1990 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]

1990 Tournament

The 1990 SBOP had arguably one of the toughest final tables ever assembled. Four of the final six players (Jack Keller, Stu Ungar, T. J. Cloutier, and Chip Reese) have all been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. A fifth player, Hamid Dastmalchi won the WSOP Main Event in 1992. Between the five of them, they have acquired 20 WSOP bracelets. T. J. Cloutier did at the SBOP what he has failed to do at the WSOP, despite making 4 WSOP Main Event Final tables, by winning the SBOP Main Event. Billy Baxter won the Deuce To Seven Lowball. Deuce to Seven is the format type where Baxter has won five WSOP bracelets. Baxter had finished in second place in various SBOP Deuce to Seven Lowball five times and third once. [5]

Hoyt Corkins a two time bracelet and one time World Poker Tour winner won his first major tournament at the 1990 SBOP. [6]

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*Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.
†Denotes player who is deceased.
PlaceThe place in which people finish.
NameThe name of the player
Prize (US$)Event prize money

Event 1: $ 400 7 Card Stud (Ladies)

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Marsha Waggoner $9,600
2ndLinda Ryke-Drucker$6,000
3rdLiz Jameson$2,400
4thGlenda Bridges$1,680

Event 2: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stFred Sigur$58,400
2ndJose Rosenkrantz$29,200
3rdBob Ensley$14,600
4thDavid Stone$8,760
5thHoward Berger$7,300

Event 3: $ 500 Limit 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stEster Rossi$53,600
2ndPaul Kornelly$26,800
3rdAlex Murray$13,400
4thMike Berry$8,040
5thMichael Simon$6,700

Event 4: $ 1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Gene Fisher $47,600
2ndArtie Cobb$23,800
3rdSam Grizzle$11,900
4thJohn Yarmosh$7,140
5thJeff Campbell$5,950
6thBud Moore$4,760

Event 5: $ 1,000 7 Card Razz

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stJohn Cover$41,600
2nd Johnny Moss*$26,000
3rdSteve Edelson$10,000
4thMike Markos$7,280
5thDon Zewin$6,240
6th Mike Sexton $5,200

Event : $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stRon Stanley$72,160
2nd Lyle Berman*$36,080
3rdRodger Hutchinson$18,040
4th Johnny Chan*$10,824
5thKen Flaton$9,020

Event 7: $ 1,000 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Artie Cobb $55,600
2ndJohn Agliolora$27,800
3rd Dewey Tomko*$13,900
4thDon Zewin$13,900
5thTommy Fischer$8,340

Event 8: $ 200 No Limit Hold'em with Rebuys

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st John Spadavecchia $88,120
2nd Lyle Berman*$44,060
3rdBill Smith$22,030
4th Humberto Brenes $16,025
5thScott Johnson$11,015
6thMax Stern$7,710

Event 9: $ 1,000 Limit Hold'em

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stRon Stanley$68,000
2ndTommy Fischer$34,000
3rdRonald Ross$17,000
4thTony Thang$10,200
5thMickey Finn$8,500
6thBarney O'Malia$5,950
7th Humberto Brenes $5,100
8thTommy Grimes$3,400
9thJohn Spadavecchia$2,550

Event 10: $ 200 Limit Omaha with Rebuys

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Hoyt Corkins $65,680
2nd Jack Keller*$32,840
3rdDavid Baxter$16,420
4thStan Johnson$9,852
5thVasillis Lazarou$8,210
6th John Cernuto $5,747
7thTony Thang$4,926
8th Roger Moore $3,284
9thBrent Carter$2,463

Event 11: $ 1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stCyndy Arynn$61,200
2ndJimmy Athanas$30,600
3rdDon Williams$15,300
4thFlan Pikington$9,180
5th Mike Hart $7,650
6thAlan Boston$6,120
7thHarry Thomas$4,590
8thRobert Miller$3,060
9thUnknown$2,225

Event 11: Deuce To 7 Lowball

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Billy Baxter*$43,750
2ndRoger Van Driesen$21,875
3rdRick Riolo$13,125
4th John Bonetti $8,750

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

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st T. J. Cloutier*$240,000
2nd Jack Keller*$96,000
3rd Stu Ungar*$48,000
4thRichardo Alem-Simon$31,200
5th Hamid Dastmalchi $26,400
6th Chip Reese*$21,600
7thJim Doman$16,800

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References

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  2. ↑ Reback, Storm (March 5, 2009). "From the Poker Vaults: Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker, Part I". PokerNews. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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  4. 1 2 Reback, Storm (March 12, 2009). "From the Poker Vaults: Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker, Part II". PokerNews. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ "William Baxter's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hoyt Corkins' profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $400 7 Card Stud". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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  9. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  10. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 7 Card Razz". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  11. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $200 Pot Limit Omaha". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  12. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 7 Card Stud". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  13. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $200 No Limit Hold'em". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  14. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,000 Limit Hold'em". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  15. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $200 Limit Omaha". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  16. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  17. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker Deuce To 7 Lowball". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  18. ↑ "1990 Super Bowl of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold'em". Tournament Results. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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