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1996 World Series of Poker

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1996 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 22 – May 14
Champion
United States Huck Seed
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The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1996 World Series featured the first woman to win an open event outright when Barbara Enright won the $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event.

Preliminary events

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Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,500 Chinese Poker Gregory Grivas (1/1) $37,200 Charles Burris
$2,000 Limit Hold'em David Chiu (1/1) $396,000 David Shu
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Gary Benson (1/1) $148,200 Billy Cohen
$1,500 Limit Omaha Dody Roach (1/2) $102,600 Men Nguyen (0/3)
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split John Cernuto (1/1) $147,000 Lonnie Heimowitz
$1,500 Razz Randy Holland (1/1) $87,000 Joe Aurelio
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Adeeb Harb (1/1) $155,815 Noli Francisco
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em John Morgan (1/1) $227,815 George Githens
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Jim Huntley (1/1) $168,600 Phil Mazzella
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Al Krux (1/1) $156,375 Gerardo Crespi
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Frank Thompson (1/1) $94,000 Ted Forrest (0/3)
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys Freddy Deeb (1/1) $146,250 Mickey Appleman (0/3)
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Men Nguyen (1/4) $110,000 Matthias Rohnacher
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Hans Lund (1/2) $71,400 John Henson
$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys Jim Feldhouse (1/1) $50,000 Eli Balas (0/1)
$3,000 Limit Hold'em Donny Kerr (1/1) $200,400 Michael Halford
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Marty Sigel (1/2) $144,000 Annie Duke
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Sam Farha (1/1) $145,000 Brent Carter (0/2)
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Barbara Enright (1/3) $180,000 Stan Goldstein
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Henry Orenstein (1/1) $130,000 Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Mel Weiner (1/1) $250,315 John Spadavecchia (0/1)
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Tony Ma (1/1) $236,000 John Bonetti (0/3
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Susie Isaacs (1/1) $42,000 Nikki Harris

Main Event

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There were 295 entrants to the main event.[1] Each entrant paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money.

Final table

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

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

Final table results

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Place Name Prize
1st Huck Seed (1/2) $1,000,000
2nd Bruce Van Horn $585,000
3rd John Bonetti (0/3) $341,250
4th Men Nguyen (0/4) $195,000
5th An Tran (0/1) $128,700
6th Andre Boyer $97,500

In The Money Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
10th David Chiu (0/1) $31,200
13th Chau Giang (0/1) $27,300
16th Berry Johnston (0/4) $23,400
17th Dan Harrington (0/2) $23,400
18th Frank Henderson (0/1) $23,400
19th John Esposito $19,500
21st Peter Vilandos (0/1) $19,500
24th Hal Kant (1/1) $19,500
25th Donnacha O'Dea $19,500
26th Lucy Rokach $19,500

References

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  1. ^ Holloway, Chad (2010-10-28). "History in Spades: Revisiting the 1996 World Series of Poker Final Table". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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