1996 World Series of Poker

1996 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 22 – May 14
Champion
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. ^[1] Barbara Enright was the first woman to win an open event at the World Series of Poker. ^[2]

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	April 22, 1996	$1,500 Chinese Poker	62	Gregory Grivas (1/1)	$37,200	Charles Burris	Results
2	April 23, 1996	$2,000 Limit Hold'em	528	David Chiu (1/1)	$396,000	David Shu	Results
3	April 24, 1996	$1,500 Seven Card Stud	247	Gary Benson (1/1)	$148,200	Billy Cohen	Results
4	April 25, 1996	$1,500 Limit Omaha	171	Dody Roach (1/2)	$102,600	Men Nguyen (0/3)	Results
5	April 26, 1996	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	245	John Cernuto (1/1)	$147,000	Lonnie Heimowitz	Results
6	April 27, 1996	$1,500 Razz	145	Randy Holland (1/1)	$87,000	Joe Aurelio	Results
7	April 28, 1996	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	277	Adeeb Harb (1/1)	$155,815	Noli Francisco	Results
8	April 29, 1996	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	405	John Morgan (1/1)	$227,815	George Githens	Results
9	April 30, 1996	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	133	Jim Huntley (1/1)	$168,600	Phil Mazzella	Results
10	May 1, 1996	$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	278	Al Krux (1/1)	$156,375	Gerardo Crespi	Results
11	May 2, 1996	$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	94	Frank Thompson (1/1)	$94,000	Ted Forrest (0/3)	Results
12	May 2, 1996	$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	24	Freddy Deeb (1/1)	$146,250	Mickey Appleman (0/3)	Results
13	May 3, 1996	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	110	Men Nguyen (1/4)	$110,000	Matthias Rohnacher	Results
14	May 4, 1996	$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	119	Hans Lund (1/2)	$71,400	John Henson	Results
15	May 5, 1996	$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys	10	Jim Feldhouse (1/1)	$50,000	Eli Balas (0/1)	Results
16	May 6, 1996	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	167	Donny Kerr (1/1)	$200,400	Michael Halford	Results
17	May 7, 1996	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	144	Marty Sigel (1/2)	$144,000	Annie Duke	Results
18	May 8, 1996	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	78	Sam Farha (1/1)	$145,000	Brent Carter (0/2)	Results
19	May 9, 1996	$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	180	Barbara Enright (1/3)	$180,000	Stan Goldstein	Results
20	May 10, 1996	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	65	Henry Orenstein (1/1)	$130,000	Humberto Brenes (0/2)	Results
21	May 11, 1996	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	267	Mel Wiener (1/1)	$250,315	John Spadavecchia (0/1)	Results
22	May 12, 1996	$5,000 Limit Hold'em	118	Tony Ma (1/1)	$236,000	John Bonetti (0/3	Results
23	May 13, 1996	$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	105	Susie Isaacs (1/1)	$42,000	Nikki Harris	Results
24	May 14, 1996	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main event	295	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

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
John Bonetti	794,000 (26.9%)	3	16	$877,582
Huck Seed	632,000 (21.4%)	1	11	$392,508
An Tran	596,000 (20.2%)	1	22	$340,673
Bruce Van Horn	524,000 (17.8%)	0	2	$22,360
Men Nguyen	252,000 (8.5%)	4	20	$807,412
Andre Boyer	153,000 (5.2%)	0	1	$8,010

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

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Huck Seed	$1,000,000
2nd	Bruce Van Horn	$585,000
3rd	John 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.

Place	Name	Prize
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 November 26, 2024.
2. Klöhn, Arved (June 12, 2013). "7 WSOP Bracelet Wins that Changed Poker History WSOP". PokerListings. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
3. Holloway, Chad (October 28, 2010). "History in Spades: Revisiting the 1996 World Series of Poker Final Table". PokerNews. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

External links

• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker