World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1990s Winners

The 1990s saw first place prize money reach $1,000,000 for the World Series of Poker Main Event winner as poker's biggest event grew ever so slightly in popularity and entrants. New side events of different poker variations were also added onto the WSOP bill in the 1990s. Standout winners include Dan Harrington's domination of the 1995 WSOP, Scotty Nguyen's memorable line in 1998, and Stu Ungar's unlikely return to tournament poker. With that, the winners were...

1999 WSOP Winners

1998 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Scotty Nguyen	$1,000,000
Limit Hold'em	Farzad Bonyadi	$429,000
Limit Hold'em	Patrick Bruel	$224,000
Seven-Card Razz	Doyle Brunson	$109,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Ken Buntjer	$268,000
Seven-Card Stud	Jan Chen	$208,000
Limit Hold'em	David Chiu	$205,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	T.J. Cloutier	$136,000
Seven-Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$152,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Mandy Commanda	$40,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Bill Gempel	$120,000
Omaha 8/b	Chau Giang	$150,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Tommy Hufnagle	$139,000
Seven-Card Stud	Kirk Morrison	$148,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Daniel Negreanu	$169,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Don O'Dea	$154,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Jeffrey Ross	$259,000
Omaha 8/b	Paul Rowe	$133,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Steve Rydel	$206,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Erik Seidel	$132,000
Limit Omaha	Michael Shadkin	$109,000

1997 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Stu Ungar	$1,000,000
Limit Hold'em	Louis Asmo	$231,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Chris Bjorin	$169,000
No-Limit Hold'em	"Miami" John Cernuto	$259,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Johnny Chan	$164,000
Limit Omaha	Claude Cohen	$110,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Phil Hellmuth	$204,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Susie Issacs	$38,000
Seven-Card Razz	Linda Johnson	$96,000
Seven-Card Stud	Mel Judah	$176,000
Seven-Card Stud	Vasilis Lazarou	$169,000
Omaha 8/b	Scotty Nguyen	$156,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Mattias Rohnacher	$183,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Doug Saab	$130,000
Limit Hold'em	Kevin Song	$397,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Max Stern	$237,000
Seven-Card Stud	Maria Stern	$140,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Max Stern	$117,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	David "Devil Fish" Ulliott	$180,000
Limit Hold'em	Robert Veltri	$224,000

1996 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Huck Seed	$1,000,000
Seven-Card Stud	Gary Benson	$148,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	"Miami" John Cernuto	$147,000
Limit Hold'em	David Chiu	$396,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Freddie Deeb	$146,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Barbara Enright	$180,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Sam Farha	$145,000
Chinese Poker	Jim Feldhouse	$50,000
Chinese Poker	Gregory Grivas	$37,000
Omaha 8/b	Adeeb Harb	$155,000
Seven-Card Razz	Randy Holland	$87,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Jim Huntley	$168,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Susie Issacs	$42,000
Limit Hold'em	Donny Kerr	$200,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Al Krux	$156,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Hans Lund	$71,000
Limit Hold'em	Hieu Ma	$236,000
No-Limit Hold'em	John Morgan	$227,000
Omaha 8/b	Men Nguyen	$110,000
Seven-Card Stud	Henry Orenstein	$130,000
Limit Omaha	Dody Roach	$102,000
Seven-Card Stud	Marty Sigel	$144,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Frank Thompson	$94,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Mel Weiner	$250,000

1995 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Dan Harrington	$1,000,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	John Bonetti	$101,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Starla Brodie	$35,000
Seven-Card Stud	Anthony Deangelo	$154,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Phillip Earle	$143,000
Seven-Card Stud	Walter Farina	$144,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Dan Harrington	$249,000
Limit Hold'em	Berry Johnston	$91,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Richard Klamian	$205,000
Limit Hold'em	Men Nguyen	$186,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Men Nguyen	$96,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Rod Peate	$127,000
Seven-Card Stud	Dan Robison	$140,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Clifford Roof	$81,000
Omaha 8/b	Marlon Santos	$119,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Hilbert Shirley	$163,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Hilbert Shirley	$137,000
Seven-Card Razz	Mickey Sisskind	$82,000
Omaha 8/b	Max Stern	$140,000
Chinese Poker	John Tsagaris	$41,000
Limit Hold'em	Christian Vanhees	$315,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Peter Vilandos	$148,000
Chinese Poker	Steve Zolotow	$112,000

