Tournament Information

Date: Oct 29, 1996
Venue: Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City, NJ, United States
Event: No Limit Hold'em Championship Event (Nov 20, 1996)
Buy-in: $7,500 + $100
Prize: $850,000
Entries: 100

Other Events

Oct 29, 1996 Seven Card Stud $500 + 40
Oct 30, 1996 Limit Hold'em $500 + 40
Oct 31, 1996 Seven Card Stud Eight or Better $500 + 40
Nov 1, 1996 No Limit Hold'em $500 + 40
Nov 2, 1996 Omaha Hi/Lo Split $500 + 40
Nov 3, 1996 Pot Limit Hold'em $500 + 40
Nov 4, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud $1,000 + 60
Nov 5, 1996 Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 60
Nov 6, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud Eight or Better $1,000 + 60
Nov 7, 1996 No Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 60
Nov 8, 1996 Omaha Hi/Lo Split $1,000 + 60
Nov 9, 1996 Pot Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 60
Nov 10, 1996 Pot Limit Omaha $1,500 + 70
Nov 11, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud $1,500 + 70
Nov 12, 1996 Limit Hold'em $1,500 + 70
Nov 13, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud Eight or Better $1,500 + 70
Nov 14, 1996 No Limit Hold'em $1,500 + 70
Nov 15, 1996 Omaha Hi/Lo Split $1,500 + 70
Nov 16, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud $2,500 + 70
Nov 17, 1996 No Limit Hold'em $2,500 + 70
Nov 18, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud $2,500 + 70
Nov 19, 1996 Limit Seven Card Stud $4,000 + 100
Nov 20, 1996 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event $7,500 + 100

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Ken "Skyhawk" Flaton $500,000
2nd Surinder Sunar $122,500
3rd Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth $63,000
4th Jamie Ligator $35,000
5th Paul "Cigar" McKinney $24,500
6th Jerry Cusack $17,500
7th Mike Shag $14,000
8th Mike Sexton $10,500
9th Donnacha O'Dea $8,400
10th Kassem "Freddy" Deeb $7,000
11th Bill Frymer $7,000
12th Tom McEvoy $7,000
13th Cyndy Violette $6,950
14th Noli Francisco $5,950
15th Ted Forrest $5,950
16th Thomas Chung $5,250
17th Frank Henderson $5,250
18th Yosh Nakano $5,250