World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1980s Winners

The 1980s contained many memorable Championships including Stu Ungar's domination of the poker world in the early part of the decade, Johnny Chan's near three-time victory at the Main Event, the future poker author Tom McEvoy's title, and Phil Hellmuth becoming the youngest player to win it all in '89. To close out the decade, prize money for the Main Event reached over $750,000.

1989 WSOP Winners

1988 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Johnny Chan	$700,000
Limit Hold'em	Val Carpenter	$223,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Russ Gibe	$181,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Gilbert Gross	$181,000
Seven-Card Stud	Thor Hansen	$158,000
Limit Omaha	David Helms	$91,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Lance Hilt	$123,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Loretta Huber	$17,000
Seven-Card Stud	Merrill Hunt	$130,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Seymour Leibowitz	$157,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Johnny Moss	$116,000
Seven-Card Razz	Don Williams	$76,000

1987 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Johnny Chan	$625,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Robert Addison	$96,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Billy Baxter	$153,000
Limit Omaha	T.J. Cloutier	$72,000
Seven-Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$142,000
Seven-Card Stud	Jim Craig	$103,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Hal Kant	$174,000
Limit Hold'em	Ralph Morton	$189,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Joe Petro	$93,000
Seven-Card Razz	Carl Rouss	$65,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Linda Ryke-Drucker	$16,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Hilbert Shirley	$171,000

1986 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Berry Johnston	$570,000
Limit Omaha	Jim Allen	$48,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	David Baxter	$127,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Hamid Dastmalchi	$165,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Barbara Enright	$16,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Ron Graham	$142,000
Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz	$175,000
Seven-Card Razz	Tom McEvoy	$52,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	J.B. Randall	$69,000

1985 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Bill Smith	$700,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Dick Carson	$50,000
Limit Hold'em	Johnny Chan	$171,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Tom Fischer	$73,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Tom Fischer	$95,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Rick Hamil	$152,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Mark Mitchell	$63,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Rose Pifer	$18,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Amarillo Slim Preston	$85,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Zoran Smijanic	$105,000
Limit Omaha	Tony Thang	$55,000
Seven-Card Stud	Harry Thomas	$122,000
Seven-Card Stud	Don Williams	$85,000
Seven-Card Razz	Ed Wyde	$83,000

1984 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Jack Keller	$660,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Dick Albano	$117,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Todd Baur	$133,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	William Bennett	$84,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Norman Berliner	$50,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Paul Fontaine	$54,000
Seven-Card Razz	Mike Hart	$40,000
Seven-Card Stud	Jack Keller	$137,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	John Lukas	$74,000
Bob Martinez	Limit Hold'em	$135,000
Seven-Card Stud	Mike Schnieberg	$65,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Dewey Tomko	$105,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Dewey Tomko	$135,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Karen Wolfson	$15,000

1983 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Tom McEvoy	$580,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	David Angel	$46,000
No-Limit Hold'em	David Baxter	$145,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Artie Cobb	$52,000
Mixed Doubles	Donna Doman	$10,000
Mixed Doubles	Jim Doman	$10,000
Seven-Card Stud	Kenny Flaton	$62,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Carolyn Gardner	$16,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Buster Jackson	$124,000
Match Play	Berry Johnston	$40,000
Seven-Card Razz	John Lukas	$43,000
Limit Hold'em	Tom McEvoy	$117,000
Limit Omaha	David Sklansky	$25,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	D. Todd	$49,000
Seven-Card Stud	Stu Ungar	$110,000

1982 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Jack Strauss	$520,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Billy Baxter	$48,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Billy Baxter	$95,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Tom Cress	$44,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Jim Doman	$96,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	June Field	$16,000
Seven-Card Razz	Nick Helm	$40,000
Mixed Doubles	Dani Kelly	$8,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Ralph Morton	$123,000
No-Limit Hold'em	John Paquette	$101,000
Seven-Card Stud	Chip Reese	$92,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Vera Richmond	$38,000
Five-Card Draw	David Sklansky	$15,000
Mixed Doubles	David Sklansky	$8,000
Seven-Card Stud	Don Williams	$56,000

1981 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Stu Ungar	$375,000
Five-Card Draw	Ed Barmach	$18,000
Mixed Doubles	Frank Cardone	$7,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Fred David	$96,000
Seven-Card Stud	Sid Gammerman	$52,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Ruth Godfrey	$17,000
Seven-Card Razz	Bruce Hershenson	$34,000
Mixed Doubles	Juanda Matthews	$7,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Johnny Moss	$33,000
Seven-Card Stud	A.J. Myers	$67,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Mickey Perry	$46,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Dody Roach	$81,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Glen Rodgers	$44,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Ed Schwettman	$90,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Stu Ungar	$95,000

1980 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Stu Ungar	$385,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Mickey Appleman	$30,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Robert Bone	$69,000
Five-Card Draw	Pat Callihan	$15,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Debby Callihan	$14,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Sarge Ferris	$150,000
Seven-Card Stud	Pete Christ	$90,000
Limit Hold'em	Gene Fisher	$113,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Jim Fugatti	$35,000
Mixed Doubles	Lynn Harvey	$7,000
Seven-Card Razz	Lakewood Louie	$33,000
Mixed Doubles	A.J. Myers	$7,000
Seven-Card Stud	Bobby Schwing	$52,000

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