WSOP 1986 Main Event: Berry Johnston vs Jesse Alto

  The finalists of the WSOP 1986 Championship event had almost equal hands.  Berry Johnston looked at while Jesse Alto was holding  Johnston, who had a big chip lead, raised $20,000 preflop and Alto reraised 100,000.  Berry went all-in and Alto called.   Unfortunately, there are no records left concerning the board cards. We only know that the board did not help either of the players.   Berry Johnston won $570,000 with high card that year.