28th Annual World Series of Poker
$2000 Omaha 8/OB
$2,000 Buy-In
Monday, April 28, 1997
Casino: Binion's Horseshoe
Players: 215
Prize Pool: $430,000
| Place | Player | From | Prize Money |
| 1st | Scotty Nguyen | Henderson, NV, USA | $156,950 |
| 2nd | Mike "The Mouth" Matusow | Henderson, NV, USA | $81,700 |
| 3rd | Ted Forrest | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $40,850 |
| 4th | Volker Beyer | Burbank, CA, USA | $27,950 |
| 5th | Lindy Chambers | Baton Rouge, LA, USA | $19,350 |
| 6th | Jack Culp | Phoenix, AZ, USA | $15,050 |
| 7th | Dan Heimiller | Plymouth, MI, USA | $10,750 |
| 8th | Brent Carter | Oak Park, IL, USA | $8,600 |
| 9th | Joel Kreps | USA | $6,880 |
| 10th | Brian Nadell | Detroit, MI, USA | $5,160 |
| 11th | P.K. Klevmoen | $5,160 | |
| 12th | Tom Jacobs | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $5,160 |
| 13th | J. "Mitch" Miller | $4,300 | |
| 14th | Andre Boyer | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $4,300 |
| 15th | Tam Ho | Reno, NV, USA | $4,300 |
| 16th | Dale Saxton | $3,440 | |
| 17th | Avishy Schmidt | Pacheco, CA, USA | $3,440 |
| 18th | Bob Feduniak | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $3,440 |
| 19th | Frankie Havard | Moss Point, MS, USA | $2,580 |
| 20th | Ken Buntjer | Oregon City, OR, USA | $2,580 |
| 21st | Chris Sontum | $2,580 | |
| 22nd | Blair Rodman | Rancho Mirage, CA, USA | $2,580 |
| 23rd | Sang Lee | $2,580 | |
| 24th | Larry Parker | $2,580 | |
| 25th | Frank Henderson | Houston, TX, USA | $2,580 |
| 26th | Joe Monro | $2,580 | |
| 27th | James Richburg | $2,580 |
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