1991 World Series of Poker

The 1991 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Joe Becker	$119,400	Mel Judah
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Doyle Brunson	$208,000	Dan Stashkiw
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Brent Carter	$166,800	O'Neil Longson
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Thomas Chung	$142,000	Mim Penney
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$146,400	John Sears
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Pat Flanagan	$106,800	David Allred
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Mike Hart	$106,200	James Richburg
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Jay Heimowitz	$126,000	John Bonetti
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Paul Heinrich	$92,000	Chris Hatzakos
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Max Linder	$256,000	Eddie Schwettman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Rodney H. Pardey	$133,000	Don Williams
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw	John Spadavecchia	$58,500	Dewey Tomko
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	Ron Stanley	$203,000	Stavros Karabinas
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	An Tran	$87,600	Chris Björin
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Donna Ward	$28,200	Toni Brown
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Byron Wolford	$210,000	Erik Seidel
$1,500 Razz	Charles Wight	$231,000	Steve Kopp

Main Event

There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of 1 million dollars.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Brad Daugherty	$1,000,000
2nd	Don Holt	$402,500
3rd	Bob Veltri	$201,250
4th	Don Williams	$115,000
5th	Perry Green	$69,000
6th	Ali Farsai	$34,500

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Hilbert Shirey	$28,750
9th	Donnacha O'Dea	$17,250
10th	Robert Turner	$11,500
11th	Jay Heimowitz	$11,500
12th	O'Neil Longson	$11,500
13th	Gabe Kaplan	$11,500
15th	Brent Carter	$11,500
18th	David Baxter	$11,500
19th	Hans Lund	$9,200
21st	Jason Lester	$9,200
22nd	Mike Hart	$9,200
24th	Mike Sexton	$9,200
29th	Bobby Baldwin	$8,050