1990 Super Bowl of Poker
# 1990 Super Bowl of Poker

The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."

Prior to 1979, the only high dollar tournament a person could enter was the WSOP. 1972 WSOP Main Event Champion and outspoken ambassador for poker Amarillo Slim saw this as an opportunity. "The World Series of Poker was so successful that everybody wanted more than one tournament," he said. Slim called upon his connections and friendships with poker's elite to start a new tournament in the February 1979. Before the SBOP had developed a reputation of its own, many of the most respected names in poker attended the tournament "more to support Slim and take advantage of the very fat cash games the event would obviously inspire." Slim modelled his SBOP after the WSOP with several events and a $10,000 Texas Hold'em Main Event.

One of the principal differences between the WSOP and the SBOP was the prize structure. The WSOP's prize structure was flat ensuring more people received smaller pieces of the prize pool. The SBOP typically used a 60-30-10 payout structure. In other words, only the first three places received money and generally in the ratio of 60% to first place, 30% to second place, and 10% to third. This payment schedule predominated the SBOP for the first 5 years of the event, but as the event grew the number of payouts increased while keeping the payout schedule top heavy.

## 1990 Tournament

The 1990 SBOP had arguably one of the toughest final tables ever assembled. Four of the final six players (Jack Keller, Stu Ungar, T. J. Cloutier, and Chip Reese) have all been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. A fifth player, Hamid Dastmalchi won the WSOP Main Event in 1992. Between the five of them, they have acquired 20 WSOP bracelets. T. J. Cloutier did at the SBOP what he has failed to do at the WSOP, despite making 4 WSOP Main Event Final tables, by winning the SBOP Main Event. Billy Baxter won the Deuce To Seven Lowball. Deuce to Seven is the format type where Baxter has won five WSOP bracelets. Baxter had finished in second place in various SBOP Deuce to Seven Lowball five times and third once.

Hoyt Corkins a two time bracelet and one time World Poker Tour winner won his first major tournament at the 1990 SBOP.

## Key

| * | Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. |
| - | - |
| † | Denotes player who is deceased. |
| Place | The place in which people finish. |
| Name | The name of the player |
| Prize (US$) | Event prize money |

### Event 1: $ 400 7 Card Stud (Ladies)

* Number of buy-ins: 63
* Total prize pool: $19,680
* Number of payouts: 18
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Marsha Waggoner | $9,600 |
| 2nd | Linda Ryke-Drucker | $6,000 |
| 3rd | Liz Jameson | $2,400 |
| 4th | Glenda Bridges | $1,680 |

### Event 2: $ 500 Limit Hold'em

* Number of buy-ins: 292
* Total prize pool: Unknown
* Number of payouts: 5
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Fred Sigur | $58,400 |
| 2nd | Jose Rosenkrantz | $29,200 |
| 3rd | Bob Ensley | $14,600 |
| 4th | David Stone | $8,760 |
| 5th | Howard Berger | $7,300 |

### Event 3: $ 500 Limit 7 Card Stud

* Number of buy-ins: 268
* Total prize pool: Unknown
* Number of payouts: Unknown
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Ester Rossi | $53,600 |
| 2nd | Paul Kornelly | $26,800 |
| 3rd | Alex Murray | $13,400 |
| 4th | Mike Berry | $8,040 |
| 5th | Michael Simon | $6,700 |

### Event 4: $ 1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo

* Number of buy-ins: 119
* Total prize pool: $119,000
* Number of payouts: Unknown
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Gene Fisher | $47,600 |
| 2nd | Artie Cobb | $23,800 |
| 3rd | Sam Grizzle | $11,900 |
| 4th | John Yarmosh | $7,140 |
| 5th | Jeff Campbell | $5,950 |
| 6th | Bud Moore | $4,760 |

### Event 5: $ 1,000 7 Card Razz

* Number of buy-ins: 119
* Total prize pool: $119,000
* Number of payouts: Unknown
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | John Cover | $41,600 |
| 2nd | Johnny Moss* | $26,000 |
| 3rd | Steve Edelson | $10,000 |
| 4th | Mike Markos | $7,280 |
| 5th | Don Zewin | $6,240 |
| 6th | Mike Sexton | $5,200 |

