2002 World Series of Poker

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2002 World Series of Poker
Location Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesApril 19 – May 25
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Varkonyi
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The 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Contents

The 2002 WSOP was historically notable for two reasons. The series was the first WSOP in which pocket cams were installed to allow broadcasters (on tape delay) to show the players' hole cards, although only for the Main Event (today, the cameras are used at most WSOP events), and it was also the last WSOP before the 2003 Main Event victory of amateur Chris Moneymaker helped launch the 2000s poker boom.

Preliminary events

There were 34 preliminary bracelet events at the 2002 World Series of Poker. [1]

#EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
1$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em David Warga (1/1)$47,300Leon Wheeler [2]
2$2,000 Limit Hold'emMike Majerus (1/1)$407,120 David Chiu (0/3) [3]
3$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Perry Friedman (1/1)$176,860Greg Mascio [4]
4$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Layne Flack (1/2)$303,880Tom Jacobs [5]
5$1,500 Seven Card Stud Phil Ivey (1/2)$132,000 Toto Leonidas [6]
6$1,500 Limit Omaha John Cernuto (1/3)$73,320 Randy Holland (0/2) [7]
7$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Paul Clark (1/3)$125,200Andrew Prock [8]
8$1,500 Pot Limit OmahaJack Duncan (1/1)$192,560Lindy Chambers [9]
9$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Gold Bracelet Match Play Johnny Chan (1/7)$34,000 Phil Hellmuth (0/7) [10]
10$2,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo John Hennigan (1/1)$117,320Ben Tang [11]
11$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'emJay Sipelstein (1/1)$150,240 Barny Boatman [12]
12$2,500 Seven Card StudDan Torla (1/1)$115,600Bill Gibbs [13]
13$3,000 Limit Hold'emJohn Hom (1/1)$174,840Benny Wan [14]
14$1,500 Razz Billy Baxter (1/7)$64,860Chico Flynn [15]
15$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Jan Vang Sørensen (1/1)$185,000 Brent Carter (0/2) [16]
16$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Phil Ivey (2/3)$118,440Sirous Baghchehsaraie [17]
17$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'emFred Berger (1/1)$197,400 Chris Ferguson (0/3) [18]
18$1,500 Ace to Five Lowball Thor Hansen (1/2)$62,600Brian Nadell [19]
19$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Layne Flack (2/3)$268,020Johnny Chan (0/7) [20]
20$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo SplitEddie Fishman (1/1)$135,360Doug Saab [21]
21$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'emJohn McIntosh (1/1)$177,380Mel Weiner (0/1) [22]
22$5,000 Seven Card StudQushqar Morad (1/1)$172,960Steven Banks [23]
23$2,000 S.H.O.E. Phil Ivey (3/4)$107,540 Diego Cordovez (0/1) [24]
24$5,000 Limit Hold'em Jennifer Harman (1/2)$221,440Brian Green [25]
25$1,500 Limit Hold'em ShootoutJoel Chaseman (1/1)$96,400Gene Timberlake [26]
26$1,000 Ladies' ChampionshipCatherine Brown (1/1)$39,880Marie Sohn [27]
27$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Robert Williamson III (1/1)$201,160 Patrick Bruel (0/1) [28]
28$1,500 Limit Hold'emMeng La (1/1)$190,920Steve Kaufman [29]
29$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Mike Matusow (1/2)$148,520 Daniel Negreanu (0/1) [30]
30$3,000 No Limit Hold'emRandal Heeb (1/1)$367,240Sherman Burry [31]
31$2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud Dan Heimiller (1/1)$108,300 Ram Vaswani [32]
32$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw No Limit Allen Cunningham (1/2)$160,200 O'Neil Longson (0/1) [33]
33$1,000 Seniors' No Limit ChampionshipBill Swan (1/1)$134,000 Mike Sexton (0/1) [34]
34$1,500 Triple Draw Lowball Ace to Five John Juanda (1/1)$49,620 Paul Phillips [35]

Main Event

There were 631 entrants to the main event. [36] Each paid $10,000 to enter, with the top 45 players finishing in the money. It was the largest poker tournament (by prize pool) ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time.

Final table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
Bracelets*		WSOP
Cashes*		WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Shipley 2,033,000 (32.2%)05$37,270
Flag of the United States.svg Russell Rosenblum927,000 (14.7%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Ralph Perry 766,000 (12.1%)06$43,780
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Varkonyi 640,000 (10.1%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Minh Ly 614,000 (9.7%)02$62,155
Flag of Ireland.svg Scott Gray545,000 (8.6%)01$12,200
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Gardner 394,000 (6.2%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Duong231,000 (3.7%)05$224,000
Flag of the United States.svg Harley Hall161,000 (2.6%)02$25,260

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2002 Main Event.

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Robert Varkonyi $2,000,000
2nd Julian Gardner $1,100,000
3rd Ralph Perry $550,000
4thScott Gray$281,480
5thHarley Hall$195,000
6thRussell Rosenblum$150,000
7th John Shipley $125,000
8thTony Duong$100,000
9th Minh Ly $85,000

Note: Phil Hellmuth, as part of ESPN's broadcast team, during the first hour of their final table coverage said he would shave his head if Robert Varkonyi won the tournament. At the conclusion of the tournament, Hellmuth is seen having his head shaved.

In The Money Finishes

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

PlaceNamePrize
13th Martin de Knijff $60,000
14th Yoshio Nakano $60,000
23rd Phil Ivey $40,000
24th Minh Nguyen $40,000
34th Ross Boatman $30,000
35th Randy Holland $30,000
36th Tom Schneider $30,000
42nd David Sklansky $20,000
43rd Dan Heimiller $20,000

In pop culture

In "Casino Night", the 22nd episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office , it is revealed that Kevin Malone, a character on the show, won a World Series of Poker bracelet for No-Limit Deuce-Seven Draw in 2002. [37]

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