1996 World Series of Poker
Series of poker tournaments
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.
Events
There were 23 preliminary bracelet events at the 1996 World Series of Poker.[ 1]
#
Date
Event
Winner
Prize
Runner-up
Results
1
April 22, 1996
$1,500 Chinese Poker
Gregory Grivas (1/1)
$37,200
Charles Burris
Results
2
April 23, 1996
$2,000 Limit Hold'em
David Chiu (1/1)
$396,000
David Shu
Results
3
April 24, 1996
$1,500 Seven Card Stud
Gary Benson (1/1)
$148,200
Billy Cohen
Results
4
April 25, 1996
$1,500 Limit Omaha
Dody Roach (1/2)
$102,600
Men Nguyen (0/3)
Results
5
April 26, 1996
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
John Cernuto (1/1)
$147,000
Lonnie Heimowitz
Results
6
April 27, 1996
$1,500 Razz
Randy Holland (1/1)
$87,000
Joe Aurelio
Results
7
April 28, 1996
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
Adeeb Harb (1/1)
$155,815
Noli Francisco
Results
8
April 29, 1996
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em
John Morgan (1/1)
$227,815
George Githens
Results
9
April 30, 1996
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Jim Huntley (1/1)
$168,600
Phil Mazzella
Results
10
May 1, 1996
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
Al Krux (1/1)
$156,375
Gerardo Crespi
Results
11
May 2, 1996
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
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
Freddy Deeb (1/1)
$146,250
Mickey Appleman (0/3)
Results
13
May 3, 1996
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
Men Nguyen (1/4)
$110,000
Matthias Rohnacher
Results
14
May 4, 1996
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw
Hans Lund (1/2)
$71,400
John Henson
Results
15
May 5, 1996
$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys
Jim Feldhouse (1/1)
$50,000
Eli Balas (0/1)
Results
16
May 6, 1996
$3,000 Limit Hold'em
Donny Kerr (1/1)
$200,400
Michael Halford
Results
17
May 7, 1996
$2,500 Seven Card Stud
Marty Sigel (1/2)
$144,000
Annie Duke
Results
18
May 8, 1996
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Sam Farha (1/1)
$145,000
Brent Carter (0/2)
Results
19
May 9, 1996
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
Barbara Enright (1/3)
$180,000
Stan Goldstein
Results
20
May 10, 1996
$5,000 Seven Card Stud
Henry Orenstein (1/1)
$130,000
Humberto Brenes (0/2)
Results
21
May 11, 1996
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Mel Weiner (1/1)
$250,315
John Spadavecchia (0/1)
Results
22
May 12, 1996
$5,000 Limit Hold'em
Tony Ma (1/1)
$236,000
John Bonetti (0/3
Results
23
May 13, 1996
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud
Susie Isaacs (1/1)
$42,000
Nikki Harris
Results
24
May 14, 1996
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main event
Huck Seed
$1,000,000
Bruce Van Horn
Results
Main Event
There were 295 entrants to the main event.[ 2]
Final table
Name
Number of chips
WSOP
WSOP
WSOP
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
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
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