Event
|
Winner
|
Prize
|
Runner-up
|
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
|
Joe Becker
|
$119,400
|
Mel Judah
|
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em
|
Doyle Brunson
|
$208,000
|
Dan Stashkiw
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em
|
Brent Carter
|
$166,800
|
O'Neil Longson
|
$5,000 Seven Card Stud
|
Thomas Chung
|
$142,000
|
Mim Penney
|
$1,500 Seven Card Stud
|
Artie Cobb
|
$146,400
|
John Sears
|
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw
|
Pat Flanagan
|
$106,800
|
David Allred
|
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
|
Mike Hart
|
$106,200
|
James Richburg
|
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
|
Jay Heimowitz
|
$126,000
|
John Bonetti
|
$1,500 Limit Omaha
|
Paul Heinrich
|
$92,000
|
Chris Hatzakos
|
$1,500 Limit Hold'em
|
Max Linder
|
$256,000
|
Eddie Schwettman
|
$2,500 Seven Card Stud
|
Rodney H. Pardey
|
$133,000
|
Don Williams
|
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
|
John Spadavecchia
|
$58,500
|
Dewey Tomko
|
$2,500 Limit Hold'em
|
Ron Stanley
|
$203,000
|
Stavros Karabinas
|
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
|
An Tran
|
$87,600
|
Chris Björin
|
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud
|
Donna Ward
|
$28,200
|
Toni Brown
|
$5,000 Limit Hold'em
|
Byron Wolford
|
$210,000
|
Erik Seidel
|
$1,500 Razz
|
Charles Wight
|
$231,000
|
Steve Kopp
|
There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of $1,000,000.
In The Money Finishes
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NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
7th
|
Hilbert Shirey
|
$28,750
|
9th
|
Donnacha O'Dea
|
$17,250
|
10th
|
Robert Turner
|
$11,500
|
11th
|
Jay Heimowitz
|
$11,500
|
12th
|
O'Neil Longson
|
$11,500
|
13th
|
Gabe Kaplan
|
$11,500
|
15th
|
Brent Carter
|
$11,500
|
18th
|
David Baxter
|
$11,500
|
19th
|
Hans Lund
|
$9,200
|
21st
|
Jason Lester
|
$9,200
|
22nd
|
Mike Hart
|
$9,200
|
24th
|
Mike Sexton
|
$9,200
|
29th
|
Bobby Baldwin
|
$8,050
|
34th
|
Hamid Dastmalchi
|
$8,050
|