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1993 World Series Of Poker
The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. Poker professionals Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest would both win three bracelets during the 1993 Series. Preliminary events Main Event There were 231 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. The first two female players to finish in the money in the main event were Marsha Waggoner, who finished in 19th place, and Wendeen H. Eolis, who finished in 20th place. Final table Other High Finishes ''NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.'' References {{Major Poker Tournaments World Series of Poker 1993 in poker, World Series of Poker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binion's Horseshoe
Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel, formerly Binion's Horseshoe, is a casino on Fremont Street along the Fremont Street Experience mall in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned by TLC Casino Enterprises. The casino is named for its founder, Benny Binion, whose family ran it from its founding in 1951 until 2004. The hotel, which had 366 rooms, closed in 2009. TLC reopened 81 of the rooms as a boutique hotel called Hotel Apache in July 2019. History Binion's Horseshoe (1951–2004) Benny Binion bought the Eldorado Club and Hotel Apache in 1951, re-opening them as Binion's Horseshoe (also called the Horseshoe Casino). The casino's interior had a frontier flavor, like an old-style riverboat, with low ceilings and velvet wallpaper. It was the first casino in downtown Las Vegas (also called Glitter Gulch) to replace sawdust-covered floors with carpeting, and was the first to offer comps to all gamblers, not just those who bet big money. Binion also instituted high table limits. When B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Kessler
Phyllis Kessler was a World Series of Poker champion in the 1993 $1,000 Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud event. As of 2008, her total WSOP tournament winnings exceed $90,515. World Series of Poker bracelets References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kessler, Phyllis American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners Female poker players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bonetti
John Joseph Bonetti (June 1928June 27, 2008) was an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Bonetti began playing poker at the age of 54, and won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the 1990s. Bonetti also made several notable finishes in the No Limit Texas hold 'em WSOP Main Event: * 1987 23rd place - $10,000 * 1989 16th place - $12,500 * 1990 8th place - $33,400 * 1992 12th place - $10,100 * 1993 3rd place - $210,000 * 1996 3rd place - $341,250 Bonetti finished on the television bubble, which was 7th place, of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open, winning $86,377. Between May 1987 and February 2003, Bonetti won more than 40 poker tournament A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. It can feature as few as two players playing on a single table (called a "heads up poker, heads-up" tournament), and as many as tens of thousands of players play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Bonnecaze
Buddy Bonnecaze is an American poker player, winner of two World Series of Poker bracelet The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1 ...s in the 1990s. Bonnecaze was a prominent player in the 1980s and 1990s. Bonnecaze began cashing in poker tournaments in the mid-1980s and made his first cash in the World Series of Poker in 1986, finishing in 35th place in the Main Event, winning $7,500. He won his first WSOP bracelet in 1992 in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event. The next year, Bonnecaze won another bracelet, this time in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event. After nearly a decade away from the poker scene, Bonnecaze returned to tournaments and came close to winning the Winter Bayou Poker Challenge $300 No Limit Hold'em tournament in New Orleans in 2009, finishing in 4th pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Heimowitz
Jay B. Heimowitz (born December 26, 1937) is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. Heimowitz was one of the original players to help establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house. Heimowitz started playing poker for baseball cards at the age of 9. He went on to join the U.S. Army; by the time he left the service at age 21, Heimowitz had won approximately $10,000 playing against his fellow servicemen. Heimowitz used this money to invest in a beer company, which he later sold to Budweiser. Heimowitz has attended the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since 1975 and has won six bracelets: Heimowitz is one of only three players, the other two being Phil Hellmuth and Billy Baxter, in World Series of Poker history to have won a bracelet in four different decades. Heimowitz won a ''Poker After Dark'' title on his sole appearance, earning $120,000. The show was themed around former Mayfair Club regulars with a table composed of Heimowitz, Mickey Appleman, Dan Harrington, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes (; born May 8, 1951) is a Costa Rican professional poker player. Brenes currently resides in Miami Lakes, Florida with his wife (Patricia) and three children (José Humberto, Roberto, Jessica). Brenes began his gambling career playing baccarat, but later made his way into poker. He started to play tournaments in 1974 and became a regular tournament player in 1988. In 1988, he made the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, finishing in fourth place and winning $83,050. He has collected two WSOP bracelets, cashed 72 times at the WSOP and made three World Poker Tour final tables. Brenes's two bracelets came at the 1993 World Series of Poker in limit Texas hold 'em and pot limit Omaha. He tied with Phil Hellmuth, Jr. for highest number of money finishes (eight) in the 2006 WSOP. He also finished first, winning $502,460 at the Jack Binion 2002 World Poker Open, beating Erik Seidel heads up. Brenes's unique dress makes him easy to spot at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Appleman
