,000 Limit Razz Unknown Jimmy Casella (1/1) $10,000 Results
3 May 8, 1971 $1,000 No Limit Five-card stud Unknown Bill Boyd (1/1) $10,000 Results
4 May 9, 1971 $1,000 Limit Ace-to-five Draw Lowball Unknown Johnny Moss (1/2) $10,000 Results
5 May 10, 1971 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event 6 Johnny Moss (2/3) $30,000 Results

Main Event

The 1971 WSOP Main Event was held on May 10, 1971. There were six entrants to the Main Event, each paying $5,000 to enter the tournament.[3] The game played was no limit Texas hold 'em. Johnny Moss won the tournament and took the whole prize pool.[4] Moss's victory that year was the first time a player had been awarded the Main Event Championship two 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).[5] Moss became the first player in WSOP history win three bracelets with the win. Following the 1971 Main Event, the buy-in would be upped to $10,000, a figure that remains to this day.[6] Five future Main Event winners all took part in the six-man tournament.[7]

Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Johnny Moss $30,000
2nd Jack Straus None
3rd Doyle Brunson None
4th Jimmy Casella None
5th Puggy Pearson None
6th Sailor Roberts None

References

  1. ^ "1971 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule". World Series of Poker. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "World Series of Poker 1971". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "2nd World Series of Poker 1971 $5K No Limit Hold'em World Championship". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  4. ^ Grotenstein, J.; Reback, S. (2006). All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4668-3284-8. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Gonsalves, Amarylisa (July 18, 2024). "WSOP Main Event Winners List". Gutshot Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Story of the 1972 WSOP Main Event". GGPoker. March 10, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  7. ^ Alfano, Sean (July 2, 2007). ""All You Need Is A Chip And A Chair"". CBS News. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.