The 1977 World Collection of Poker was the eighth annual World Collection of Poker. It was held at Binnion’s Horseshoe. The variety of preliminary occasions elevated to 12, up from seven the earlier 12 months.
One of the vital notable additions to the preliminary occasions was the $100 Women’ Seven Card Stud. The occasion was gained by Jackie McDaniels, making her the primary ever WSOP champion in a women solely occasion. It was additionally the smallest buy-in with the smallest prize pool of any occasion within the historical past of the match. McDaniels walked away with a money prize of $5,580.
The large winner from the preliminary occasions was Bobby Baldwin. He gained each the $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw and the $5,000 Seven Card Stud, touchdown him money prizes of $80,000 and $44,000 respectively. Baldwin was in his late twenties on the time of the match, which was comparatively younger by poker requirements in these days.
Doyle Brunson was the second-biggest winner from the preliminary occasions. He gained the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Break up match which was ok for a money prize of $62,500. Unheralded Louis Hunsucker earned the third-most cash from the preliminary occasions. He gained $34,200 within the $1,500 No Restrict Maintain’em match.
From 1975 to 1976, the variety of members within the Fundamental Occasion elevated from 21 to 22. That quantity elevated considerably in 1977. There have been 34 gamers who agreed to pay $10,000 to play within the No Restrict Maintain’em Fundamental Occasion on the 1977 World Collection of Poker. Simply six years earlier, on the inaugural Fundamental Occasion, there have been six entrants within the Fundamental Occasion.
With all 34 gamers paying the $10,000 entrance price into the match, the prize for first place was at a hefty $340,000. No cash was awarded to second- and third-place finishers.
The quantity of gamers slowly dwindled down till there have been three gamers left: Doyle Brunson, Gary Berland, and Milo Jacobson. When Jacobson was eradicated, Doyle Brunson had only one extra adversary to deal with in his quest to develop into the primary individual to repeat as Fundamental Occasion champion (Johnny Moss gained the primary two WSOP’s, however there was no Fundamental Occasion when he gained the primary one in 1970).
His opponent, Gary “Bones” Berland, was an amazing poker participant and Brunson couldn’t afford to take him flippantly. He caught round on the poker scene for a very long time, ending up with 5 WSOP bracelets and a third-place end on the 1986 Fundamental Occasion.
In probably the most superb coincidences in poker historical past, Brunson was dealt a ten-deuce. Only one 12 months earlier, Brunson had gained the 1976 Fundamental Occasion with the identical hand. Brunson referred to as Berland’s all in bid after the flip card when he had a pair of 2s and a pair of 10s. The river card was a ten, giving Brunson the identical 10s over 2s full home that gained him the Fundamental Occasion one 12 months earlier.
Brunson gained the mammoth money prize of $340,000 and secured himself a spot in poker historical past as one of many biggest to ever play. Within the a long time since he gained the 1976 and 1977 WSOP, the ten-deuce hand remains to be generally known as “the Doyle Brunson.”
