Poker results

Wednesday, May 14, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

The 27 players remaining from the record field of 312 in the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em game at the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe (includes name, hometown and today's starting chip count):

* POSITIONS 1-9: 1. Ron Stanley, Las Vegas, $401,500; 2. Stu Ungar, Las Vegas, $232,000; 3. Peter Bao, Las Vegas, $214,500; 4. Toromp Roren, Oslo, Norway, $190,500; 5. Chris Bjorin, London, England, $152,500; 6. Jay Heimowitz, Bethel, N.Y., $149,500; 7. Mori Eskand, Las Vegas, $146,500; 8. Rod Peate, Long Beach, Calif., $135,500; 9. George Gerds, Pleasant Hill, Calif., $131,000.

* POSITIONS 10-18: 10. Phil Hellmuth Jr., Palo Alto, Calif., $125,500; 11. Billy Baxter, Las Vegas, $123,500; 12. David Roepke, Temple, Texas, $115,500; 13. Dewey Weum, Monona, Wis., $104,500; 14. Andrew Black, Canterbury, England, $104,000; 15. Bob Walker, Las Vegas, $92,000; 16. Ken Flaton, Henderson, $88,000; 17. Mel Judah, London, England, $87,000; 18. George McKeever, Derry, N. Ireland, $78,500.

* POSITIONS 19-27: 19. Marsha Waggoner, Downey, Calif., $72,000; 20. Keu Nettles, Denver, $69,500; 21. Doyle Brunson, Las Vegas, $66,000; 22. John Strzemp, Las Vegas, $57,000; 23. Matti Kuortti, Helsinki, Finland, $53,000; 24. Eskimo Clark, New Orleans, $50,000; 25. Rupert Housden, Bedford, England, $33,500; 26. Parviz Roudi, Birmingham, England, $25,500; 27. Michael Schichtman, Bethel, N.Y., $21,500.

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