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1971 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments

Field	Value
competition	1971 World Series of Poker
location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
dates	May 6 – May 10
champion	USA Johnny Moss
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The 1971 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe during May 6–10, 1971. This was the second installment of the World Series of Poker, but unlike at the 1970 event, freezeout tournaments were played to decide the winner of the main title. The freezeout structure replaced the cash games, and it was kept in use ever since. Five freezeouts were played in total—four preliminary events and the Main Event—each featuring a different poker variant. The preliminary events required player to put up a buy-in of $1,000, while the Main Event buy-in was $5,000.

Events

The 1971 WSOP featured four preliminary events. Event #4 saw Johnny Moss become the first player in WSOP history to win multiple career bracelets.

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Results
1	May 6, 1971	$1,000 Limit Seven-card stud	Unknown	Puggy Pearson (1/1)	$10,000	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=2286&grid=228)
2	May 7, 1971	$1,000 Limit Razz	Unknown	Jimmy Casella (1/1)	$10,000	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=2287&grid=228)
3	May 8, 1971	$1,000 No Limit Five-card stud	Unknown	Bill Boyd (1/1)	$10,000	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=2288&grid=228)
4	May 9, 1971	$1,000 Limit Ace-to-five Draw Lowball	Unknown	Johnny Moss (1/2)	$10,000	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=2289&grid=228)
5	May 10, 1971	$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	6	Johnny Moss (2/3)	$30,000	[Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&grid=228&tid=2269&rr=-1)

Main Event

The 1971 WSOP Main Event was held on May 10, 1971. There were six entrants to the Main Event, each paying $5,000 to enter the tournament. The game played was no limit Texas hold 'em. Johnny Moss won the tournament and took the whole prize pool. Moss's victory that year was the first time a player had been awarded the Main Event Championship two years in a row, a feat that would later be also accomplished by Doyle Brunson (in 1976 and 1977), Stu Ungar (in 1980 and 1981), and Johnny Chan (in 1987 and 1988). Moss became the first player in WSOP history win three bracelets with the win. Following the 1971 Main Event, the buy-in would be upped to $10,000, a figure that remains to this day. Five future Main Event winners all took part in the six-man tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Johnny Moss	$30,000
2nd	Jack Straus	None
3rd	Doyle Brunson	None
4th	Jimmy Casella	None
5th	Puggy Pearson	None
6th	Sailor Roberts	None

References

"1971 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule".
"World Series of Poker 1971".
"2nd World Series of Poker 1971 $5K No Limit Hold'em World Championship".
Grotenstein, J.. (2006). "All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker". [[St. Martin's Publishing Group]].
Gonsalves, Amarylisa. (2024-07-18). "WSOP Main Event Winners List".
(2024-03-10). "The Story of the 1972 WSOP Main Event".
Alfano, Sean. (2007-07-02). ""All You Need Is A Chip And A Chair"".

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