World Series of Poker 1997

The 1997 World Series of Poker was the 28th edition of the World Poker Championship and took place from April 19 to May 13, 1997 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	0.2000	Limit Hold'em	Apr 19, 1997	544	Kevin Song		0.397.120
2	0.1500	Limit razz	Apr 20, 1997	160	Linda Johnson		0.096,000
3	0.1500	Limit Omaha	Apr 21, 1997	184	Claude Cohen		0.110,400
4th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 22, 1997	257	Maria Stern		0.140.708
5	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	Apr 23, 1997	140	Chris Björin		0.169.200
6th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Apr 24, 1997	238	Doug Saab		0.130,305
7th	0.2000	No-Limit Hold'em	Apr 25, 1997	355	John Cernuto		0.259.150
8th	0.2000	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Apr 26, 1997	215	Scotty Nguyen		0.156,950
9	0.2000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	Apr 27, 1997	247	David Ulliott		0.180.310
10	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 28, 1997	169	Vasili Lazarou		0.169,000
11	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)	Apr 29, 1997	087	Matthias Rohnacher		0.183,000
12	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Apr 30, 1997	117	Max Stern		0.117,000
13	0.3000	Limit Hold'em	May 1, 1997	193	Louis Asmo		0.231,600
14th	0.3000	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	May 2, 1997	121	Dean Stonier		0.145,200
15th	0.3000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 3, 1997	170	Phil Hellmuth		0.204,000
16	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	May 4, 1997	032	Johnny Chan		0.164,250
17th	0.3000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 5, 1997	217	Max Stern		0.237.615
18th	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 6, 1997	088	Mel Judah		0.176,000
19th	0.5000	Limit Hold'em	May 7, 1997	112	Robert Veltri		0.224,000
20th	0.1000	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 8, 1997	095	Susie Isaacs		0.038,000
21st	00.000	Charity - No-Limit Hold'em Press Invitational	May 9, 1997	unknown
22nd	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 10, 1997	312	Stu Hungarian		1,000,000

Main Event

Stu Ungar (1980)

→ Main article : 1997 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 13, 1997. In the final hand, Ungar won with A ♥ 4 ♣ against Strzemp with A ♠ 8 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Stu Hungarian	1,000,000
2		John Strzemp	0.583,000
3		Mel Judah	0.371,000
4th		Ron Stanley	0.212,000
5		Bob Walker	0.161.120
6th		Peter Bao	0.127,200

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1997 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1997 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1997 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2015.