1995 World Series of Poker

The 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

1995 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 25 – May 24
Champion
Dan Harrington

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, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. 1992 Main Event champion Hamid Dastmalchi made the final table looking for his second Main Event title but fell short.

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Howard Goldfarb	1,194,000 (43.7%)	0	1	$16,800
Dan Harrington	532,000 (19.5%)	1	4	$297,250
Brent Carter	319,000 (11.7%)	2	19	$418,104
Chuck Thompson	254,000 (9.3%)	0	2	$45,913
Hamid Dastmalchi	232,000 (8.5%)	3	9	$1,427,760
Barbara Enright	199,000 (7.3%)	2	3	$56,780

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1995 Main Event.

Final table results

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

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Tom Franklin	$69,200
8th	Henry Orenstein	$51,900
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

External links

• Tournament results at The Hendon Mob Poker Database
• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker