1985 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."[1]

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.[2] 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."[3] Slim modeled 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.[4] 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.[4]

1985 Tournament

Poker Hall of Famers Chip Reese and Billy Baxter both made runs at various titles, but neither succeeded in winning their events. The only member to win a tournament that year was Johnny Chan in the $1,000 Omaha event. In order to win the title, he had to defeat two other Hall of Fame caliber players in Dewey Tomko who was inducted into the Hall in 2008 and 1993 recipient Jack Keller.[5] Tomko went on to win the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud event.[6]

Key
* Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.
Place The place in which people finish.
Name The name of the player
Prize (US$) Event prize money

Event 1: $400 Ladies 7 Card Stud
  • Number of buy-ins: 44
  • Total prize pool: $17,600
  • Number of payouts: 7
  • Reference:[7]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stKimberly Bye$8,880
2ndBetty Wagner$3,520
3rdElsie Brent$1,760
4thStarla Brodie$880
5thCyndy Violette$880
6thLucy Bowman$880
7thCheryl Davis$880

Event 2: $500 Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 207
  • Total prize pool: $103,500
  • Number of payouts: 7
  • Reference:[8]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stRich Quakenbush$51,750
2ndMark Stropko$20,700
3rdDody Roach$10,350
4thMike Stoltz$5,175
5thDave Walden$5,175
6thPeter Etchemendy$5,175
7thAndy Myerson$5,175

Event 3: $1,000 Ace-to-Five Lowball
  • Number of buy-ins: 53
  • Total prize pool: $53,000
  • Number of payouts: 7
  • Reference:[9]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stGreg Wagner$26,500
2ndT. J. Cloutier*$10,000
3rdRobert Hunter$5,300
4thJohn Serpa$2,650
5thDennis Horvath$2,650
6thJohnny Hale$2,650
7thPhil Morgan$2,650

Event 4: $500 7 Card Stud
  • Number of buy-ins: 89
  • Total prize pool: $44,500
  • Number of payouts: 7
  • Reference:[10]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stCheryl Davis$8,900
2ndArtie Cobb$4,450
3rdDino Bumbico$2,225
4thGary Berland$2,225
5thDavid Holzderber$2,650
6thPeter Christ$2,225
7thBob Ensley$2,225

Event 5: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 80
  • Total prize pool: $80,000
  • Number of payouts: 7
  • Reference:[11]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stArt Youngblood$40,000
2ndChip Reese*$20,000
3rdFrank Hunter$2,225

Event 6: $5,000 7 Card Stud
  • Number of buy-ins: 13
  • Total prize pool: $65,000
  • Number of payouts: 3
  • Reference:[6]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stDewey Tomko*$39,000
2ndRick Greider$19,500
3rdFrank Hunter$6,500

Event 7: $2,500 Ace-to-Five Lowball
  • Number of buy-ins: 34
  • Total prize pool: $85,000
  • Number of payouts: 5
  • Reference:[12]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stAustin Squatty$42,500
2ndMike Markos$25,500
3rdBilly Baxter*$8,500
4thRick Riolo$4,250
5thSeymour Liebowitz$4,250

Event 8: $500 Omaha
  • Number of buy-ins: 103
  • Total prize pool: $51,500
  • Number of payouts: 5
  • Reference:[13]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stTerry Fielder$25,750
2ndDave Chanduloy$10,300
3rdFred Bowen$5,100

Event 9: $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
  • Number of buy-ins: 32
  • Total prize pool: $80,000
  • Number of payouts: 3
  • Reference:[14]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stKen Smith$56,000
2ndJeff Burdasall$24,000
3rdChip Reese*$8,000

Event 10: $1,000 Omaha
  • Number of buy-ins: 154
  • Total prize pool: $154,000
  • Number of payouts: Unknown
  • Reference:[5]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stJohnny Chan*$77,000
2ndDewey Tomko*$46,200
3rdJack Keller*$15,400

Event 11: $500 Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 176
  • Total prize pool: $88,000
  • Number of payouts: Unknown
  • Reference:[15]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stDave Keiser$44,000
2ndTerry Farmer$17,600
3rdHal Kant$8,800

Event 12: $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball
  • Number of buy-ins: 24
  • Total prize pool: $120,000
  • Number of payouts: 3
  • Reference:[16]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stGary Lundgren$72,000
2ndBilly Baxter*$36,000
3rdJim Ray$12,000

Event 13: $1,000 "Follow the stars" Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 157
  • Total prize pool: $157,000
  • Number of payouts: Unknown
  • Reference:[17]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stBill Strothers$72,000
2ndNorman Jay$36,000
3rdRay Legett$12,000

Event 14: $10,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
  • Number of buy-ins: 41
  • Total prize pool: $410,000
  • Number of payouts: Unknown
  • Reference:[18]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1stMickey Appleman$205,000
2ndDewey Tomko*$82,000
3rdJohn Esposito$41,000
4thLyle Berman*$20,500
5thJack Keller*$20,500
6thAl Ethier$20,500
7thGary Lundgren$20,500
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