Tournament Information

Date: Apr 19 - May 13, 1997
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: No Limit Hold'em (Apr 25, 1997)
Buy-in: $2,000
Prize: $710,000
Entries: 355

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 John Anthony "Miami" Cernuto $259,150
2nd Thomas Sparks $134,900
3rd Ron Stanley $67,450
4th Bill Gazes $46,150
5th Bill Comee $31,950
6th Jose Rosenkrantz $24,850
7th Andreas Fritz $17,750
8th Brian Myers $14,200
9th Tommi Han $11,360
10th Barry Greenstein $8,520
11th Hassan Kamoei $8,520
12th Aidan Paul Bennett $8,520
13th Maria Stern $7,100
14th George Hazen $7,100
15th Marsha Waggoner $7,100
16th Leon Khochayan $5,680
17th Mel Weiner $5,680
18th Nils Battye $5,680
19th Cesare Poggi $4,260
20th Johnny Chan $4,260
21st Mori Eskandani $4,260
22nd Dewey Weum $4,260
23rd Buddy Williams $4,260
24th Thomas John "T.J." Cloutier $4,260
25th William "Bill" Baxter $4,260
26th John Droutsas $4,260
27th Brent Carter $4,260