1996 World Series of Poker

The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$1,500 Chinese poker Gregory Grivas $37,200 Charles Burris
$2,000 Limit Hold'em David Chiu $396,000 Jaan Shu
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Gary Benson $148,200 Billy Cohen
$1,500 Limit Omaha Dudy Roach $102,600 Men Nguyen
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split John Cernuto $147,000 Lonnie Heimowitz
$1,500 Seven Card Razz Randy Holland $87,000 Joe Aurelio
$1,500 Omaha 8 or better Adeeb Harb $155,815 Noli Francisco
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em John Morgan $227,815 George Githens
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Jim Huntley $168,600 Phil Mazzella
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Al Krux $156,375 Gerardo Crespi
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Kassem "Freddy" Deeb $146,250 Mickey Appleman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Split Frank Thompson $94,000 Ted Forrest
$2,500 Omaha 8 or better Men Nguyen $110,000 Mattias Rochnacher
$5,000 Chinese Poker Jim Feldhouse $50,000 Eli Balas
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Hans "Tuna" Lund $71,400 John Henson
$3,000 Limit Hold'em Donny Kerr $200,400 Michael Halford
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Marty Sigel $144,000 Annie Duke
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Sam Farha $145,000 Brent Carter
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Barbara Enright $180,000 Stan Goldstein
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Henry Orenstein $130,000 Humberto Brenes
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Mel Weiner $250,315 John Spadavecchia
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Tony Ma $236,000 John Bonetti
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Susie Isaacs $42,000 Nikki Harris

Main Event

There were 295 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.From Wikipedia

Final table

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