Boatmans Become First Brothers to Reach Same Final Table Ross Boatman finishes 7th for $12,040, while Barny Boatman exits 9th for $7,700 in $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha.
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #8, 2 days [4/26 start])
Jan Sorensen Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Denmark's First Bracelet Defeats field of 89 (105 rebuys) for $185,000. Runner-up Brent Carter made a little extra money by striking a heads-up deal that was accepted by Sorensen's backer, angering the Dane who later refused Carter's congratulatory handshake.
$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #15, 2 days [5/2 start])
Layne Flack Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet, Second of Year Defeats field of 528, including Johnny Chan heads up, for $268,020. Chan's $137,720 prize moves him back ahead of T.J. Cloutier for the top spot on the WSOP money list.
$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 2 days [5/6 start])
Phil Ivey Wins $2,000 S.H.O.E. for Fourth Bracelet, Third of Year Defeats field of 143 for $107,540 to tie the record for most bracelets in a year (Puggy Pearson 1973, Ted Forrest 1993, & Phil Hellmuth 1993).
Jennifer Harman Traniello Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em to Become First Woman With Two Open Bracelets Defeats field of 113 for $146,250 and ties Annie Duke's record with second final table of year (8th in $2,500 Seven-Card Stud for $5,780).
$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #24, 2 days [5/11 start])
Allen Cunningham Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet Defeats field of 32 (34 rebuys), including O'Neil Longson heads up after trailing 10-to-1, for $49,620.
Phil Hellmuth Last Champ Standing in Main Event Exits in 61st place, 16 spots out of the money.
May 23
Johnny Chan Wins Seventh Bracelet Wins $2,500 Match Play for $34,000, defeating Phil Hellmuth in the heads up final in the unofficial tournament of champions (bracelet required to enter).
$2,500 Gold Bracelet Match Play - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 5 days [4/26 start])
Lyle Berman and Johnny Chan Join Poker Hall of Fame Berman is a 3-time bracelet winner who reached the 1989 Main Event final table, while Chan is a 7-time bracelet winner who won the WSOP Main Event back-to-back in 1987 and 1988 before falling one spot short in 1989. [Chan added three more bracelets after joining the HOF.]