World Series of Poker 1996

The 1996 World Series of Poker was the 27th edition of the World Poker Championship and took place from April 22 to May 18, 1996 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

The Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	0.1500	Chinese poker	Apr 22, 1996	062	Gregory Grivas		0.037,200
2	0.2000	Limit Hold'em	Apr 23, 1996	528	David Chiu		0.396,000
3	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 24, 1996	247	Gary Benson		0.148,200
4th	0.1500	Limit Omaha	Apr 25, 1996	171	Dody Roach		0.102,600
5	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Apr 26, 1996	245	John Cernuto		0.147,000
6th	0.1500	Limit razz	Apr 27, 1996	145	Randy Holland		0.087,000
7th	0.1500	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Apr 28, 1996	277	Adeeb Harb		0.155.815
8th	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	Apr 29, 1996	405	John Morgan		0.227.815
9	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)	Apr 30, 1996	133	Jim Huntley		0.168,600
10	0.1500	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 1, 1996	278	Al crux		0.156.375
11	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 2, 1996	094	Frank Thompson		0.094,000
12	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	May 2, 1996	024	Freddy Deeb		0.146,250
13	0.2500	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	May 3, 1996	110	Men Nguyen		0.110,000
14th	0.1500	Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 4, 1996	119	Hans Lund		0.071,400
15th	0.5000	Chinese poker	May 5, 1996	010	Jim Feldhouse		0.050,000
16	0.3000	Limit Hold'em	May 6, 1996	167	Donny Kerr		0.200,400
17th	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 7, 1996	144	Marty Sigel		0.144,000
18th	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha	May 8, 1996	078	Sam Farha		0.145,000
19th	0.2500	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 9, 1996	180	Barbara Enright		0.180,000
20th	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 10, 1996	065	Henry Orenstein		0.130,000
21st	0.2500	No-Limit Hold'em	May 11, 1996	267	Mel Wiener		0.250.315
22nd	0.5000	Limit Hold'em	May 12, 1996	118	Tony Ma		0.236,000
23	0.1000	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 13, 1996	105	Susie Isaacs		0.042,000
24	00.000	Charity - No-Limit Hold'em Press Invitational	May 14, 1996	081	Nick Szeremeta		0.00.1000
25th	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 14, 1996	295	Huck Seed		1,000,000

Main Event

Huck Seed (2007)

→ Main article : 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 18, 1996. In the final hand, Seed won with 9 ♦ 8 ♦ against Van Horn with K ♣ 8 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Huck Seed	1,000,000
2		Bruce Van Horn	0.585,000
3		John Bonetti	0.341,250
4th		Men Nguyen	0.195,000
5		To Tran	0.128,700
6th		Andre Boyer	0.097,500

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1996 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1996 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1996 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 11, 2015 (English).