Tournament Information

Date: Aug 11 - 26, 1997
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Limit Hold'em (Aug 11, 1997)
Buy-in: $1,000 + $60
Prize: $195,000
Entries: 195

Other Events

Aug 11, 1997 Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 60
Aug 12, 1997 Razz $1,000 + 60
Aug 13, 1997 Limit Omaha $1,000 + 60
Aug 14, 1997 7 Card Stud $1,000 + 60
Aug 15, 1997 Pot Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 60
Aug 16, 1997 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $1,000 + 60
Aug 17, 1997 No Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 60
Aug 18, 1997 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $1,000 + 60
Aug 19, 1997 Limit Hold'em $1,500 + 70
Aug 20, 1997 Pot Limit Omaha $1,500 + 70
Aug 21, 1997 7 Card Stud $1,500 + 70
Aug 22, 1997 Pot Limit Hold'em $1,500 + 70
Aug 23, 1997 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $1,500 + 70
Aug 24, 1997 No Limit Hold'em $1,500 + 70
Aug 25, 1997 Women's Limit Hold'em $500 + 40
Aug 26 - 27, 1997 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em $5,000 + 80

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Mike Laing $78,000
2nd Norman Berliner $39,000
3rd Larry Sigety $19,500
4th John Maddox $12,675
5th Andre Boyer $9,750
6th Eli Bajayo $6,825
7th Lou Axler $4,875
8th Phil "Doc" Earle $3,900
9th Michael Valentine $2,925
10th Aaron Long $2,340
11th Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth $2,340
12th Cheng Huang $1,950
13th Steve Hohn $1,950
14th Steve Levin $1,950
15th Chau Tu Giang $1,560
16th Tom Seewald $1,560
17th David Heyden $1,560
18th Thomas John "T.J." Cloutier $1,560