1983 World Series of Poker

1983 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	May 3 – May 21
Champion
Tom McEvoy

The 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held from May 9 to May 12, 1983, at Binion's Horseshoe.^[1]

Events

There were 13 preliminary events at the 1983 WSOP. After the Main Event, there were two other tournaments on the schedule.

#	Date	Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	May 3, 1983	$2,500 Ace to Five Draw	David Angel (1/1)	$46,250	Mike Cox	Results
2	May 4, 1983	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	David Baxter (1/1)	$145,500	Richard Klamian	Results
3	May 5, 1983	$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	Artie Cobb (1/1)	$52,000	David Singer	Results
4	May 6, 1983	$800 Mixed Doubles	Jim Doman (1/2) & Donna Doman (1/1)	$10,000	Cheryl Davis and A.J. Myers (0/2)	Results
5	May 7, 1983	$1,000 Seven Card Stud	Ken Flaton (1/1)	$62,000	Stu Ungar (0/3)	Results
6	May 8, 1983	$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Carolyn Gardner (1/1)	$16,000	Kim Bye	Results
7	May 9, 1983	$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	Buster Jackson (1/1)	$124,000	Rick Hamil	Results
8	May 10, 1983	$2,500 Match Play	Berry Johnston (1/2)	$40,000	Ray Zee	Results
9	May 11, 1983	$1,000 Seven Card Razz	John Lukas (1/1)	$43,000	Buddy McIntosh	Results
10	May 12, 1983	$1,000 Limit Hold'em	Tom McEvoy (1/1)	$117,000	Donnacha O'Dea	Results
11	May 13, 1983	$1,000 Limit Omaha	David Sklansky (1/3)	$25,500	Perry Green (0/3)	Results
12	May 14, 1983	$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	Don Todd (1/1)	$49,500	Richard Stone	Results
13	May 15, 1983	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Stu Ungar (1/4)	$110,000	Dewey Tomko (0/1)	Results
14	May 16, 1983	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	Tom McEvoy (2/2)	$540,000	Rod Peate	Results
15	May 21, 1983	$1,000 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em	Ted Binion (1/1)	$10,000	Unknown	Results
16	May 21, 1983	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	Dick Carson (1/1)	$105,000	Jack Straus (0/2)	Results

Main Event

There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 9 players finishing in the money.^[2] Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for what would have been a record-tying third time when he finished third. Rod Peate and Tom McEvoy went on to play the longest heads-up match in World Series history until 2006. The match lasted over seven hours.^[3] McEvoy emerged victorious becoming the first player to win the main event via a satellite tournament. Donnacha O'Dea was the first foreign player ever to place in the money at the WSOP.^[4]

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tom McEvoy	$540,000
2nd	Rod Peate	$216,000
3rd	Doyle Brunson	$108,000
4th	Carl McKelvey	$54,000
5th	Robert Geers	$54,000
6th	Donnacha O'Dea	$43,200
7th	John Holmes Jenkins	$21,600
8th	R.R. Pennington	$21,600
9th	George Huber	$21,600

References

1. "14th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1983". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
2. Streltcoff, Max (2024-11-03). "WSOP 1983: Tom McEvoy Becomes the First Champion to Win Through a Satellite". PokerListings. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
3. Seaton, Paul (2017-07-12). "Tom McEvoy Reflects on Early Days of the World Series of Poker Main Event". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
4. "World Series of Poker: A Retrospective: 1983 Summary". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Archived from the original on October 18, 2003.

External links

• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker