There were 75 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. The final hand saw Green with 10 9 and Ungar with A Q, and the board was 7 8 4 4 Q

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 There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournamen

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 There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

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 There were 167 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament

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 There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

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 There were 512 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip lead when starting his heads-up vs Cloutier. After a see-saw battle, Ferguson decided to call Cloutier's AQ all-in with his own A9. When a 9 appeared on the river, Ferguson had beaten the tournament favourite and poker legend, and would go on to become one of the most celebrated legends of poker himself.

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 There were 613 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a non-online casino at the time.

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 There were 2,576 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments.

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 There were 631 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament (by prize pool) ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time.

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 Russ Hamilton was said to be so certain he would win the tourney, he put on over 100 pounds of weight, as the winner was to receive his weight in Silver.

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Mike Caro, the legendary "Mad Genius of Poker", explains proven, closely guarded secrets about tells.

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 I posted a link to this before but here it is in the vids. It's an awful film i thought.  

The film tells the story of Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison) – a cocky young poker playing student from Yale University. Stillman meets retired poker legend Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds), who takes Stillman under his wing, and teaches him about the game, helping him become a poker pro.

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The 1978 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held in May 1978 at Binion's Horseshoe. [1] and was the first WSOP that wasn't a winner-take-all prize. Instead the tournament had a progressive prize structure, as follows 50% for the Winner then 20% for second, 15% for third, 10% for forth and 5% for fifth place. There were 42 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. This was the first time that the main event paid a prize to any players other than the winner.

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The world championship drew a field of 54 entrants in 1979, and eight of those players were amateurs, which was the largest showing by this group of players in WSOP history at the time. One of them was named Hal Fowler, and he was certainly the last amateur standing when he made the final table. He was joined by Bobby Hoff, Baldwin, Crandell Addington, George Huber, Sam Petrillo, Sam Moon, and Moss — every one of them a professional, and every one of them a world-class player. And then there was Fowler, who was the owner of a public relations firm.

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Thirteen players paid the $10,000 entry fee that year and it marked the first time the main event played at two tables. Benny Binion had this to say on the future of the tournament, “We had seven players last year, and this year we had 13. I look to have better than 20 next year. It’s even liable to get up to be 50, might get up to be more than that…It will eventually.” add link to cardplayer.com

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