26th Annual
World Series of Poker

$10,000 Buy-in
Entries: 273
Total Prize Money: $2,730,000

1994 Defending Champion: Russ Hamilton - $1,000,000

1995 Champion: ???????

• The Final Six.
• The Story.
• The Final Table.

1. Howard Goldfarb			      $1,194,000
Toronto, Canada
2. Dan Harrington				 532,000
Downey, California
3. Brent Carter					 319,000
Oak Park, Illinois
4. Chuck Thompson				 254,000
Santa Cruz, California
5. Hamid Dastmalchi				 232,000
San Diego, California
6. Barbara Enright				 199,000
Van Nuys, California

Prize Money Awarded

7. Tom Franklin					  69,200
Gulfport, Mississippi
8. Henry Orenstein				  51,900
Verona, New Jersey
9. Dolph Arnold					  39,790
Houston, Texas
10. Roger Moore					  27,680
Eastman, Georgia
11. Mike Cook					  27,680
London, England
12. John Esposito				  27,680
Las Vegas, Nevada
13. James Hayes					  24,220
Anchorage, Alaska
14. Roger Hellums				  24,220
Freer, Texas
15. Bill "Crocodile" Argyros			  24,220
Melbourne, Australia
16. Dick Carson					  20,760
Las Vegas, Nevada
17. Freddie Deeb				  20,760
Long Beach, California
18. Gary Kallam					  20,760
Las Vegas, Nevada
19. Larry Beilfuss				  17,300
West Allis, Wisconsin
20. Jason Lester				  17,300
New York, New York
21. Berry Johnston				  17,300
Las Vegas, Nevada
22. R. David Baxter				  17,300
Corpus Christi, Texas
23. Mike Sexton					  17,300
Las Vegas, Nevada
24. Billy Horan					  17,300
New York, New York
25. Mike Laing					  17,300
Las Vegas, Nevada
26. Hal "Deadman" Kant				  17,300
Reno, Nevada
27. John Heaney					  17,300
Wenonah, New Jersey

. Leading the field with $1,194,000 and more than a 2-to-1 chip advantage over his nearest competitor is Howard Goldfarb, a 33-year-old land developer from Toronto, Canada. A recreational poker player, Goldfarb has cashed in one previous WSP competition, placing 22nd in last year's championship event for $16,800. He began playing poker just two years ago.

. Dan Harrington, a 49-year-old professional poker player from Downey, California, captured his first World Series title on May 12, when he won the $2,500 buy-in no-limit Hold'em event. A former attorney, Harrington has cashed in several other WSP competitions through the years and has accumulated total tournament earnings of $297,250. He has been playing poker for 12 years.

. Brent Carter, a 46-year-old retired businessman from Oak Park, Illinois, has two World Series of Poker titles to his credit and boasts career WSP earnings of $428,104. Named the Best All-Around Player in the 1995 Queens Poker Classic, Carter also holds titles from the Hall of Fame Poker Classic, the Super Bowl of Poker, the L.A. Poker Classic, and the Diamond Jim Brady Poker Tournament. His introduction to poker came during grade school, when he began playing penny ante with his friends.

. Chuck Thompson is a 56-year-old professional poker player from Santa Cruz, California. Formerly a chemist for Mobil Oil Company, he holds a title from the Peppermill tournament and has cashed in numerous major poker competitions through the years. His career World Series earnings currently stand at $45,913. When he isn't traveling the tournament trail, Thompson props the poker games at Garden City Casino in San Jose, California, where he has worked for 15 years.

. Hamid Dastmalchi, the 1992 World Champion of Poker, holds three World Series of Poker titles, as well as titles from numerous other major poker competitions. His WSP earnings to date total $1,424,160, and he presently ranks No. 6 on the roster of all-time tournament money winners. A 39-year-old real-estate investor from San Diego, California, Dastmalchi began playing poker at the age of 12 in his native Iran. He has lived in the United States for 20 years.

. Barbara Enright, a professional poker player from Van Nuys, California, bears the distinction of being the only two-time Women's World Poker Champion. Prior to the beginning of this year's championship tournament, she had total WSP earnings of $56,780 and now ranks No. 1 on the women's roster of all-time money winners. In addition to her two World Series titles, Enright holds titles from the Super Bowl of Poker, the L.A. Poker Classic, and the Diamond Jim Brady Tournament. She has been playing poker since childhood.

. Tom Franklin of Gulfport, Mississippi, had to settle for seventh place in the championship event and $69,200 when he moved all in before the flop with Q-10 and was called by Howard Goldfarb, who held A-K. The final board showed A-7-6-9-6, and Goldfarb took down the $266,000 pot with aces up. Goldfarb also dispatched Henry Orenstein of Verona, New Jersey, who went home with eighth place and $51,900 when his pair of jacks proved second-best to Goldfarb's jacks up. Dolph Arnold of Houston, Texas, exited in ninth place with $39,790 when his A-Q was shot down by Hamid Dastmalchi, who held A-J and made tens full of jacks to win the pot.

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