1997 World Series of Poker

The 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Most notably, it was the only WSOP where the main event took place outdoors, at the Fremont Street Experience, just outside of Binions. The 1997 WSOP is also famous for marking the comeback of Stu Ungar who had last won the main event in 1981 and spent much of the previous years abusing cocaine.From Wikipedia


Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$2,000 Limit Hold'em Kevin Song $397,120 Yuan Lanvin
$1,500 Seven Card Razz Linda Johnson $96,000 Peter Brownstein
$1,500 Limit Omaha Claude Cohen $110,400 Frankie Havard
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Maria Stern $140,708 Adam Roberts
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Chris Bjorin $154,800 Michael Davis
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Doug Saab $130,305 Bernie Rosenthal
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em John Cernuto $259,150 Thomas Sparks
$2,000 Omaha 8 or better Scotty Nguyen $156,950 Mike Matusow
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Dave Ulliott $180,310 Chris Truby
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Vasilis Lazarou $169,000 Caesar Como
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Mattias Rochnacher $183,000 Surinder Sunar
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Split Max Stern $117,000 Artie Cobb
$3,000 Limit Hold'em Louis Asmo $231,600 Jim Meehan
$3,000 Omaha 8 or better Dean Stonier $145,200 John Hom
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth Jr $204,000 Tom McEvoy
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Johnny Chan $164,250 Lyle Berman
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Max Stern $237,615 Kathy Liebert
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Mel Judah $176,000 Vasilis Lazarou
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Bob Veltri $224,000 Ed Stevens
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Susie Isaacs $38,000 Karen Wolfson

Main Event

There were 312 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place Name Prize

1st Stu Ungar $1,000,000
2nd John Strzemp $583,000
3rd Mel Judah $371,000
4th Ron Stanley $212,000
5th Bob Walker $161,120
6th Peter Bao $127,200