The 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe from May 4 to 10, 1973.
Events The 1973 WSOP had six preliminary events. The 1973 WSOP marked the first time a single player won more than one preliminary World Series of Poker event in a single series with Puggy Pearson winning twice. Event #4 marked the first time in WSOP history that two players were awarded the same title in Aubrey Day and Jack Straus. Both players received credit for the first-place finish. Event #5 has a record of showing a single entry, Bill Boyd. Boyd was automatically awarded the bracelet by documented sources. All details of Event #5 are currently unknown to dispute the claim.
#Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1May 4, 1973 $4,000 Limit Seven-card stud8Puggy Pearson (1/2) $28,000 Eric Drache Results2May 5, 1973 $1,000 Limit Razz32 Sam Angel (1/1) $32,000 Unknown Results3May 6, 1973 $3,000 Limit A-5 Draw Lowball7 Joe Bernstein (1/1) $21,000 Unknown Results4May 7, 1973 $3,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball11 Aubrey Day (1/1)Jack Straus (1/1) $16,500 eachUnknown Results5May 8, 1973 $10,000 No Limit Five-card stud1* Bill Boyd (1/3) $10,000 None Results6May 9, 1973 $1,000 Texas hold 'em17 Puggy Pearson (2/3) $17,000 Unknown Results7May 10, 1973$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event13Puggy Pearson (3/4)$130,000Johnny Moss (0/3) Results
Main Event
There were 13 entrants to the winner-take-all Main Event. Pearson defeated Moss heads-up in a game that took around three hours. With Pearson's victory, he set a record with three bracelets won during a single World Series. Pearson's feat would not be matched again until the 1993 WSOP, when Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest captured three bracelets each. He became the first player to reach four career bracelets, although this Main Event would be his last bracelet.
Final Table NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBraceletsWSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings* Puggy Pearson 35,450 (27.2%) 2 2 $55,000 Jack Straus 31,700 (24.3%) 1 1 $16,500 Crandell Addington 12,600 (9.6%) 0 0 0 Jimmy Casella 9,175 (7.0%) 1 1 $10,000 Sailor Roberts 8,900 (6.8%) 0 0 0 Johnny Moss 8,225 (6.3%) 3 3 $40,000 Bob Hooks 8,150 (6.3%) 0 0 0 Bobby Brazil 7,200 (5.5%) 0 0 0 Roger Van Ausdall 6,900 (5.3%) 0 0 0 Bobby Hoff 1,925 (1.5%) 0 0 0 *Career statistics prior to the Main Event
NB - Final Table chip counts added up to 130,225
Final table results
Place Name Prize 1st Puggy Pearson $130,000 2nd Johnny Moss None 3rd Jack Straus None 4th Bobby Brazil None 5th Bob Hooks None 6th Sailor Roberts None 7th Jimmy Casella None 8th Roger Van Ausdall None 9th Crandell Addington None 10th Bobby Hoff None
Other Finishes Place Name Prize 11th Doyle Brunson None 12th Amarillo Slim None 13th Sherman Lanier None
References
External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker