World Series of Poker 1998

Inledande event

Event	Vinnare	Pris (USD)	Tvåa
$2 000 Limit Hold'em	Farzad Bonyadi	$429 940	Paul Scarim
$1 500 Seven Card Razz	Doyle Brunson	$93 000	Ray Dehkharghani
$1 500 Limit Omaha	Michael Shadkin	$109 800	Jan Lundberg
$1 500 Seven Card Stud	Kirk Morrison	$148 185	Max Stern
$1 500 Pot Limit Omaha	Donnacha O'Dea	$154 800	Johnny Chan
$1 500 Seven Card Stud Split	Tommy Hufnagle	$139 305	Don Holt
$2 000 No Limit Hold'em	Jeff Ross	$259 000	Layne Flack
$2 000 Omaha 8 or better	Chau Giang	$150 960	Carl Bailey
$2 000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Daniel Negreanu	$169 460	Dominic Bourke
$2 500 Seven Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$152 000	Helmut Koch
$2 500 Pot Limit Omaha	T.J. Cloutier	$136 000	Doyle Brunson
$2 500 Seven Card Stud Split	Bill Gempel	$120 000	Hershey Entin
$3 000 Limit Hold'em	David Chiu	$205 200	Mickey Seagle
$3 000 Omaha 8 or better	Paul Rowe	$133 200	James Van Alstyne
$3 000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Steve Rydel	$206 400	Dave Ulliott
$5 000 Deuce to Seven Draw	Erik Seidel	$132 750	Will Wilkinson
$3 000 No Limit Hold'em	Ken Buntjer	$268 620	Gorden Hall
$5 000 Seven Card Stud	Jan Chen	$208 000	Don Barton
$5 000 Limit Hold'em	Patrick Bruel	$224 000	Robert Redman
$1 000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Mandy Commanda	$40 000	Jerri Thomas

350 stycken deltog i Main Event. Varje deltagare betalade $10 000 för att delta.

Då Scotty Nguyen slog ut både "Gentleman" Ben Robert och Jan "Valrossen" Lundberg på samma gång, bestod finalbordet endast av fem spelare.