1987 Super Bowl of Poker

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The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs." [1]

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Prior to 1979, the only high dollar tournament a person could enter was the WSOP. 1972 WSOP Main Event Champion and outspoken ambassador for poker Amarillo Slim saw this as an opportunity. "The World Series of Poker was so successful that everybody wanted more than one tournament," he said. [2] Slim called upon his connections and friendships with poker's elite to start a new tournament in the February 1979. Before the SBOP had developed a reputation of its own, many of the most respected names in poker attended the tournament "more to support Slim and take advantage of the very fat cash games the event would obviously inspire." [3] Slim modelled his SBOP after the WSOP with several events and a $10,000 Texas Hold'em Main Event.

One of the principal differences between the WSOP and the SBOP was the prize structure. The WSOP's prize structure was flat ensuring more people received smaller pieces of the prize pool. The SBOP typically used a 60-30-10 payout structure. In other words, only the first three places received money and generally in the ratio of 60% to first place, 30% to second place, and 10% to third. [4] This payment schedule predominated the SBOP for the first 5 years of the event, but as the event grew the number of payouts increased while keeping the payout schedule top heavy. [4]

1987 Tournament

Three Poker Hall of Famers played at the final table in the $200 Pot Limit Omaha event. Johnny Chan was a relative newcomer compared to the older veterans Jack Keller and Johnny Moss, but Chan succeeded in defeating both to claim the title. [5] Chan later made it to another final table and played against future Hall of Famer, Barbara Enright at the $200 No Limit Hold'em. Howard Andrew won the event. [6]

Event 1: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stRalph Johnson$47,000
2ndRobert Turner$18,800
3rdJohn Franjesh$9,400
4thRichard Sargent$4,700
5thJeff Gold$4,700
6thAli Farsai$4,700
7thKen Flaton$4,700
8th John Cernuto $2,000
9thSteve Kopp$2,000

Event 2: $ 500 Limit Seven Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stGlenda Bridges$38,000
2ndAlex Murray$15,200
3rdBill Sheppard$7,600
4thBuddy McIntosh$3,800
5thMark Jacobus$3,800
6thSteve Kopp$3,800
7thCraig DiSalvo$3,800
8thLenny Moore$2,000
9thJack Lindsay$2,000
10thFred Sigur$2,000

Event 3: $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Johnny Chan*$60,795
2nd Berry Johnston*$27,020
3rdArtie Cobb$13,510
4thTerry Davis$6,755
5thGarland Walters$6,755
6thJerry St. Pierre$6,755
7thEddie Scwettman$6,755
8th Johnny Moss*$4,053
9thDon Williams$2,702

Event 4: $ 1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Robert Turner $39,000
2ndRon McMillan$15,600
3rdGeorge Feher$7,800
4thMike Magic$3,900
5thAl Korsin$3,900
6thScott Dick$3,900
7thBarney O'Malia$3,900

Event 5: $ 200 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Howard Andrew $86,400
2nd Johnny Chan*$38,400
3rd David Baxter $19,200
4thJim Doman$9,600
5thGarland Walters$9,600
6th Barbara Enright $9,600
7thBob Lackhart$9,600
8thGene Fisher$5,760
9thEd Stevens$3,840

Event 6: $ 1,000 Ace to Five Draw

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stMargo Marvin$40,000
2ndRobert Turner$16,000
3rdDavid Question$1,200
4thBruce Holt$8,000
5thCharles Hantz$4,000

Event 7: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stRay Johnson$42,525
2ndKelly Samson$18,900
3rdJ.C. Pearson$9,450
4thBill Smith$4,725
5thElvis Russell$4,725
6thTom McGuire$4,725
7thBilly Smith$4,725
8thElmer Thomas$2,835
9th Barbara Enright*$1,890

Event 8: $ 1,000 Seven Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Robert Turner $51,500
2ndMax Stern$20,600
3rdBuddy McIntosh$10,300
4thTerry King$5,150
5thJim Dickerson$5,150
6th Tom McEvoy $5,150
7thMike Ungurean$5,150

Event 9: $ 2,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Jack Keller*$48,000
2nd Berry Johnston*$24,000
3rdSeymour Leibowitz$8,000

Event 10: $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stDolph Arnold$83,745
2ndJoe Petro$37,220
3rdGene Fisher$18,610
4thKen Flaton$9,305
5thSeymour Leibowitz$9,305
6thArtie Cobb$9,305
7thJohn Franjeah$9,305
8thUnknown$9,305
9thJim Dickerson$3,722

Event 11: $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Gene Fisher $63,000
2ndGeorge Huber$28,000
3rdYosh Nakano$14,000
4thKen Lambert$7,000
5thRon McMillan$7,000
6thCurtis Skinner$7,000
7thBarbara Gold$7,000
8thDolph Arnold$4,200
9thMike Cox$1,400
10thFrank Henderson$1,400

Event 12: $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Jack Keller*$220,000
2nd Chip Reese*$88,000
3rdTuna Lund$44,000
4thPerry Green$22,000
5thDick Carson$22,000
6thJim Ward$22,000
7thMax Stern$22,000

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  6. 1 2 "1987 Super Bowl of Poker $200 No Limit Hold'em". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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