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

Preliminary events

EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em Travis Jonas $40,200Jae Kim
$2,000 Limit Hold'em Nani Dollison $441,440John Pires
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better Chris Ferguson $164,735 Men Nguyen
$1,500 Seven-card stud Adam Roberts$146,430Sal Dimicelli
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth $316,550 T. J. Cloutier
$1,500 Limit Omaha Eddy Scharf $83,810Michael Davis
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better Barry Shulman $123,820 Dan Heimiller
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/RebuysGalen Kester$167,035 Dave Ulliott
$2,000 S.H.O.E. David Pham $140,455Skip Wilson
$3,000 Limit Hold'emJim Lester$233,490 Alex Brenes
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Paul Darden $147,440 Tom Franklin
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Burt Boutin $193,800 Dave Ulliott
$1,500 Razz Berry Johnston $83,810Mike Wattel
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Scotty Nguyen $178,480Jim Lester
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or betterRich Korbin$159,080Alex Papachatzakis
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball Cliff Yamagawa$73,915David Danheiser
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or betterBob Slezak$173,625 Tony Ma
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys Howard Lederer $165,870 Freddy Deeb
$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em Jay Heimowitz $115,430Garry Pollak
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Steve Zolotow $243,335Mike Magee
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Allen Cunningham $201,760Michael Danino
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Erik Seidel $411,300 Johnny Chan
$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better Scotty Nguyen $207,580 Phil Hellmuth Jr
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Hemish Shah $312,340Tony Duong
$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud Nani Dollison $41,130Patty Gallagher

Main Event

There were 613 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what 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

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 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

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