1996 World Series of Poker

The 1996 World Series of Poker was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events

There were 23 preliminary bracelet events at the 1996 World Series of Poker. Barbara Enright was the first woman to win an open event at the World Series of Poker.

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	April 22, 1996	$1,500 Chinese Poker	62	Gregory Grivas	$37,200	Charles Burris
2	April 23, 1996	$2,000 Limit Hold'em	528	David Chiu	$396,000	David Shu
3	April 24, 1996	$1,500 Seven Card Stud	247	Gary Benson	$148,200	Billy Cohen
4	April 25, 1996	$1,500 Limit Omaha	171	Dody Roach	$102,600	Men Nguyen
5	April 26, 1996	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	245	John Cernuto	$147,000	Lonnie Heimowitz
6	April 27, 1996	$1,500 Razz	145	Randy Holland	$87,000	Joe Aurelio
7	April 28, 1996	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	277	Adeeb Harb	$155,815	Noli Francisco
8	April 29, 1996	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	405	John Morgan	$227,815	George Githens
9	April 30, 1996	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	133	Jim Huntley	$168,600	Phil Mazzella
10	May 1, 1996	$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	278	Al Krux	$156,375	Gerardo Crespi
11	May 2, 1996	$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	94	Frank Thompson	$94,000	Ted Forrest
12	May 2, 1996	$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	24	Freddy Deeb	$146,250	Mickey Appleman
13	May 3, 1996	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	110	Men Nguyen	$110,000	Matthias Rohnacher
14	May 4, 1996	$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	119	Hans Lund	$71,400	John Henson
15	May 5, 1996	$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys	10	Jim Feldhouse	$50,000	Eli Balas
16	May 6, 1996	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	167	Donny Kerr	$200,400	Michael Halford
17	May 7, 1996	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	144	Marty Sigel	$144,000	Annie Duke
18	May 8, 1996	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	78	Sam Farha	$145,000	Brent Carter
19	May 9, 1996	$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	180	Barbara Enright	$180,000	Stan Goldstein
20	May 10, 1996	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	65	Henry Orenstein	$130,000	Humberto Brenes
21	May 11, 1996	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	267	Mel Wiener	$250,315	John Spadavecchia
22	May 12, 1996	$5,000 Limit Hold'em	118	Tony Ma	$236,000	John Bonetti	$42,000	Nikki Harris
24	May 14, 1996	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main event	295	Huck Seed	$1,000,000	Bruce Van Horn

Main Event

There were 295 entrants to the main event. Each entrant paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money.

Final table

Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1996 Main Event.

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
10th	David Chiu	$31,200
13th	Chau Giang	$27,300
16th	Berry Johnston	$23,400
17th	Dan Harrington	$23,400
18th	Frank Henderson	$23,400
19th	John Esposito	$19,500
21st	Peter Vilandos	$19,500
24th	Hal Kant	$19,500
25th	Donnacha O'Dea	$19,500
26th	Lucy Rokach	$19,500