World Series of Poker 1998
The 1998 World Series of Poker was the 29th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from April 21 to May 14, 1998 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .
Tournaments
Tournament schedule
# | Buy-in (in $ ) | competition | Tournament start | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2000 | Limit Hold'em | Apr 21, 1998 | 581 | Farzad Bonyadi | 429.940 | |
2 | 1500 | Limit razz | Apr 22, 1998 | 155 | Doyle Brunson | 93,000 | |
3 | 1500 | Limit Omaha | Apr 23, 1998 | 183 | Mikael Shadkin | 109,800 | |
4th | 1500 | Limit Seven Card Stud | Apr 24, 1998 | 267 | Kirk Morrison | 148.185 | |
5 | 1500 | Pot-Limit Omaha | Apr 25, 1998 | 183 | Donnacha O'Dea | 154,800 | |
6th | 1500 | Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo | Apr 26, 1998 | 251 | Tom Hufnagle | 139,305 | |
7th | 2000 | No-Limit Hold'em | Apr 27, 1998 | 350 | Jeff Ross | 259,000 | |
8th | 2000 | Limit Omaha Hi-Lo | Apr 28, 1998 | 203 | Chau Giang | 150.960 | |
9 | 2000 | Pot-Limit Hold'em | Apr 29, 1998 | 229 | Daniel Negreanu | 169,460 | |
10 | 2500 | Limit Seven Card Stud | Apr 30, 1998 | 152 | Artie Cobb | 152,000 | |
11 | 2500 | Pot-Limit Omaha | May 1, 1998 | 82 | TJ Cloutier | 136,000 | |
12 | 2500 | Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo | May 2, 1998 | 120 | Bill Gempel | 120,000 | |
13 | 3000 | Limit Hold'em | May 3, 1998 | 171 | David Chiu | 205,200 | |
14th | 3000 | Limit Omaha Hi-Lo | May 4, 1998 | 111 | Paul Rowe | 133,200 | |
15th | 3000 | Pot-Limit Hold'em | May 5, 1998 | 172 | Steve Rydel | 206,400 | |
16 | 5000 | No-limit 2-7 lowball draw | May 6, 1998 | 26th | Erik Seidel | 132,750 | |
17th | 3000 | No-Limit Hold'em | May 7, 1998 | 242 | Ken Buntjer | 268,620 | |
18th | 5000 | Limit Seven Card Stud | May 8, 1998 | 104 | Jan Chen | 208,000 | |
19th | 5000 | Limit Hold'em | May 9, 1998 | 112 | Patrick Bruel | 224,000 | |
20th | 1000 | Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud | May 10, 1998 | 100 | Amanda Thompson | 40,000 | |
21st | 0 | Charity - No-Limit Hold'em Press Invitational | May 10, 1998 | unknown | |||
22nd | 10,000 | No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship | May 11, 1998 | 350 | Scotty Nguyen | 1,000,000 |
Main Event
The final table was played on May 14, 1998. In the final hand, Nguyen won with J ♦ 9 ♣ against McBride with Q ♥ 10 ♥ .
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scotty Nguyen | 1,000,000 | |
2 | Kevin McBride | 687,500 | |
3 | TJ Cloutier | 437,500 | |
4th | Dewey Weum | 250,000 | |
5 | Lee Salem | 190,000 | |
6th | Ben Roberts | 150,000 |
Web links
- World Series of Poker 1998 on the World Series of Poker website
- World Series of Poker 1998 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1998 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2015.