1988 Super Bowl of Poker

The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."[1]

Prior to 1979, the only high dollar tournament a person could enter was the WSOP. 1972 WSOP Main Event Champion and outspoken ambassador for poker Amarillo Slim saw this as an opportunity. "The World Series of Poker was so successful that everybody wanted more than one tournament," he said.[2] Slim called upon his connections and friendships with poker's elite to start a new tournament in the February 1979. Before the SBOP had developed a reputation of its own, many of the most respected names in poker attended the tournament "more to support Slim and take advantage of the very fat cash games the event would obviously inspire."[3] Slim modelled his SBOP after the WSOP with several events and a $10,000 Texas Hold'em Main Event.

One of the principal differences between the WSOP and the SBOP was the prize structure. The WSOP's prize structure was flat ensuring more people received smaller pieces of the prize pool. The SBOP typically used a 60-30-10 payout structure. In other words, only the first three places received money and generally in the ratio of 60% to first place, 30% to second place, and 10% to third.[4] This payment schedule predominated the SBOP for the first 5 years of the event, but as the event grew the number of payouts increased while keeping the payout schedule top heavy.[4]

1988 Tournament

The 1988 SBOP was possibly one of the most notable years in the tournament's history. Two future Poker Hall of Famer's Stu Ungar and Jack Keller were playing heads-up for the right to claim the title.[5] Stu won the event and went on to become the only person to win three SBOP Main Events. The loser, Jack Keller, ended up winning two SBOP Main Events. The Main Event was not the only final table that Jack made it to in 1988. Jack faced off against another future Poker Hall of Famer at the $1,000 Ace to Five Draw tournament. This time he fell short to Chip Reese.[6]

Key
* Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.
Place The place in which people finish.
Name The name of the player
Prize (US$) Event prize money

Event 1: $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 42
  • Total prize pool: $420,000
  • Number of payouts: 7
  • Reference:[5]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stStu Ungar*$210,000
2ndJack Keller*$84,000
3rdDon Williams$42,000
4thDavid Baxter$21,000
5thPerry Green$21,000
6thRicardo Alem-Simon$21,000
7thJose Rosenkrantz$21,000

Event 2: $ 500 Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 156
  • Total prize pool: $78,000
  • Number of payouts: 8
  • Reference:[7]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stRobert Turner$38,000
2ndEric Treichel$15,200
3rdEarl Kim$7,600
4thMichael Halford$3,800
5thStan Singer$3,800
6thKen Flaton$3,800
7thJohnny Hale$3,800
8thJohn Fallon$2,000

Event 3: $ 1,000 Ace to Five Draw
  • Number of buy-ins: 50
  • Total prize pool: $50,000
  • Number of payouts: 5
  • Reference:[6]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stChip Reese*$25,000
2ndRay Rumler$12,500
3rdPat Flanagan$7,500
4thJack Keller*$5,000
5thJack Lewis$2,500

Event 4: $ 500 Limit Seven Card Stud
  • Number of buy-ins: 152
  • Total prize pool: $76,000
  • Number of payouts: 10
  • Reference:[8]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stJim Brenner$36,000
2ndBarbara Gold$14,400
3rdWallace Phipps$7,200
4thSaid Barjestch$3,600
5thRobert Miller$3,600
6thJack Shirley$3,600
7thKaren Wolfson$3,600
8thJack Lewis$2,000
9thKen Flaton$1,000
10thJohnny Moss*$1,000

Event 5: $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha
  • Number of buy-ins: 607
  • Total prize pool: $121,400
  • Number of payouts: 10
  • Reference:[9]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stJohn King$54,180
2ndSeymour Leibowitz$25,080
3rdRon Graham$12,040
4thGeorge Tsiklitiras$6,020
5thEd Edmonson$6,020
6thDavid Baxter$6,020
7thMike Hart$6,020
8thDon Williams$3,010
9thArtie Cobb$3,010

Event 6: $ 1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
  • Number of buy-ins: Unknown
  • Total prize pool: $55,800
  • Number of payouts: 10
  • Reference:[10]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stMarty Sigel$46,500
2ndAl Korsin$9,300

Event 7: $ 200 No Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: Unknown
  • Total prize pool: $161,400
  • Number of payouts: 9
  • Reference:[11]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stRicardo Alem-Simon$72,585
2ndMen Nguyen$32,260
3rdTony Abadi$16,130
4thEldon Elias$8,065
5thDewey Tomko*$8,065
6thTom Franklin$8,065
7thAl Korsin$8,065
8thEddie Schwettmann$4,032
9thGeorge Rodis$4,032

Event 8: $ 500 Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 161
  • Total prize pool: $80,500
  • Number of payouts: 9
  • Reference:[12]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stDoug Roche$36,225
2ndRay Rumler$16,100
3rdLauri Foreman$8,050
4thHumberto Brenes$4,025
5thAl Korsin$4,025
6thTony Thang$4,025
7thT. J. Cloutier$4,025
8thHector Williams$2,013
9thDon Thrash$2,013

Event 9: $ 1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud
  • Number of buy-ins: Unknown
  • Total prize pool: $58,000
  • Number of payouts: 1
  • Reference:[13]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stJohn Cernuto$58,000

Event 10: $ 2,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw
  • Number of buy-ins: Unknown
  • Total prize pool: $71,250
  • Number of payouts: 1
  • Reference:[14]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stCarl Rouss$71,250

Event 11: $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha
  • Number of buy-ins: Unknown
  • Total prize pool: $60,975
  • Number of payouts: 1
  • Reference:[15]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stRalph Morton$60,975

Event 12:$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 135
  • Total prize pool: $135,000
  • Number of payouts: 9
  • Reference:[16]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stDon Holt$60,750
2ndGeorge Rodis$27,000
3rdJens Nielsen$13,500
4thYosh Nakano$6,750
5thBrad Daugherty$6,750
6thPerry Green$6,750
7thHarve Morgan$6,750
8thScott Mayfield$3,375
9thDavid Baxter$3,375

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