2001 World Series of Poker

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2001 World Series of Poker
Location Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 20 – May 19
Champion
Flag of Ecuador.svg Carlos Mortensen
  2000
2002  

The 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Contents

Events

There were 25 preliminary bracelet events at the 2001 World Series of Poker. [1] Phil Hellmuth became the third player in WSOP history to win seven career bracelets.

#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1April 20, 2001$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em 224 Travis Jonas (1/1)$40,200Jae Kim Results
2April 21, 2001$2,000 Limit Hold'em615 Nani Dollison (1/2)$441,440John Pires Results
3April 22, 2001$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better306 Chris Ferguson (1/3)$164,735 Men Nguyen (0/4) Results
4April 23, 2001$1,500 Seven-card stud 272Adam Roberts (1/1)$146,430Sal Dimicelli Results
5April 24, 2001$2,000 No Limit Hold'em441 Phil Hellmuth (1/7)$316,550 T. J. Cloutier (0/4) Results
6April 25, 2001$1,500 Limit Omaha144 Eddy Scharf (1/1)$83,810Michael Davis Results
7April 26, 2001$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better230 Barry Shulman (1/1)$123,820 Dan Heimiller Results
8April 27, 2001$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys145Galen Kester (1/1)$167,035 Dave Ulliott (0/1) Results
9April 28, 2001$2,000 S.H.O.E.181 David Pham (1/1)$140,455Skip Wilson Results
10April 29, 2001$3,000 Limit Hold'em192Jim Lester (1/1)$233,490 Alex Brenes Results
11April 30, 2001$2,500 Seven Card Stud152 Paul Darden (1/1)$147,440 Tom Franklin (0/1) Results
12May 1, 2001$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em270 Burt Boutin (1/1)$193,800 Dave Ulliott (0/1) Results
13May 2, 2001$1,500 Razz 144 Berry Johnston (1/5)$83,810Mike Wattel (0/1) Results
14May 3, 2001$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys102 Scotty Nguyen (1/3)$178,480Jim Lester (0/1) Results
15May 4, 2001$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better164Rich Korbin (1/1)$159,080Alex Papachatzakis Results
16May 5, 2001$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball 127Cliff Yamagawa (1/1)$73,915David Danheiser Results
17May 6, 2001$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better179Bob Slezak (1/1)$173,625 Tony Ma (0/2) Results
18May 7, 2001$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys33 Howard Lederer (1/2)$165,870 Freddy Deeb (0/1) Results
19May 7, 2001$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em340 Jay Heimowitz (1/6)$115,430Garry Pollak Results
20May 8, 2001$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em226 Steve Zolotow (1/2)$243,335Mike Magee Results
21May 9, 2001$5,000 Seven Card Stud104 Allen Cunningham (1/1)$201,760Michael Danino Results
22May 10, 2001$3,000 No Limit Hold'em382 Erik Seidel (1/5)$411,300 Johnny Chan (0/6) Results
23May 11, 2001$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better107 Scotty Nguyen (1/2)$207,580 Phil Hellmuth (0/7) Results
24May 12, 2001$5,000 Limit Hold'em161 Hemish Shah (1/1)$312,340Tony Duong Results
25May 13, 2001$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud106 Nani Dollison (2/3)$41,130Patty Gallagher Results
26May 14, 2001$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event613 Carlos Mortensen (1/1)$1,500,000 Dewey Tomko (0/3) Results

Main Event

There were 613 entrants to the main event. [2] [3] Each paid $10,000 to enter, with the top 45 players finishing in the money. It was the largest poker tournament ever played in a non-online casino at the time. The 2001 Main Event was the first tournament in history to pay out at least $1,000,000 to two players. Phil Hellmuth made the final table and looked to become a two-time Main Event champion, but fell short in fifth place.

Final table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets*
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of Germany.svg Henry Nowakowski1,076,000 (17.6%)000
Flag of Ecuador.svg Carlos Mortensen 873,000 (14.2%)01$22,575
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hellmuth 859,000 (14.0%)731$2,561,145
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Matusow 767,000 (12.5%)15$380,220
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Gordon 681,000 (11.1%)02$8,000
Flag of the United States.svg Stan Schrier672,000 (11.0%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Dewey Tomko 467,000 (7.6%)327$816,729
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Riehle407,000 (6.6%)000
Flag of the United States.svg John Inashima328,000 (5.4%)03$22,128

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2001 Main Event.

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Carlos Mortensen $1,500,000
2nd Dewey Tomko $1,098,925
3rdStan Schrier$699,315
4th Phil Gordon $399,610
5th Phil Hellmuth $303,705
6th Mike Matusow $239,765
7thHenry Nowakowski$179,825
8thSteve Riehle$119,885
9thJohn Inashima$91,190

In The Money Finishes

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

PlaceNamePrize
11th Daniel Negreanu $63,940
20th Kevin Song $39,960
23rd Jim Bechtel $39,960
24th Alex Brenes $39,960
26th John Esposito $39,960
27th Allen Cunningham $39,960
29th Mike Sexton $30,000
30th Chris Bjorin $30,000
33rd Barny Boatman $30,000
37th Billy Baxter $20,000
42nd Bill Gazes $20,000
44th David Pham $20,000

References

  1. "2001 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  2. Wenzel, John (2019-05-24). "The Unknown Who Almost Beat the World Series' Toughest Final Table". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  3. Chaffin, Sean (2017-06-17). "The Hand I'll Never Forget: Daniel Negreanu's WSOP Main Event Misstep". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-12.