Tournament Information

Date: Apr 19 - May 13, 1997
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Hold'em Pot Limit (Apr 27, 1997)
Buy-in: $2,000
Prize: $494,000
Entries: 247

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 Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott $180,310
2nd Chris Truby $93,860
3rd Tom McEvoy $46,930
4th Richard Chase $32,110
5th Stan Goldstein $22,230
6th Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $17,290
7th Paul "Eskimo" Clark $12,350
8th George Hartley $9,880
9th Andreas Fritz $7,904
10th Chris Tsiprailidis $5,928
11th Hilbert Shirey $5,928
12th Danny Gerstener $5,928
13th Bubba Ward $4,940
14th Morgan Machina $4,940
15th Thomas Sparks $4,940
16th Leslie Spear $3,952
17th Allan Stonum $3,952
18th John Spadavecchia $3,952
19th Hans "Tuna" Lund $2,964
20th David Tavernier $2,964
21st Yong In Pak $2,964
22nd Bob Stupak $2,964
23rd Hank Karwowski $2,964
24th Phil "Doc" Earle $2,964
25th D.J. Johnson $2,964
26th Bruce Stanton $2,964
27th Peter Brehm $2,964