Mark "Mickey" Appleman (born July 15, 1945) is an American professional poker player, sports bettor, and sports handicapper now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey. His poker accomplishments include winning four WSOP bracelets, all in different variations of poker and four top 25 finishes in the WSOP Main Event. Early life Appleman was born on July 15, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He grew up in Long Island, where he was strong in both athletics and academics. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Ohio State University, where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi. He also earned an MBA in statistics from Case Western University. Career Education career Appleman later moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a coordinator in a drug rehabilitation clinic. He also taught math in public schools. Poker Appleman used money he had made from sports betting to fund his early poker career, and he began playing at the World Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Dastmalchi
Hamid Reza Dastmalchi ( fa, حمیدرضا دستمالچی) is an Iranian-American professional poker player. Dastmalchi won the 1992 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which is his largest tournament win at $1 million. He again made the final table of the Main Event in 1995, finishing in fourth place. Dastmalchi was involved in a legal dispute in 1999 with Binion's Horseshoe after the new management would not let him cash in $865,000 in chips he had won under the prior management. A gaming commission ultimately ruled the chips should be cashed. In his career, Dastmalchi has won three WSOP bracelets, his last victory coming in 1993. Dastmalchi's last major tournament cash came in 2002 in the World Poker Tour The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the fi ... Five Diamond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Fisher
Gene Fisher is an American poker player from El Paso, Texas who won World Series of Poker bracelets in 1980 and 1993, winning the same amount ($113,400) in both events. He has also cashed in various other poker tournaments. Fisher stopped playing in the World Series of Poker for many years due to problems with the IRS. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event in 1980. Fisher came in third place the 1981 WSOP Main Event, which was eventually won by Stu Ungar after he defeated Perry Green in heads-up play. Fisher won his second WSOP bracelet in 1993 by winning the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split event for $113,400, the same amount won for his first bracelet. Fisher was also runner-up to Ungar in 1989 at Amarillo Slim Thomas Austin Preston Jr. (December 31, 1928 – April 29, 2012), known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. Preston won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cernuto
John Anthony Cernuto (born January 10, 1944, in Jersey City, New Jersey) also known as ''Miami'', is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, specialising in Omaha hi-lo events. Cernuto has won over $5,500,000 in live tournament winnings, his largest score was for $259,150 from his $2,000 No Limit Hold'em bracelet victory in the 1997 World Series of Poker. Early years Before embarking on his poker career, Cernuto graduated Florida State University as a finance major. After graduating, he worked as an air traffic controller. When President Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers during a 1981 strike, he turned to poker for his profession. Poker career World Series of Poker He first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) after making the final table in the 1989 World Series of Poker in the $5,000 Seven-card stud event. He finished fourth in the final table, which featured David Sklansky, Humberto Brenes, Gabe Kaplan, and the tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razz (poker)
Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). It is one of the oldest forms of poker, and has been played since the start of the 20th century. It emerged around the time people started using the 52-card deck instead of 20 for poker. The object of Razz is to make the lowest possible five-card hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against the player for low, and the ace always plays low. Thus, the best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played (the best possible hand is 2-3-4-5-7). Razz is featured in the mixed game rotation H.O.R.S.E. as the "R" in the game's name. Play Razz is similar to seven-card stud, except the lowest hand wins. Seven cards are dealt to each player, but only the five best cards (generally the five lowest unpaired cards) are used in forming a complete hand. Razz is usually playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chau Giang
Chau Tu Giang (born July 2, 1955 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player of Chinese descent, who is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a three-time final tablist of the World Poker Tour with over $3 million in live tournament winnings alone. Biography Giang fled Vietnam in a small boat in the late 1970s and arrived in Denver, Colorado, working minimum wage jobs. It was then that he began to learn poker. He moved to Florida soon after, taking a job as a chef at $160 per week. His poker success led him to move to Las Vegas, where he made more than $100,000 in his first year as a professional player. Poker He first had success at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 1993, where he finished 2nd in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event to John Bonetti, and winning his first bracelet in the $1,500 Ace to Five Draw event the same year. He first cashed in the WSOP Main Event in 1996, finishing in 13th place. He won a second bracelet in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
