 At one point in the tournament, he was down to around 2,000 in chips (out of over 500,000 total tournament chips) at a final table that included Johnny Moss, Bobby Baldwin, and other professional players.Additionally, it is believed that Fowler could not cover the entrance fee and Benny Binion had to loan it to him.Fowler's 1979 win is sometimes called the greatest upset in the history of the WSOP.