1998 World Series of Poker

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

Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$2,000 Limit Hold'em Farzad Bonyadi $429,940 Paul Scarim
$1,500 Seven Card Razz Doyle Brunson $93,000 Ray Dehkharghani
$1,500 Limit Omaha Michael Shadkin $109,800 Jan Lundberg
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Kirk Morrison $148,185 Max Stern
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Donnacha O'Dea $154,800 Johnny Chan
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Tommy Hufnagle $139,305 Don Holt
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Jeff Ross $259,000 Layne Flack
$2,000 Omaha 8 or better Chau Giang $150,960 Carl Bailey
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Daniel Negreanu $169,460 Dominic Bourke
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Artie Cobb $152,000 Helmut Koch
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha T. J. Cloutier $136,000 Doyle Brunson
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Split Bill Gempel $120,000 Hershey Entin
$3,000 Limit Hold'em David Chiu $205,200 Mickey Seagle
$3,000 Omaha 8 or better Paul Rowe $133,200 James Van Alstyne
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Steve Rydel $206,400 Dave Ulliott
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Erik Seidel $132,750 Will Wilkinson
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Ken Buntjer $268,620 Gorden Hall
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Jan Chen $208,000 Don Barton
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Patrick Bruel $224,000 Robert Redman
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Mandy Commanda $40,000 Jerri Thomas

Main Event

There were 350 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.From Wikipedia

Final table

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