The 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. Most notably, it was the only WSOP where the Main Event final table took place outdoors, at the Fremont Street Experience, just outside Binions.

Events There were 20 preliminary bracelet events at the 1997 World Series of Poker. #Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-upResults1April 19, 1997 $2,000 Limit Hold'em544 Kevin Song (1/1) $397,120 Yuan Lanvin Results2April 20, 1997 $1,500 Razz160 Linda Johnson (1/1) $96,000 Peter Brownstein Results3April 21, 1997 $1,500 Limit Omaha184 Claude Cohen (1/1) $110,400 Frankie Havard Results4April 22, 1997 $1,500 Seven Card Stud257 Maria Stern (1/1) $140,708 Adam Roberts Results5April 23, 1997 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys140 Chris Bjorin (1/1) $169,200 Michael Davis Results6April 24, 1997 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split238 Doug Saab (1/1) $130,305 Bernie Rosenthal Results7April 25, 1997 $2,000 No Limit Hold'em355 John Cernuto (1/2) $259,150 Thomas Sparks Results8April 26, 1997 $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split215 Scotty Nguyen (1/1) $156,950 Mike Matusow Results9April 27, 1997 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em247 Dave Ulliott (1/1) $180,310 Chris Truby Results10April 28, 1997 $2,500 Seven Card Stud169 Vasilis Lazarou (1/2) $169,000 Caesar Como Results11April 29, 1997 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys87 Matthias Rohnacher (1/1) $183,000 Surinder Sunar Results12April 30, 1997 $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split117 Max Stern (1/2) $117,000 Artie Cobb (0/3) Results13May 1, 1997 $3,000 Limit Hold'em193 Louis Asmo (1/1) $231,600 Jim Meehan Results14May 2, 1997 $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split121 Dean Stonier (1/1) $145,200 John Hom Results15May 3, 1997 $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em170 Phil Hellmuth (1/6) $204,000 Tom McEvoy (0/4) Results16May 4, 1997 $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys32 Johnny Chan (1/5) $164,250 Lyle Berman (0/3) Results17May 5, 1997 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em217 Max Stern (2/3) $237,615 Kathy Liebert Results18May 6, 1997 $5,000 Seven Card Stud88 Mel Judah (1/2) $176,000 Vasilis Lazarou (0/2) Results19May 7, 1997 $5,000 Limit Hold'em112 Bob Veltri (1/1) $224,000 Ed Stevens Results20May 8, 1997 $1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud95 Susie Isaacs (1/2) $38,000 Karen Wolfson (0/1) Results21May 10, 1997$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event312Stu Ungar (1/5)$1,000,000John Strzemp Results

Main Event

There were 312 entrants to the main event. Each entrant paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. Stu Ungar won the Main Event for a record-tying third time.

Final table NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBracelets*WSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings* Stu Ungar1,066,000 (34.1%)415$1,081,478 Ron Stanley694,000 (22.2%)110$321,886 Bob Walker612,000 (19.6%)000 Mel Judah301,000 (9.6%)213$544,026 John Strzemp245,000 (7.8%)01$4,632 Peter Bao204,000 (6.5%)000 *Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1997 Main Event.

Final table results

Place Name Prize 1st Stu Ungar $1,000,000 2nd John Strzemp $583,000 3rd Mel Judah $371,000 4th Ron Stanley $212,000 5th Bob Walker $161,120 6th Peter Bao $127,200

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

Place Name Prize 9th Chris Björin $48,760 12th Marsha Waggoner $33,920 13th Jay Heimowitz $29,680 14th Andrew Black $29,680 15th Rod Peate $29,680 16th Doyle Brunson $25,440 18th Ken Flaton $25,440 19th Paul Clark $21,200 21st Phil Hellmuth $21,200 22nd Billy Baxter $21,200

References

External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker