Competition:
Tuesday, May 12, 1987 to Sunday, May 17, 1987
Event #12: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
- Buy-in: $10,000
- Prizepool: $1,520,000
- Entries: 152
- Remaining: 0
- #
- Player
- Earnings
- City
- State
- Country
- 1
Johnny Chan- $625,000
- Cerritos
- CA
- US
- 2
- Frank Henderson
- $250,000
- Houston
- TX
- US
- 3
- Bob Ciaffone
- $125,000
- Saginaw
- MI
- US
- 4
- Jim Spain
- $68,750
- Tunica
- MS
- US
- 5
- Howard Lederer
- $56,250
- Las Vegas
- NV
- US
- 6
- Dan Harrington
- $43,750
- Santa Monica
- CA
- US
- 7
- Eldon Elias
- $35,500
- Palo Alto
- CA
- US
- 8
- Mickey Appleman
- $25,000
- Fort Lee
- NJ
- US
- 9
- Jack Keller
- $18,750
- -
- MS
- US
- 10
- Walter Threadgill
- $12,500
- -
- -
- -
- 11
- Jay Heimowitz
- $12,500
- Bethel
- NY
- US
- 12
Hamid Dastmalchi- $12,500
- -
- -
- IR
- 13
- Royce Jost
- $12,500
- -
- -
- -
- 14
Humberto Brenes- $12,500
- San Jose
- -
- CR
- 15
- Don Williams
- $12,500
- -
- OH
- US
- 16
- Rod Peate
- $12,500
- Downey
- CA
- US
- 17
- Puggy Pearson
- $12,500
- Las Vegas
- NV
- US
- 18
- Howard Andrew
- $11,250
- Walnut Creek
- CA
- US
- 19
- Al Ethier
- $11,250
- Bellflower
- CA
- US
- 20
Hugh Todd- $10,000
- Cape Town
- -
- ZA
- 21
- Bobby Baldwin
- $10,000
- Las Vegas
- NV
- US
- 22
- Mike Harthcock
- $10,000
- Escondido
- CA
- US
- 23
- John Bonetti
- $10,000
- Houston
- TX
- US
- 24
- Thomas Jacobs
- $10,000
- Las Vegas
- NV
- US
- 25
- Mickey Finn
- $10,000
- -
- -
- -
- 26
- Johnny Moss
- $10,000
- Dallas
- TX
- US
- 27
- James Athanas
- $10,000
- St. Louis
- MO
- US
- 28
- Al Korson
- $7,500
- Albuquerque
- NM
- US
- 29
- Scott Lundgren
- $7,500
- -
- -
- -
- 30
George McKeever- $7,500
- Londonderry
- -
- GB
- 31
- Owen Bradley
- $7,500
- New Orleans
- LA
- US
- 32
- Berry Johnston
- $7,500
- Bethany
- OK
- US
- 33
- Louis Hunsaker
- $7,500
- Austin
- TX
- US
- 34
- Artie Cobb
- $7,500
- Las Vegas
- NV
- US
- 35
- Mori Eskandani
- $7,500
- Las Vegas
- NV
- US
- 36
- Jose Rosenkrantz
- $7,500
- San Juan
- -
- CR