Main Event

May 16, 1988 on ESPN at 9:00 PM

Summary

The 19th Annual World Series of Poker had 167 entries in the Main Event as Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel squared off for the $700,000 top prize while Humberto Brenes, T.J. Cloutier, and Jim Bechtel also made the final table.

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