1995 World Series of Poker

The 1995 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 Limit Hold'em	Christian Van Hees	$315,000	Eli Balas
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Valter Farina	$144,600	Stavros Karabinas
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Berry Johnston	$91,200	Daniel Bakker
$1,500 Chinese Poker	John Tsagaris	$41,400	Bruce Cohen
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Rod Peate	$127,200	Steve Hohn
$1,500 Razz	Mickey Sisskind	$82,800	Leroy Baca
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Max Stern	$140,400	Cong Do
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Richard Klamian	$205,875	Byron Wolford
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Phil Earle	$143,400	Ron Graham
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Peter Vilandos	$148,500	Mick Cook
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Men Nguyen	$96,000	Steve Nixon
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	John Bonetti	$101,250	Johnny Chan
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Marlon De Los Santos	$119,000	Jim Douglas
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Clifford Roof	$81,600	Tony Bolton
$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys	Steve Zolotow	$112,500	Doyle Brunson
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	Men Nguyen	$186,000	Carl McKelvey
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Dan Robison	$140,000	John Spadavecchia
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Hilbert Shirey	$137,000	Phil Mazzella
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Hilbert Shirey	$163,000	Tom Jacobs
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Anthony DeAngelo	$154,000	T. J. Cloutier
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Dan Harrington	$249,000	John Gordon
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Mickey Appleman	$234,000	Humberto Brenes
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Starla Brodie	$35,200	Karen Wolfson

Main Event

There were 273 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Dan Harrington	$1,000,000
2nd	Howard Goldfarb	$519,000
3rd	Brent Carter	$302,250
4th	Hamid Dastmalchi	$173,000
5th	Barbara Enright	$114,180
6th	Chuck Thompson	$86,500

Other High Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Tom Franklin	$69,200
8th	Henry Orenstein	$51,900
10th	Roger Moore	$27,680
12th	John Esposito	$27,680
15th	Billy Argyros	$24,220
17th	Freddy Deeb	$20,760
20th	Jason Lester	$17,300
21st	Berry Johnston	$17,300
22nd	David Baxter	$17,300
23rd	Mike Sexton	$17,300
26th	Hal Kant	$17,300
28th	Jack Keller	$17,300
30th	Al Krux	None

External links

• 1995 World Series of Poker at Conjelco.com