Tournament Information

Date: Apr 21 - May 14, 1998
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Omaha 8 or Better (Apr 28, 1998)
Buy-in: $2,000
Prize: $408,000
Entries: 204

Other Events

May 11 - 14, 1998 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $10,000
Apr 21, 1998 Limit Hold'em $2,000
May 9, 1998 Limit Hold'em $5,000
Apr 22, 1998 Seven-Card Razz $1,500
May 7, 1998 No Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 8, 1998 Seven-Card Stud $5,000
May 3, 1998 Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 1, 1998 Omaha Pot Limit $2,500
Apr 30, 1998 Seven-Card Stud $2,500
May 10, 1998 Women's 7-Card Stud $1,000
May 2, 1998 Seven-Card Stud Split $2,500
Apr 28, 1998 Omaha 8 or Better $2,000
Apr 26, 1998 Seven-Card Stud Split $1,500
Apr 24, 1998 Seven-Card Stud $1,500
Apr 29, 1998 Hold'em Pot Limit $2,000
Apr 25, 1998 Omaha Pot Limit $1,500
Apr 27, 1998 No Limit Hold'em $2,000
May 4, 1998 Omaha 8 or Better $3,000
May 5, 1998 Hold'em Pot Limit $3,000
May 6, 1998 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000
Apr 23, 1998 Omaha Limit $1,500

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Chau Tu Giang $150,960
2nd Carl Bailey $77,250
3rd Brian Nadell $38,760
4th David Brody $24,480
5th Thomas John "T.J." Cloutier $18,360
6th Michael Gamerman $14,280
7th Walt Williams $10,200
8th Larry Sniderman $8,160
9th Danny Dang $6,528
10th J.W. Smith $4,896
11th James Richburg $4,896
12th Adeeb Harb $4,896
13th Larry Colt $4,080
14th Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth $4,080
15th John Hom $4,080
16th Kevin Song $3,264
17th Marlon De Los Santos $3,264
18th Bill Gempel $3,264
19th Gene Howard $2,448
20th Sooyoung Kim $2,448
21st Pat Enos $2,448
22nd Lonnie Heimowitz $2,448
23rd Loi Tran $2,448
24th Steve Levin $2,448
25th Michael Shadkin $2,448
26th Tommy Hufnagle $2,448
27th Brad Daugherty $1,224
27th Lorne Persons $1,224