The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.
Events There were 20 preliminary bracelet events at the 1998 World Series of Poker. Doyle Brunson became the second player in WSOP history to win eight career bracelets. #Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1April 21, 1998 $2,000 Limit Hold'em581 Farzad Bonyadi (1/1) $429,940 Paul Scarim Results2April 22, 1998 $1,500 Razz155 Doyle Brunson (1/8) $93,000 Ray Dehkharghani Results3April 23, 1998 $1,500 Limit Omaha183 Michael Shadkin (1/1) $109,800 Jan Lundberg Results4April 24, 1998 $1,500 Seven Card Stud267 Kirk Morrison (1/1) $148,185 Max Stern (0/3) Results5April 25, 1998 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys183 Donnacha O'Dea (1/1) $154,800 Johnny Chan (0/5) Results6April 26, 1998 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Split251 Tommy Hufnagle (1/1) $139,305 Don Holt (0/1) Results7April 27, 1998 $2,000 No Limit Hold'em350 Jeff Ross (1/1) $259,000 Layne Flack Results8April 28, 1998 $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split204 Chau Giang (1/2) $150,960 Carl Bailey Results9April 29, 1998 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em229 Daniel Negreanu (1/1) $169,460 Dominic Bourke Results10April 30, 1998 $2,500 Seven Card Stud152 Artie Cobb (1/4) $152,000 Helmut Koch Results11May 1, 1998 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys82 T. J. Cloutier (1/4) $136,000 Doyle Brunson (0/8) Results12May 2, 1998 $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split120 Bill Gempel (1/1) $120,000 Hershey Entin Results13May 3, 1998 $3,000 Limit Hold'em171 David Chiu (1/2) $205,200 Mickey Seagle Results14May 4, 1998 $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split111 Paul Rowe (1/1) $133,200 James Van Alstyne Results15May 5, 1998 $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em172 Steve Rydel (1/1) $206,400 Dave Ulliott (0/1) Results16May 6, 1998 $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys26 Erik Seidel (1/4) $132,750 Lamar Wilkinson Results17May 7, 1998 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em242 Ken Buntjer (1/1) $268,620 Gorden Hall Results18May 8, 1998 $5,000 Seven Card Stud104 Jan Chen (1/1) $208,000 Don Barton Results19May 9, 1998 $5,000 Limit Hold'em112 Patrick Bruel (1/1) $224,000 Robert Redman Results20May 10, 1998 $1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud100 Mandy Commanda (1/1) $40,000 Jerri Thomas Results21May 11, 1998$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event350Scotty Nguyen (1/2)$1,000,000Kevin McBride Results
Main Event 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. On the final hand of the Main Event, a full house was dealt on the table (). Nguyen memorably said to his opponent Kevin McBride: "You call, it's gonna be all over baby!" Previously in the game, with McBride all-in, Nguyen had quipped "It's gonna be all over if I read you right" before calling. However Nguyen's read hadn't been correct and McBride had won the pot, bringing him back in the game. This time, McBride called and went all-in, saying "I call. I play the board." Nguyen beat McBride with a better full house by holding .
Final table NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBracelets*WSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings* Scotty Nguyen1,184,000 (33.8%)17$244,462 Kevin McBride873,000 (24.9%)01$25,200 T.J. Cloutier829,000 (23.7%)427$1,255,886 Dewey Weum376,000 (10.7%)09$135,267 Lee Salem240,000 (6.9%)02$23,223 *Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1998 Main Event.
Final table results 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 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
References
External links Tournament results at The Hendon Mob Poker Database Tournament results at the World Series of Poker