1999 World Series of Poker

1999 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 26 – May 15
Champion
Noel Furlong
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The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events

There were 15 preliminary bracelet events at the 1999 World Series of Poker. ^[1]

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	April 26, 1999	$1,500 Limit Hold'em	609	Charles Brahmi (1/1)	$338,000	John Bonetti (0/3)	Results
2	April 27, 1999	$1,500 Razz	141	Paul Clark (1/2)	$84,610	Simon Zhang	Results
3	April 28, 1999	$2,500 Limit Hold'em	237	John Esposito (1/1)	$219,225	Mimi Tran	Results
4	April 29, 1999	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	199	David Grey (1/1)	$199,000	Eli Balas (0/1)	Results
5	April 30, 1999	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	111	Hassan Kamoei (1/1)	$173,000	Norbert Hoelting	Results
6	May 1, 1999	$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	170	Ron Long (1/1)	$170,000	Brian Nadell	Results
7	May 2, 1999	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	307	Eric Holum (1/1)	$283,975	Ted Forrest (0/3)	Results
8	May 3, 1999	$2,500 Limit Omaha	104	Tom Franklin (1/1)	$104,000	Erik Alps	Results
9	May 4, 1999	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	186	Steve Badger (1/1)	$186,000	Larry Anderson	Results
10	May 5, 1999	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	169	Josh Arieh (1/1)	$202,800	Humberto Brenes (0/2)	Results
11	May 6, 1999	$3,500 No Limit Hold'em	205	Mike Matusow (1/1)	$265,475	Alex Brenes	Results
12	May 7, 1999	$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	187	Layne Flack (1/1)	$224,400	Matt Lefkowitz	Results
13	May 8, 1999	$5,000 Limit Hold'em	110	Eli Balas (1/2)	$220,000	Annie Duke	Results
14	May 9, 1999	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	243	Mike Wattel (1/1)	$134,865	Ed Smith	Results
15	May 9, 1999	$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	85	Christina Pie (1/1)	$34,000	LaVonne Joyce	Results
16	May 10, 1999	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	393	Noel Furlong (1/1)	$1,000,000	Alan Goehring	Results

Main Event

There were 393 entrants to the main event. ^[2] Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. ^[3] At the 1999 Main Event final table, Huck Seed was attempting to become a two-time World Champion. His attempt fell short as he was eliminated in sixth place. ^[4]

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Noel Furlong	1,544,000 (39.2%)	0	2	$70,785
Alan Goehring	828,000 (21.0%)	0	2	$68,005
Padraig Parkinson	674,000 (17.1%)	0	0	0
Huck Seed	402,000 (10.2%)	2	14	$1,447,144
Chris Bigler	319,000 (8.1%)	0	0	0
Erik Seidel	167,000 (4.2%)	4	20	$1,297,646

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1999 Main Event.

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Noel Furlong	$1,000,000
2nd	Alan Goehring	$768,625
3rd	Padraig Parkinson	$489,125
4th	Erik Seidel	$279,500
5th	Chris Bigler	$212,420
6th	Huck Seed	$167,700

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
12th	Randy Holland	$44,720
16th	James Van Alstyne	$33,540
19th	John Hennigan	$27,950
21st	Hal Kant	$27,950

References

1. "1999 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule". World Series of Poker. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
2. Holloway, Chad (June 29, 2021). "1999 WSOP Main Event Champ Noel Furlong Passes Away at Age 83". PokerNews. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
3. Plant, Darrel (January 22, 2015). "Slicing the Pie: Examining the WSOP Main Event Payouts and $10M First-Place Guarantee". PokerNews. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
4. Gamble, Nathan (February 10, 2021). "1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed Inducted Into The Poker Hall Of Fame". Card Player. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

External links

• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker