1998 World Series of Poker

The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

1 Preliminary events
2 Main Event
- 2.1 Final table
- 2.2 Other High Finishes
3 External links

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Farzad Bonyadi	$429,940	Paul Scarim
$1,500 Razz	Doyle Brunson	$93,000	Ray Dehkharghani
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Michael Shadkin	$109,800	Jan Lundberg
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Kirk Morrison	$148,185	Max Stern
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Donnacha O'Dea	$154,800	Johnny Chan
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split	Tommy Hufnagle	$139,305	Don Holt
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Jeff Ross	$259,000	Layne Flack
$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Chau Giang	$150,960	Carl Bailey
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Daniel Negreanu	$169,460	Dominic Bourke
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$152,000	Helmut Koch
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	T. J. Cloutier	$136,000	Doyle Brunson
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Bill Gempel	$120,000	Hershey Entin
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	David Chiu	$205,200	Mickey Seagle
$3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Paul Rowe	$133,200	James Van Alstyne
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Steve Rydel	$206,400	Dave Ulliott
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	Erik Seidel	$132,750	Lamar Wilkinson
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Ken Buntjer	$268,620	Gorden Hall
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Jan Chen	$208,000	Don Barton
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Patrick Bruel	$224,000	Robert Redman
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Mendy Commanda	$40,000	Jerri Thomas

Main Event

There were 350 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Scotty Nguyen	$1,000,000
2nd	Kevin McBride	$687,500
3rd	T. J. Cloutier	$437,500
4th	Dewey Weum	$250,000
5th	Lee Salem	$190,000

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing WorldHeritage entry.

Place	Name	Prize
6th	Ben Roberts	$150,000
9th	Paul McKinney	$57,500
10th	Susie Isaacs	$40,000
12th	Bobby Hoff	$40,000
17th	Kathy Liebert	$30,000
20th	Vince Burgio	$25,000
21st	Thor Hansen	$25,000
22nd	Jack Keller	$25,000
23rd	Rod Peate	$25,000
25th	Paul Clark	$25,000
27th	Farzad Bonyadi	$25,000

External links

1998 World Series of Poker at Conjelco.com

Major poker tournaments

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Other events

Online events

[1] Starting in 2011, a World Series of Poker bracelet was awarded to the WSOP Circuit National Champion.

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1998 World Series of Poker