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1996 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments


Series of poker tournaments

FieldValue
competition1996 World Series of Poker
locationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
datesApril 22 – May 14
championUSA Huck Seed
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The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events

There were 23 preliminary bracelet events at the 1996 World Series of Poker. Barbara Enright was the first woman to win an open event at the World Series of Poker.

#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1April 22, 1996$1,500 Chinese Poker62Gregory Grivas (1/1)$37,200Charles Burris Results
2April 23, 1996$2,000 Limit Hold'em528David Chiu (1/1)$396,000David Shu Results
3April 24, 1996$1,500 Seven Card Stud247Gary Benson (1/1)$148,200Billy Cohen Results
4April 25, 1996$1,500 Limit Omaha171Dody Roach (1/2)$102,600Men Nguyen (0/3) Results
5April 26, 1996$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split245John Cernuto (1/1)$147,000Lonnie Heimowitz Results
6April 27, 1996$1,500 Razz145Randy Holland (1/1)$87,000Joe Aurelio Results
7April 28, 1996$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split277Adeeb Harb (1/1)$155,815Noli Francisco Results
8April 29, 1996$1,500 No Limit Hold'em405John Morgan (1/1)$227,815George Githens Results
9April 30, 1996$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys133Jim Huntley (1/1)$168,600Phil Mazzella Results
10May 1, 1996$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em278Al Krux (1/1)$156,375Gerardo Crespi Results
11May 2, 1996$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split94Frank Thompson (1/1)$94,000Ted Forrest (0/3) Results
12May 2, 1996$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys24Freddy Deeb (1/1)$146,250Mickey Appleman (0/3) Results
13May 3, 1996$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split110Men Nguyen (1/4)$110,000Matthias Rohnacher Results
14May 4, 1996$1,500 Ace to Five Draw119Hans Lund (1/2)$71,400John Henson Results
15May 5, 1996$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys10Jim Feldhouse (1/1)$50,000Eli Balas (0/1) Results
16May 6, 1996$3,000 Limit Hold'em167Donny Kerr (1/1)$200,400Michael Halford Results
17May 7, 1996$2,500 Seven Card Stud144Marty Sigel (1/2)$144,000Annie Duke Results
18May 8, 1996$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys78Sam Farha (1/1)$145,000Brent Carter (0/2) Results
19May 9, 1996$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em180Barbara Enright (1/3)$180,000Stan Goldstein Results
20May 10, 1996$5,000 Seven Card Stud65Henry Orenstein (1/1)$130,000Humberto Brenes (0/2) Results
21May 11, 1996$2,500 No Limit Hold'em267Mel Wiener (1/1)$250,315John Spadavecchia (0/1) Results
22May 12, 1996$5,000 Limit Hold'em118Tony Ma (1/1)$236,000John Bonetti (0/3 Results
23May 13, 1996$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud105Susie Isaacs (1/1)$42,000Nikki Harris Results
24May 14, 1996$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main event295Huck Seed$1,000,000Bruce Van Horn Results

Main Event

There were 295 entrants to the main event. Each entrant paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money.

Final table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)WSOP
Bracelets*WSOP
Cashes*WSOP
Earnings*
USA John Bonetti794,000 (26.9%)316$877,582
USA Huck Seed632,000 (21.4%)111$392,508
USA An Tran596,000 (20.2%)122$340,673
USA Bruce Van Horn524,000 (17.8%)02$22,360
USA Men Nguyen252,000 (8.5%)420$807,412
CAN Andre Boyer153,000 (5.2%)01$8,010

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1996 Main Event.

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1stHuck Seed$1,000,000
2ndBruce Van Horn$585,000
3rdJohn Bonetti$341,250
4thMen Nguyen$195,000
5thAn Tran$128,700
6thAndre Boyer$97,500

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
10thDavid Chiu$31,200
13thChau Giang$27,300
16thBerry Johnston$23,400
17thDan Harrington$23,400
18thFrank Henderson$23,400
19thJohn Esposito$19,500
21stPeter Vilandos$19,500
24thHal Kant$19,500
25thDonnacha O'Dea$19,500
26thLucy Rokach$19,500

References

References

  1. "1996 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule".
  2. Klöhn, Arved. (2013-06-12). "7 WSOP Bracelet Wins that Changed Poker History WSOP".
  3. Holloway, Chad. (2010-10-28). "History in Spades: Revisiting the 1996 World Series of Poker Final Table".
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