1995 - This Year in WSOP History

April 26

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, began 4/25)

Winner: Christian Van Hees ($315,000)

Entries: 560 (27 paid)

April 27

Walter Farina Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Italy's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 241 for $144,600.

John Tsagaris Wins $1,500 Chinese Poker for Canada's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 69 for $41,400 in the event's WSOP debut.

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #2, began 4/26)

Winner: Walter Farina ($144,600)

Entries: 241 (16 paid)

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$1,500 Chinese Poker (Event #4, began 4/27)

Winner: John Tsagaris ($41,400)

Entries: 69 (8 paid)

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April 28

Berry Johnston Wins $1,500 Limit Omaha for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 152 for $91,200 after being down to a single big blind and surviving at least ten all ins.

$1,500 Limit Omaha (Event #3, began 4/27)

Winner: Berry Johnston ($91,200)

Entries: 152 (18 paid)

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$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split (Event #5, began 4/28)

Winner: Rod Peate ($127,200)

Entries: 212 (8 paid)

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April 29

$1,500 Seven-Card Razz (Event #6, began 4/29)

Winner: Mickey Sisskind ($82,800)

Entries: 138 (16 paid)

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April 30

$1,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event #7, began 4/30)

Winner: Max Stern ($140,400)

Entries: 234 (18 paid)

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May 2

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, began 5/1)

Winner: Richard Klamian ($205,875)

Entries: 366 (27 paid)

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May 3

Annie Duke and Howard Lederer Become First Siblings to Reach Same Final Table
Duke knocks brother out in 9th for $5,940 before finishing 6th for $13,860 in $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em. Duke also sets women's records with her second final table and fourth cash of the year.

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #9, began 5/2)

Winner: Phil Earle ($143,400)

Entries: 134$ (105 rebuys) (18 paid)

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$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, began 5/3)

Winner: Peter Vilandos ($148,500)

Entries: 264 (27 paid)

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May 4

Men Nguyen Wins $2,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 96 for $96,000.

$2,500 Seven-Card Stud Split (Event #11, began 5/4)

Winner: Men Nguyen ($96,000)

Entries: 96 (8 paid)

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$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #12, began 5/4)

Winner: John Bonetti ($101,250)

Entries: 26$ (19 rebuys) (5 paid)

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May 5

$2,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event #13, began 5/5)

Winner: Marlon De Los Santos ($119,000)

Entries: 119 (9 paid)

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May 6

$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw with Joker (Event #14, began 5/6)

Winner: Clifford Roof ($81,600)

Entries: 136 (16 paid)

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$5,000 Chinese Poker (Event #15, began 5/6)

Winner: Steve Zolotow ($250,000)

Entries: 24$ (26 rebuys) (5 paid)

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May 7

Men Nguyen Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 186 for $465,000 just three days after his previous victory.

$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, began 5/7)

Winner: Men Nguyen ($465,000)

Entries: 186 (18 paid)

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May 8

$2,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #17, began 5/8)

Winner: Dan Robison ($140,000)

Entries: 140 (16 paid)

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May 9

$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #18, began 5/9)

Winner: Hilbert Shirey ($137,000)

Entries: 82$ (55 rebuys) (9 paid)

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May 10

Hilbert Shirey Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Consecutive Bracelet
Defeats field of 163 for $163,000 just one day after taking down $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for $137,000.

$2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, began 5/10)

Winner: Hilbert Shirey ($163,000)

Entries: 163 (18 paid)

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May 11

$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #20, began 5/11)

Winner: Anthony DeAngelo ($154,000)

Entries: 77 (8 paid)

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May 13

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, began 5/12)

Winner: Dan Harrington ($249,000)

Entries: 249 (18 paid)

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May 14

Mickey Appleman Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 117 for $234,000.

Starla Brodie Wins Ladies Championship for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 88 for $35,200.

$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, began 5/13)

Winner: Mickey Appleman ($234,000)

Entries: 117 (9 paid)

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$1,000 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #23, began 5/14)

Winner: Starla Brodie ($35,200)

Entries: 88 (8 paid)

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May 18

Barbara Enright Finishes Fifth in WSOP Main Event
Wins $114,180 and Last Woman Standing title as first female to reach Main Event final table. Takes over as leading female money winner ($170,960) from Marsha Waggoner, who had just become number one by placing third in the $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo twelve days earlier.

Hamid Dastmalchi Last Champ Standing in Main Event
Exits in 4th place for $173,000.

Dan Harrington Wins 1995 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 273, including Howard Goldfarb heads up, for $1,000,000 for his second bracelet of year (won $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $249,000 just five days earlier).

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #24, began 5/15)

Winner: Dan Harrington ($1,000,000)

Entries: 273 (27 paid)

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June 16

Brunno Botteon [], b. Brazil as Brunno Botteon de Albuquerque
2020 WSOP International Main Event 2nd place ($1,062,723).
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June 23

Sailor Roberts d. 1995 [age 64] (b. 3/7/1931)
1975 WSOP Main Event winner ($210,000). 1982 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($20,800). Four other unpaid Top 6 finishes: 1973 6th, 1974 3rd, 1976 5th, & 1977 4th. Also won 1974 $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($35,850). Poker Hall of Fame 2012.
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September 19

Henry Orenstein's Patent for Hole Card Cam Approved
The United States Patent and Trademark Office awards Patent 5,451,054 sixteen months after he filed as Toy Builders (his other very famous invention was Tranformers).

December 16

Johnny Moss d. 1995 [age 88] (b. 5/14/1907)
1970 WSOP champion (by vote), 1971 & 1974 WSOP Main Event winner ($30,000 & $160,000). Oldest Main Event winner in 1974 at 66 years, 11 months, and 27 days). Five other WSOP Main Event finishes: 1972 5th place, 1973 2nd place, 1979 5th place ($27,000), 1980 4th place ($73,000), & 1985 7th place ($42,000). Oldest bracelet winner at 80 years, 11 months, and 17 days (1988 $1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for his ninth bracelet). Seven bracelets from 1970 to 1979 were the most of any player in the decade. Poker Hall of Fame 1979 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1994 (first member).
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