Tournament Information
Tournament:
1996 United States Poker Championship
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 | — | — |