### Event : $ 200 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys

* Number of buy-ins: Unknown
* Total prize pool: Unknown
* Number of payouts: Unknown
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Ron Stanley | $72,160 |
| 2nd | Lyle Berman* | $36,080 |
| 3rd | Rodger Hutchinson | $18,040 |
| 4th | Johnny Chan* | $10,824 |
| 5th | Ken Flaton | $9,020 |

### Event 7: $ 1,000 7 Card Stud

* Number of buy-ins: 140
* Total prize pool: $140,000
* Number of payouts: Unknown
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Artie Cobb | $55,600 |
| 2nd | John Agliolora | $27,800 |
| 3rd | Dewey Tomko* | $13,900 |
| 4th | Don Zewin | $13,900 |
| 5th | Tommy Fischer | $8,340 |

### Event 8: $ 200 No Limit Hold'em with Rebuys

* Number of buy-ins: 219
* Total prize pool: $220,300
* Number of payouts: 6
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | John Spadavecchia | $88,120 |
| 2nd | Lyle Berman* | $44,060 |
| 3rd | Bill Smith | $22,030 |
| 4th | Humberto Brenes | $16,025 |
| 5th | Scott Johnson | $11,015 |
| 6th | Max Stern | $7,710 |

### Event 9: $ 1,000 Limit Hold'em

* Number of buy-ins: 170
* Total prize pool: $170,000
* Number of payouts: 18
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Ron Stanley | $68,000 |
| 2nd | Tommy Fischer | $34,000 |
| 3rd | Ronald Ross | $17,000 |
| 4th | Tony Thang | $10,200 |
| 5th | Mickey Finn | $8,500 |
| 6th | Barney O'Malia | $5,950 |
| 7th | Humberto Brenes | $5,100 |
| 8th | Tommy Grimes | $3,400 |
| 9th | John Spadavecchia | $2,550 |

### Event 10: $ 200 Limit Omaha with Rebuys

* Number of buy-ins: 166
* Total prize pool: Unknown
* Number of payouts: 18
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Hoyt Corkins | $65,680 |
| 2nd | Jack Keller* | $32,840 |
| 3rd | David Baxter | $16,420 |
| 4th | Stan Johnson | $9,852 |
| 5th | Vasillis Lazarou | $8,210 |
| 6th | John Cernuto | $5,747 |
| 7th | Tony Thang | $4,926 |
| 8th | Roger Moore | $3,284 |
| 9th | Brent Carter | $2,463 |

### Event 11: $ 1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud

* Number of buy-ins: 102
* Total prize pool: $153,000
* Number of payouts: 16
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Cyndy Arynn | $61,200 |
| 2nd | Jimmy Athanas | $30,600 |
| 3rd | Don Williams | $15,300 |
| 4th | Flan Pikington | $9,180 |
| 5th | Mike Hart | $7,650 |
| 6th | Alan Boston | $6,120 |
| 7th | Harry Thomas | $4,590 |
| 8th | Robert Miller | $3,060 |
| 9th | Unknown | $2,225 |

### Event 11: Deuce To 7 Lowball

* Number of buy-ins: 18
* Total prize pool: $87,500
* Number of payouts: 4
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Billy Baxter* | $43,750 |
| 2nd | Roger Van Driesen | $21,875 |
| 3rd | Rick Riolo | $13,125 |
| 4th | John Bonetti | $8,750 |

### Event 12: $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em

* Number of buy-ins: 48
* Total prize pool: $480,000
* Number of payouts: 7
* Reference:

Final table :

| Place | Name | Prize |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | T. J. Cloutier* | $240,000 |
| 2nd | Jack Keller* | $96,000 |
| 3rd | Stu Ungar* | $48,000 |
| 4th | Richardo Alem-Simon | $31,200 |
| 5th | Hamid Dastmalchi | $26,400 |
| 6th | Chip Reese* | $21,600 |
| 7th | Jim Doman | $16,800 |
