Tournament Information

Date: Apr 22 - May 18, 1996
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: No Limit Hold'em World Championship (May 14 - 18, 1996)
Buy-in: $10,000
Prize: $2,950,000
Entries: 295

Other Events

Apr 22, 1996 Chinese Poker $1,500
Apr 23, 1996 Limit Hold'em $2,000
Apr 24, 1996 Seven-Card Stud $1,500
Apr 25, 1996 Omaha Limit $1,500
Apr 26, 1996 Seven-Card Stud Split $1,500
Apr 27, 1996 Seven-Card Razz $1,500
Apr 28, 1996 Omaha 8 or Better $1,500
Apr 29, 1996 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Apr 30, 1996 Omaha Pot Limit $1,500
May 1, 1996 Hold'em Pot Limit $1,500
May 2, 1996 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000
May 2, 1996 Seven-Card Stud Split $2,500
May 3, 1996 Omaha 8 or Better $2,500
May 5, 1996 Chinese Poker $5,000
May 4, 1996 Limit Ace to Five Draw $1,500
May 6, 1996 Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 7, 1996 Seven-Card Stud $2,500
May 8, 1996 Omaha Pot Limit $2,500
May 9, 1996 Hold'em Pot Limit $2,500
May 10, 1996 Seven-Card Stud $5,000
May 11, 1996 No Limit Hold'em $2,500
May 12, 1996 Limit Hold'em $5,000
May 13, 1996 Women's 7-Card Stud $1,000
May 14 - 18, 1996 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $10,000

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Huckleberry "Huck" Seed $1,000,000
2nd Bruce Van Horn $585,000
3rd John Bonetti $341,250
4th Men "The Master" Nguyen $195,000
5th An "The Boss" Tran $128,700
6th Andre Boyer $97,500
7th J.P. Schmalz $78,000
8th Fernando Fisdel $58,500
9th Steven Beam $44,850
10th David "Carrion" Chiu $31,200
11th Paul Ladanyi $31,200
12th John Saer $31,200
13th Chau Tu Giang $27,300
14th John Franjesh $27,300
15th Steve Melton $27,300
16th Berry Johnston $23,400
17th Dan Harrington $23,400
18th Frank Henderson $23,400
19th John Esposito $19,500
20th Larry Gordon $19,500
21st Peter "Pete the Greek" Vilandos $19,500
22nd Tommy Hufnagle $19,500
23rd Mike Laing $19,500
24th Hal Kant $19,500
25th Donnacha O'Dea $19,500
26th Lucy Rokach $19,500
27th Jeffrey Burdsall $19,500