1976 World Series of Poker


The 1976 World Series of Poker was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1976 at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
$2,500 No Limit Hold'emHoward Andrew$28,000Dewey Tomko
$1,000 No Limit Hold'emHoward Andrew$23,600Al Ethier
$5,000 Deuce to Seven DrawDoyle Brunson$80,250Aubrey Day
$1,000 Ace to Five DrawPerry Green$68,300Bill Orman
$1,000 Seven Card Stud SplitDoc Green$12,750Artie Cobb
$500 Seven Card StudJohnny Moss$13,000Hal Wilber
$5,000 Seven Card StudWalter Smiley$35,000Eric Drache

Main Event

There were 22 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the winner-take-all tournament. The 1976 Championship was the first WSOP Main Event to award the winner a gold bracelet along with the cash prize.

Final table

PlaceNamePrize
1stDoyle Brunson$220,000
2ndJesse Alto-
3rdTommy Hufnagle-
4thCrandall Addington-
5thBob Hooks-
6thUnknown-