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

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 21, 1998	581	Farzad Bonyadi		0.429.940
2	0.1500	Limit razz	Apr 22, 1998	155	Doyle Brunson		0.093,000
3	0.1500	Limit Omaha	Apr 23, 1998	183	Mikael Shadkin		0.109,800
4th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 24, 1998	267	Kirk Morrison		0.148.185
5	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	Apr 25, 1998	183	Donnacha O'Dea		0.154,800
6th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Apr 26, 1998	251	Tom Hufnagle		0.139,305
7th	0.2000	No-Limit Hold'em	Apr 27, 1998	350	Jeff Ross		0.259,000
8th	0.2000	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Apr 28, 1998	203	Chau Giang		0.150.960
9	0.2000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	Apr 29, 1998	229	Daniel Negreanu		0.169,460
10	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 30, 1998	152	Artie Cobb		0.152,000
11	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha	May 1, 1998	082	TJ Cloutier		0.136,000
12	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 2, 1998	120	Bill Gempel		0.120,000
13	0.3000	Limit Hold'em	May 3, 1998	171	David Chiu		0.205,200
14th	0.3000	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	May 4, 1998	111	Paul Rowe		0.133,200
15th	0.3000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 5, 1998	172	Steve Rydel		0.206,400
16	0.5000	No-limit 2-7 lowball draw	May 6, 1998	026th	Erik Seidel		0.132,750
17th	0.3000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 7, 1998	242	Ken Buntjer		0.268,620
18th	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 8, 1998	104	Jan Chen		0.208,000
19th	0.5000	Limit Hold'em	May 9, 1998	112	Patrick Bruel		0.224,000
20th	0.1000	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 10, 1998	100	Amanda Thompson		0.040,000
21st	00.000	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

Scotty Nguyen (2006)

→ Main article : 1998 World Series of Poker 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	0.687,500
3		TJ Cloutier	0.437,500
4th		Dewey Weum	0.250,000
5		Lee Salem	0.190,000
6th		Ben Roberts	0.150,000

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

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1998 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2015.