1998 World Series of Poker

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The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was an amount of poker championships held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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Preliminary events

EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
$2,000 Limit Hold'em Farzad Bonyadi $429,940Paul Scarim
$1,500 Razz Doyle Brunson $93,000Ray Dehkharghani
$1,500 Limit Omaha Michael Shadkin$109,800Jan Lundberg
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Kirk Morrison $148,185 Max Stern
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Donnacha O'Dea $154,800 Johnny Chan
$1,500 Seven Card Stud SplitTommy Hufnagle$139,305 Don Holt
$2,000 No Limit Hold'emJeff Ross$259,000 Layne Flack
$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Chau Giang $150,960Carl Bailey
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Daniel Negreanu $169,460Dominic Bourke
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Artie Cobb $152,000Helmut Koch
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys T. J. Cloutier $136,000 Doyle Brunson
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo SplitBill Gempel$120,000Hershey Entin
$3,000 Limit Hold'em David Chiu $205,200Mickey Seagle
$3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo SplitPaul Rowe$133,200 James Van Alstyne
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'emSteve Rydel$206,400 Dave Ulliott
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys Erik Seidel $132,750Lamar Wilkinson
$3,000 No Limit Hold'emKen Buntjer$268,620Gorden Hall
$5,000 Seven Card StudJan Chen$208,000Don Barton
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Patrick Bruel $224,000Robert Redman
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Mandy Commanda $40,000Jerri Thomas

Main Event

There were 350 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. The 1998 Main Event was notable for having only five players reach the official final table for the first time in WSOP Main Event history.

Final table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets*
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of the United States.svg Scotty Nguyen 1,184,000 (33.8%)17$244,462
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin McBride873,000 (24.9%)01$25,200
Flag of the United States.svg T.J. Cloutier 829,000 (23.7%)427$1,255,886
Flag of the United States.svg Dewey Weum376,000 (10.7%)09$135,267
Flag of the United States.svg Lee Salem 240,000 (6.9%)02$23,223

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1998 Main Event.

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Scotty Nguyen $1,000,000
2ndKevin McBride$687,500
3rd T. J. Cloutier $437,500
4thDewey Weum$250,000
5th Lee Salem $190,000

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
6th Ben Roberts $150,000
9th Paul McKinney $57,500
10th Susie Isaacs $40,000
12th Bobby Hoff $40,000
17th Kathy Liebert $30,000
20th Vince Burgio $25,000
21st Thor Hansen $25,000
22nd Jack Keller $25,000
23rd Rod Peate $25,000
25th Paul Clark $25,000
27th Farzad Bonyadi $25,000

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