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| Summary of 1982 Tournament |
| Notable Players |
| Jesse Alto Crandall Addington Amarillo Slim Preston Aubrey Day Betty Carey Barbara Freer Gabe Kaplan of Welcome Back Kotter Sam Moon Gene Fischer Johnny Moss Charles Dunwoody Walter "Puggy" Pearson Hal Fowler George Huber Bobby Baldwin Charles Dunwoody Chip Resse Perry Green Ken Smith Stu Ungar Jay Heimowitz Donnacha O'Dea Johnny Chan |
| Champion |
| Grand Prize Winner: Jack
Straus $520,000 Runners Up: Dewey Tomko $208,000, Berry Johnston $104,000 Doyle Brunson $52,000, AJ Meyers $52,000, Dody Roach $52,000, Buster Jackson $20,800, Sailor Roberts $20,800 and Carl Cannon $20,800 |
| Notes on Play |
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May22nd One hundred and four poker players from around the world competed for a pot of $957,000 and the title of World Poker Champion. This event saw the largest pot and participants to date. At the end of the first day only sixty-nine players remained in the game.
At the end of day two, twenty-six players remained. Last year's winner Stu Ungar checked out on this day and dashing any hopes of having a three time championship run.
At the end of day three only nine players remained, including Doyle Brunson and "Sailor" Roberts.
Jack Straus two 10's beat Dewey Tomko two 4's to win the Championship. |
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