World Series of Poker videos from 1978

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The 1978 World Series of Poker had some extraordinary personalities:

• Doyle Brunson
• Amarillo Slim
• Barbara Freer
• the legendary Johnny Moss
• Gabe Kaplan
• Ken Smith. Dressing up like Honest Abe and would tip his hat after each hand he won, while tipping his hat, would say "What a player!"
• "Puggy" Pearson

The 1978 Binions World Series of Poker was the first WSOP not to have the winner-take-all prize. Instead, it had progressive pot, which the top 5 players would share... The split was at a 50% for grand prize and then down from there: 20%, 15%, 10%, and 5%.

Thirty-one players entered the 1978 WSOP to stake their claim at the title of World Series of Poker Champion. During the first day of play, all previous WSOP champions were knocked out. This day also included the elimination of the only female player Barbara Freer. At the end of the day only eleven players remain in contention including crowd favorite Ken Smith.

The final day of play began at noon, and had its first player eliminated crowd favorite Ken Smith. Ken Smith is followed by Jesse Alto and then by Buc Buchanan. The next player to leave the series would not come for almost five hours. At just before 8:00pm the next player to leave would be Louis Hunsucker.

Then there were two: Bobby Baldwin and Crandall Addington

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