Main Event

May 24, 1981 on ESPN at 9:00 PM

Summary

The 12th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event would see Stu Ungar eyeing back-to-back titles as he sat at the final table of the 75-entrant field. Jay Heimowitz, Ken Smith, Perry Green, Gene Fisher, and Bill Smith were all looking to chase down Un... (more)gar and take home the $375,000 first-place prize and title of 1981 World Champion.