1990

Poker Omnibus W50P

May 1

Mike Harthcock Wins $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 420 for $252,000 in opening event of the 1990 WSOP.

Total WSOP Entries Top 20,000
186 players enter $1,500 Razz to reach the milestone.

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, began 4/30)

Winner: Mike Harthcock ($252,000)

Entries: 420 (18 paid)

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WSOP.com | Hendon

May 2

$1,500 Seven-Card Razz (Event #2, began 5/1)

Winner: Ray Rumler ($111,600)

Entries: 186 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 3

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event #3, began 5/2)

Winner: Norm Boulus ($108,600)

Entries: 181 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 4

$1,500 Omaha 8 or Better (Event #4, began 5/3)

Winner: Monte Kouz ($113,400)

Entries: 189 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 5

$1,500 Limit Omaha (Event #5, began 5/4)

Winner: Tony Stormzand ($106,800)

Entries: 178 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 6

$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw with Joker (Event #6, began 5/5)

Winner: Phil Reher ($124,200)

Entries: 207 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 7

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #7, began 5/6)

Winner: Vasilis Lazarou ($158,400)

Entries: 264 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 8

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #8, began 5/7)

Winner: Shawqui Shunnarah ($113,400)

Entries: 189 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #9, began 5/8)

Winner: John Bonetti ($83,250)

Entries: 37 (5 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 10

$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #10, began 5/9)

Winner: Hugh Todd ($168,000)

Entries: 84 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 11

Amarillo Slim Preston Wins $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 71 for $142,000.

$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #11, began 5/10)

Winner: Amarillo Slim Preston ($142,000)

Entries: 71 (9 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 12

Berry Johnston Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 254, including Hal Kant heads up, for $254,000.

$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, began 5/11)

Winner: Berry Johnston ($254,000)

Entries: 254 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 13

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, began 5/12)

Winner: Allen Baker ($280,000)

Entries: 258 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 14

$500 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #14, began 5/13)

Winner: Marie Gabert ($22,000)

Entries: 110 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 16

Two Former Main Event Champions Reach 9-Player Final Table
Berry Johnston is Last Champ Standing when he places fifth for $75,150, while a drug-incapacitated Stu Ungar fails to return to the table and blinds out in 9th for $25,050.

May 17

Mansour Matloubi Wins 1990 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 194, including Hans Lund heads up, for $835,000 to become the first foreign bracelet winner (from Wales but born in Iran).

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, began 5/14)

Winner: Mansour Matloubi ($835,000)

Entries: 194 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 21

Ryan Riess [], b. Pontiac, MI
2013 WSOP Main Event winner ($8,359,531). 6 other final tables, including 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event 4th place (€302,980).
Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

July 11

Daniel Colman [], b. Holden, MA as Daniel Alan Colman
Won 2014 Big One for One Drop ($15,306,668). 2014 Player of the Year for Card Player, All In, and Bluff magazines.
Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

July 22

Felix Stephensen [], b. Oslo, Norway as Felix Vincent Stephensen
2014 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($5,145,968).
Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

August 3

James Obst [], b. Adelaide, Australia
Won 2017 $10,000 Razz ($265,138). 10 final tables.
Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

Sam Soverel [], b. West Palm Beach, FL
Won 2016 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($185,317). Six other $100,000+ cashes including 2nd place in 2019 $50,000 Final Fifty No-Limit Hold 'Em ($994,072) & 5th place in 2022 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em ($1,001,142).
WSOP.com | Hendon

August 26

Josh Beckley [], b. Marlton, NJ
2015 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($4,470,896). 1 Circuit ring.
WSOP.com | Hendon

October 19

Anthony Holden's Big Deal Released
Entertaining stories from a year of poker, including qualifying for and playing in the 1988 WSOP Main Event.

December 19

Benny Binion Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
Binion bought the Eldorado Club and the Apache Hotel in 1951 and reopened them as Binion's Horseshoe Casino, where he would introduce the World Series of Poker in 1970.

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