1994 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Russ Hamilton	$1,000,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Lyle Berman	$128,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Vince Burgio	$127,000
Limit Omaha	Brent Carter	$83,000
Seven-Card Stud	Johnny Chan	$135,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	J.J. Chun	$93,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	T.J. Cloutier	$163,000
Omaha 8/b	T.J. Cloutier	$135,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Barbara Enright	$38,000
Seven-Card Razz	Mike Hart	$88,000
No-Limit Hold'em	John Heaney	$220,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz	$148,000
Limit Hold'em	Mike Laing	$212,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	O'Neil Longson	$100,000
Seven-Card Stud	Roger Moore	$144,000
Seven-Card Stud	Rod Pardey	$132,000
Omaha 8/b	J.C. Pearson	$103,000
No-Limit Hold'em	George Rodis	$187,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Huck Seed	$167,000
Limit Hold'em	Erik Seidel	$210,000
Limit Hold'em	Steven Sim	$289,000
Limit Hold'em	Mickey Appleman	$234,000

1993 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Jim Bechtel	$1,000,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Billy Baxter	$130,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	John Bonetti	$122,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Buddy Bonnecaze	$83,000
Limit Hold'em	Humberto Brenes	$149,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Humberto Brenes	$128,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Hamid Dastmalchi	$114,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Gene Fisher	$113,000
Omaha 8/b	Ted Forrest	$120,000
Seven-Card Razz	Ted Forrest	$77,000
Seven-Card Stud	Ted Forrest	$114,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Chau Giang	$82,000
Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$138,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$161,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$173,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Phyllis Kassler	$32,000
Limit Omaha	Jack Keller	$61,000
Limit Hold'em	Hugo Mieth	$220,000
Omaha 8/b	Erik Seidel	$94,000
Seven-Card Stud	Marty Sigel	$113,000
Seven-Card Stud	Robert Turner	$103,000

1992 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Hamid Dastmalchi	$1,000,000
Limit Hold'em	Bob Abell	$226,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	Mickey Appleman	$119,000
Omaha 8/b	Eli Balas	$122,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Lyle Berman	$192,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Buddy Bonnecaze	$115,000
Seven-Card Stud	Eskimo Clark	$122,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Hoyt Corkins	$96,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Dal Derovin	$90,000
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Ken Duggan	$134,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Shari Flanzer	$98,000
Seven-Card Razz	Lamar Hampton	$80,000
Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$188,000
Limit Omaha	Tom McEvoy	$79,000
Seven-Card Stud	Men Nguyen	$120,000
Seven-Card Stud	Ray Rumler	$106,000
Limit Hold'em	Erik Seidel	$168,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Rick Steiner	$105,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Lance Straughn	$152,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Billy Thomas	$81,000

1991 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Brad Daugherty	$1,000,000
Omaha 8/b	Joe Becker	$119,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Doyle Brunson	$208,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Brent Carter	$156,000
Seven-Card Stud	Thomas Chung	$142,000
Seven-Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$148,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Pat Flanagan	$106,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Mike Hart	$106,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Jay Heimowitz	$126,000
Limit Omaha	Phil Heinrich	$92,000
Limit Hold'em	Max Lendel	$256,000
Seven-Card Stud	Rod Pardey	$133,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	John Spadavecchia	$58,000
Limit Hold'em	Ron Stanley	$203,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	An Tran	$87,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Donna Ward	$28,000
Limit Hold'em	Cowboy Wolford	$210,000
Seven-Card Razz	Charles Wright	$92,000

1990 WSOP Winners

Event	Winner	Prize Money
Main Event	Mansour Matloubi	$895,000
No-Limit Hold'em	Allen Baker	$280,000
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	John Bonetti	$83,000
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Norman Boulus	$108,000
Women's Seven-Card Stud	Marie Gabert	$22,000
Limit Hold'em	Mike Hart	$252,000
Limit Hold'em	Berry Johnston	$254,000
Omaha 8/b	Monte Kous	$113,000
Seven-Card Stud	Vasillis Lazarou	$158,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Amarillo Slim Preston	$142,000
Ace-to-Five Lowball	Phil Reher	$124,000
Seven-Card Razz	Ray Rumler	$111,000
Pot-Limit Omaha	Shawqui Shunnarah	$113,000
Limit Omaha	Tony Stormzand	$106,000
Seven-Card Stud	Hugh Todd	$168,000

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