1996 World Series of Poker

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1996 World Series of Poker
Location Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 22 – May 14
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Huck Seed
  1995
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The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Contents

Events

There were 23 preliminary bracelet events at the 1996 World Series of Poker. [1] Barbara Enright was the first woman to win an open event at the World Series of Poker. [2]

#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1April 22, 1996$1,500 Chinese Poker 62Gregory Grivas (1/1)$37,200Charles Burris Results
2April 23, 1996$2,000 Limit Hold'em 528 David Chiu (1/1)$396,000David Shu Results
3April 24, 1996$1,500 Seven Card Stud 247 Gary Benson (1/1)$148,200Billy Cohen Results
4April 25, 1996$1,500 Limit Omaha 171 Dody Roach (1/2)$102,600 Men Nguyen (0/3) Results
5April 26, 1996$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split245 John Cernuto (1/1)$147,000Lonnie Heimowitz Results
6April 27, 1996$1,500 Razz 145 Randy Holland (1/1)$87,000Joe Aurelio Results
7April 28, 1996$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split277Adeeb Harb (1/1)$155,815 Noli 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'em278 Al Krux (1/1)$156,375Gerardo Crespi Results
11May 2, 1996$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split94Frank Thompson (1/1)$94,000 Ted Forrest (0/3) Results
12May 2, 1996$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys24 Freddy Deeb (1/1)$146,250 Mickey Appleman (0/3) Results
13May 3, 1996$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split110 Men Nguyen (1/4)$110,000Matthias Rohnacher Results
14May 4, 1996$1,500 Ace to Five Draw119 Hans Lund (1/2)$71,400John Henson Results
15May 5, 1996$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys10Jim Feldhouse (1/1)$50,000 Eli 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)$144,000 Annie Duke Results
18May 8, 1996$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys78 Sam Farha (1/1)$145,000 Brent Carter (0/2) Results
19May 9, 1996$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em180 Barbara Enright (1/3)$180,000Stan Goldstein Results
20May 10, 1996$5,000 Seven Card Stud65 Henry Orenstein (1/1)$130,000 Humberto Brenes (0/2) Results
21May 11, 1996$2,500 No Limit Hold'em267Mel Wiener (1/1)$250,315 John Spadavecchia (0/1) Results
22May 12, 1996$5,000 Limit Hold'em118 Tony Ma (1/1)$236,000John Bonetti (0/3 Results
23May 13, 1996$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud105 Susie Isaacs (1/1)$42,000Nikki Harris Results
24May 14, 1996$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main event295 Huck Seed $1,000,000 Bruce Van Horn Results


Main Event

There were 295 entrants to the main event. [3] 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*
Flag of the United States.svg John Bonetti794,000 (26.9%)316$877,582
Flag of the United States.svg Huck Seed 632,000 (21.4%)111$392,508
Flag of the United States.svg An Tran 596,000 (20.2%)122$340,673
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Van Horn 524,000 (17.8%)02$22,360
Flag of the United States.svg Men Nguyen 252,000 (8.5%)420$807,412
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andre Boyer 153,000 (5.2%)01$8,010

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

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Huck Seed $1,000,000
2nd Bruce Van Horn $585,000
3rdJohn Bonetti$341,250
4th Men Nguyen $195,000
5th An Tran $128,700
6th Andre Boyer $97,500

In The Money Finishes

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

PlaceNamePrize
10th David Chiu $31,200
13th Chau Giang $27,300
16th Berry Johnston $23,400
17th Dan Harrington $23,400
18th Frank Henderson $23,400
19th John Esposito $19,500
21st Peter Vilandos $19,500
24th Hal Kant $19,500
25th Donnacha O'Dea $19,500
26th Lucy Rokach $19,500

References

  1. "1996 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  2. Klöhn, Arved (2013-06-12). "7 WSOP Bracelet Wins that Changed Poker History WSOP". PokerListings. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  3. Holloway, Chad (2010-10-28). "History in Spades: Revisiting the 1996 World Series of Poker Final Table". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.