1977 World Series of Poker

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1977 World Series of Poker
Location Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 28 – May 10
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Doyle Brunson
  1976
1978  

The 1977 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe from April 28 to May 10, 1977. [1]

Contents

Events

The 1977 WSOP featured 12 preliminary events. [2] The 1977 WSOP featured the first Ladies' Championship event. [3] Doyle Brunson recorded consecutive years recording multiple bracelet wins.

#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1April 28, 1977$5,000 Ace to Five Draw Lowball36Billy Allen (1/1)$10,800Vic Resnick Results
2April 29, 1977$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw11 Bobby Baldwin (1/1)$80,000 Billy Baxter (0/1) Results
3April 30, 1977$5,000 Seven Card Stud (Rebuy)11 Bobby Baldwin (1/2)$44,000Ralph Levitt Results
4May 1, 1977$500 Limit Razz 21 Gary Berland (1/1)$6,300 Chip Reese Results
5May 2, 1977$10,000 Seven Card Stud Split7 Doyle Brunson (1/3)$52,500 David Sklansky Results
6May 3, 1977$5000 Ace to Five Draw2 Perry Green (1/2)$10,000Unknown Results
7May 4, 1977$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 55George Huber (1/1)$33,000Milton Butts Results
8May 5, 1977$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em38 Louis Sager Hunsucker Jr. (1/1)$34,200Wayne Bingham Results
9May 6, 1977$100 Ladies' Seven Card Stud93Jackie McDaniels (1/1)$5,580Linda Davis Results
10May 7, 1977$1,000 7 Card Stud Split18Fats Morgan (1/1)$10,800Dave Levine Results
11May 8, 1977$500 Seven Card Stud38Jeff Sandow (1/1)$11,400Roger Moore Results
12May 9, 1977$5,000 Limit Razz5Richard Schwartz (1/1)$25,000Unknown Results
13May 10, 1977$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event34 Doyle Brunson (2/4)$340,000 Gary Berland (0/1) Results

Main Event

There were 34 entrants to the Main Event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the winner-take-all tournament. [4] [5] Brunson joined Johnny Moss as the only two-time winners of the Main Event at the time. [6] Brunson once again won the Main Event with the same hole cards as the previous year, the 10–2. [7] [8]

Final table

PlaceNamePrize
1st Doyle Brunson $340,000
2nd Gary Berland None
3rdMilo JacobsonNone
4thAndy MooreNone
5thSailor Roberts [9] None
6thUnknownNone

References

  1. "1977 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule". WSOP.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. "World Series of Poker 1977: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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  4. McElroy, Kathleen (May 15, 2023). "Doyle Brunson, Poker Champion Known as 'Texas Dolly,' Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  5. Streltcoff, Max (June 17, 2024). "WSOP 1976 – The First Doyle Brunson Victory". PokerListings. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  6. Allen, William (July 13, 2024). "WSOP Main Event: complete list of historical winners". AS USA. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  7. Streltcoff, Max (June 19, 2024). "Second Title for Doyle Brunson". PokerListings. Archived from the original on August 3, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  8. McManus, James (2003). Positively Fifth Street. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 158–159. ISBN   9780312422523 via Internet Archive.
  9. Harris, Paul (July 28, 2018). "Did you know a San Angelo man won the World Series of Poker?". Standard. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2024.