Tournament Information

Date: Apr 19 - May 13, 1997
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Omaha Pot Limit (Apr 23, 1997)
Buy-in: $1,500
Prize: $423,000
Entries: 140

Other Events

Apr 19, 1997 Limit Hold'em $2,000
Apr 20, 1997 Seven-Card Razz $1,500
Apr 21, 1997 Omaha Limit $1,500
Apr 24, 1997 Seven-Card Stud Split $1,500
Apr 23, 1997 Omaha Pot Limit $1,500
Apr 22, 1997 Seven-Card Stud $1,500
Apr 25, 1997 No Limit Hold'em $2,000
Apr 26, 1997 Omaha 8 or Better $2,000
Apr 27, 1997 Hold'em Pot Limit $2,000
Apr 28, 1997 Seven-Card Stud $2,500
Apr 29, 1997 Omaha Pot Limit $2,500
Apr 30, 1997 Seven-Card Stud Split $2,500
May 3, 1997 Hold'em Pot Limit $3,000
May 2, 1997 Omaha 8 or Better $3,000
May 1, 1997 Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 4, 1997 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000
May 5, 1997 No Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 6, 1997 Seven-Card Stud $5,000
May 7, 1997 Limit Hold'em $5,000
May 8, 1997 Women's 7-Card Stud $1,000
May 10 - 13, 1997 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $10,000

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Chris Bjorin $169,200
2nd Michael "Pizza" Davis $84,600
3rd Chau Tu Giang $42,300
4th Phil "Doc" Earle $27,495
5th Roy Thung $21,150
6th Rupert Housden $14,805
7th Lindy Chambers $10,575
8th Danny Dang $8,460
9th Johnny Chan $6,345
10th Paul Stringfellow $5,076
11th Hilbert Shirey $5,076
12th Surinder Sunar $5,076
13th Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott $4,230
14th Manfred Daries $4,230
15th Patrick "P14B" Bruel $4,230
16th Bob Loar $3,384
17th Marlon De Los Santos $3,384
18th Anthony Guerriero $3,384