1996 World Series of Poker

[edit] Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Chinese poker	Gregory Grivas	$37,200	Charles Burris
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	David Chiu	$396,000	Jaan Shu
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Gary Benson	$148,200	Billy Cohen
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Dudy Roach	$102,600	Men Nguyen
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split	John Cernuto	$147,000	Lonnie Heimowitz
$1,500 Seven Card Razz	Randy Holland	$87,000	Joe Aurelio
$1,500 Omaha 8 or better	Adeeb Harb	$155,815	Noli Francisco
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	John Morgan	$227,815	George Githens
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Jim Huntley	$168,600	Phil Mazzella
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Al Krux	$156,375	Gerardo Crespi
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw	Kassem "Freddy" Deeb	$146,250	Mickey Appleman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Split	Frank Thompson	$94,000	Ted Forrest
$2,500 Omaha 8 or better	Men Nguyen	$110,000	Mattias Rochnacher
$5,000 Chinese Poker	Jim Feldhouse	$50,000	Eli Balas
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw	Hans "Tuna" Lund	$71,400	John Henson
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Donny Kerr	$200,400	Michael Halford
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Marty Sigel	$144,000	Annie Duke
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Sam Farha	$145,000	Brent Carter
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Barbara Enright	$180,000	Stan Goldstein
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Henry Orenstein	$130,000	Humberto Brenes
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Mel Weiner	$250,315	John Spadavecchia
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Tony Ma	$236,000	John Bonetti
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Susie Isaacs	$42,000	Nikki Harris

There were 295 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

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