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1998 World Series of Poker

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1998 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 21 – May 15
Champion
Vietnam Scotty Nguyen
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The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

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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 Mandy Commanda $40,000 Jerri Thomas

Main Event

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There were 350 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. The 1998 Main Event was notable for having only five players reach the official final table for the first time in WSOP Main Event history.

Final table

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Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets*
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Vietnam Scotty Nguyen 1,184,000 (33.8%) 1 7 $244,462
United States Kevin McBride 873,000 (24.9%) 0 1 $25,200
United States T.J. Cloutier 829,000 (23.7%) 4 27 $1,255,886
United States Dewey Weum 376,000 (10.7%) 0 9 $135,267
United States Lee Salem 240,000 (6.9%) 0 2 $23,223

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1998 Main Event.

Final table results

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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

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
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
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