Tournaments > 1997 > United States > 28th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1997

Tournament Information

Tournament: 28th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1997
Date: Apr 19 - May 13, 1997
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Omaha 8 or Better (Apr 26, 1997)
Buy-in: $2,000
Prize: $430,000
Entries: 215

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 Scotty Nguyen $156,950 — —
2nd Mike "The Mouth" Matusow $81,700 — —
3rd Ted Forrest $40,850 — —
4th Volker Beyer $27,950 — —
5th Lindy Chambers $19,350 — —
6th Jack Culp $15,050 — —
7th Daniel "Dan" Heimiller $10,750 — —
8th Brent Carter $8,600 — —
9th Joel Kreps $6,880 — —
10th Brian Nadell $5,160 — —
11th Phil Klevmoen $5,160 — —
12th Tom Jacobs $5,160 — —
13th J. Mitch Miller $4,300 — —
14th Andre Boyer $4,300 — —
15th Tam Ho $4,300 — —
16th Dale Saxton $3,440 — —
17th Avishy Schmidt $3,440 — —
18th Bob Feduniak $3,440 — —
19th Frankie Havard $2,580 — —
20th Ken Buntjer $2,580 — —
21st Chris Sontum $2,580 — —
22nd Blair Rodman $2,580 — —
23rd Sang Wook Lee $2,580 — —
24th Larry Parker $2,580 — —
25th Frank Henderson $2,580 — —
26th Joe Monro $2,580 — —
27th James Richburg $2,580 — —