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| Summary of 1988 Tournament |
| Notable Players |
| Amarillo Slim Preston Ken Smith Stu Ungar Charles Dunwoody Bobby Baldwin Sam Petrillo Jack Straus Chip Resse Bill Smith Perry Green Doyle Brunson Roger Moore Tom McEvoy Jay Heimowitz "Puggy" Pearson Dewey Tomko Carl Cannon Sandy Stupak Howard Andrew Crandall Addington Gene Fischer Bob Caffonie Robbie Geers Mark Rose Rod Peate John Fallon Carl Mc Kelvey Johnny Moss Donnacha O'Dea Scott Mayfield R.R. Pennington Hamid Datmachi John Squatty Mike Harthcock George Huber Berry Johnston Betty Carey Jack Keller Barbara Freer Frank Henderson Gabe Kaplan Sam Moon |
| Champion |
| Grand Prize Winner: Johnny
Chan $700,000 Runners Up: Eric Seidel $280,00, Ron Graham $140,000 Humberto Bremnes $77,000 T. J. Cloutler $63,000, Jim Bechtel $ 49,000, Quinton Nixon $ 35,500, Mike Cox $28,000, and Jesse Alto $ 21,000. |
| Notes on Play |
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May 16th One hundred and sixty seven poker players entered the WSOP championship game for a chance at $1,670,000 pot and the title. Only one hundred and four players made it through the first day of play. May 17th One hundred and four poker players swiftly became thirty-six poker players. May 18th Thirty-six players entered the third day of the tournament out of one hundred sixty seven. Two Former WSOP Champs made it to the third day: defending Champ Johnny Chan, and '84 Champ Jack Keller. Jack Keller did not survive through the third day of the tournament. Johnny Chan would find himself with five poker players to enter the final day of play. May 19th Johnny Chan was seeking to do what had not been since 1981; a back-to-back
championship run. These two players went head to head and a record was set in WSOP history, when Chan lost single biggest hand: $1,204,000 The game came to a head after the $1,204,000 hand. Chan | Seidel Q High | Straight Two Q
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