Daniel Negreanu Wins $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet Defeats field of 229 for $169,460 at age 23. [At 23 years, 9 months, and 3 days old, there's a 25% chance he became the youngest bracelet winner ever as Jeff Sandow was also 23 when he won in 1977).]
$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 2 days [4/29 start])
Scotty Nguyen Wins 1998 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 350, including Kevin McBride heads up, for $1,000,000 and second bracelet. The majority of the players qualified via supersatellite like McBride or single-table satellite like Nguyen.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, 4 days [5/11 start])
Rounders Opens in Movie Theaters SPOILER ALERT: Mike McDermott ends the movie by saying, "First prize at the World Series of Poker is a million bucks. Does it have my name on it? I don't know. But, I'm gonna find out."
Stu Ungar d. 1998 [age 45] (b. 9/8/1953) Three-time WSOP Main Event winner: 1980 ($365,000), 1981 ($375,000), & 1997 ($1,000,000). 1990 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($25,050). Won 1981 $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($95,000) & 1983 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($110,000). Led 1980-89 decade with four bracelets. Poker Hall of Fame 2001. Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon