World Poker Tour season 1 results
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Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- Casino: BellagioBellagio (hotel and casino)Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in the Paradise area of unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, USA and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It is owned by MGM Resorts International and was built on the site of the demolished Dunes hotel and casino.Inspired by the...
, Las VegasLas Vegas metropolitan areaThe Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: May 27, 2002 to June 1, 2002
- Number of Entries: 146
- Total Prize Pool: $1,416,200
- Number of Payouts: 18
- Winning Hand: K-K
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament... |
$556,460 |
| 2nd | John Juanda John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is a Chinese Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles.-Personal life:... |
$278,240 |
| 3rd | Freddy Deeb Freddy Deeb Kassem Ibrahim "Freddy" Deeb is a professional poker player who emigrated from Lebanon to the United States at the age of 19.-Before poker:... |
$139,120 |
| 4th | John Hennigan John Hennigan (poker player) John Hennigan is an American professional poker player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, in his career, has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.... |
$83,472 |
| 5th | Chris Bigler Chris Bigler Chris Bigler is a Swiss retired businessman, now a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.... |
$62,604 |
| 6th | Scotty Nguyen Scotty Nguyen Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship... |
$48,692 |
Legends of Poker
- Casino: Bicycle CasinoBicycle CasinoThe Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker cardroom.Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker, panguingue and California blackjack.Financing to build the casino...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... - Buy-in: $5,000
- 2-Day Event: August 30, 2002 to August 31, 2002
- Number of Entries: 134
- Total Prize Pool: $670,000
- Number of Payouts: 9
- Winning Hand: Q-Q
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chris Karagulleyan Chris Karagulleyan Chris Karagulleyan is a professional gambler now living in Glendale, California, United States. Before becoming a gambler, he worked as a taxi driver and as a baker.... |
$258,000 |
| 2nd | Hon Le | $122,550 |
| 3rd | Stan Goldstein | $61,270 |
| 4th | Mark Seif Mark Seif Mark Seif is an Egyptian American attorney and professional poker player.-Personal life:Seif was born in Cairo, Egypt before moving with his family at the age of two, to Southern California... |
$38,700 |
| 5th | Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a three-time final tablest at both the World Series of Poker and on the World Poker Tour with over $2.7 million in earnings.-Career:... |
$29,025 |
| 6th | Kathy Liebert Kathy Liebert Kathleen H. Liebert is an American professional poker player.- Poker :Liebert started her professional poker career as a prop player in Colorado... |
$22,575 |
Costa Rica Classic
- Casino: Casinos Europa, San JoséSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Buy-in: $500 w/ $500 Re-buys
- 1-Day Event: October 19, 2002
- Number of Entries: 134
- Total Prize Pool: $234,858
- Number of Payouts: 10
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jose Rosenkrantz | $108,730 |
| 2nd | Jamie Ligator | $45,000 |
| 3rd | Luis Milanes | $25,120 |
| 4th | Dewey Tomko Dewey Tomko Duane "Dewey" Tomko is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida.... |
$14,650 |
| 5th | Jamie Anteneloff | $11,510 |
| 6th | R.A. Head | $9,420 |
Gold Rush
- Casino: Lucky Chances Casino, Colma, CaliforniaColma, CaliforniaColma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924....
- Buy-in: $3,000
- 2-Day Event: November 10, 2002 to November 11, 2002
- Number of Entries: 152
- Total Prize Pool: $456,000
- Number of Payouts: 18
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Darden Paul Darden Paul Darden, Jr. is an American professional poker player, rap music promoter, and night club owner from New Haven, Connecticut.-Early years:He was accused of murder at the age of 15, due to mistaken identity but was acquitted... |
$146,000 |
| 2nd | Chris Bigler Chris Bigler Chris Bigler is a Swiss retired businessman, now a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.... |
$88,000 |
| 3rd | Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player, known for his elaborate chip tricks.-Early life:When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California... |
$44,000 |
| 4th | Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... |
$34,000 |
| 5th | Vince Burgio Vince Burgio Vincent Burgio is an American professional poker player based in West Hills, California.Burgio is a graduate of the University of Missouri... |
$26,000 |
| 6th | Tommy Garza | $21,000 |
World Poker Finals
- Casino: Foxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. Together with the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, it is one of the largest casino complexes in the world in terms of floor space for gaming. The entire resort comprises of space. The casino has over 380 gaming tables...
, Mashantucket, ConnecticutMashantucket Pequot TribeThe Mashantucket Pequot are a small Native American tribal nation of the Algonquian language community in the state of Connecticut. Within the tribe's Reservation, in Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequot operate Foxwoods Resort Casino, the world's largest resort... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 3-Day Event: November 14, 2002 to November 17, 2002
- Number of Entries: 89
- Total Prize Pool: $915,000
- Number of Payouts: 10
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard Henry Lederer is an American professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author and poet Katy Lederer. On September 20, 2011, the U.S... |
$320,400 |
| 2nd | Layne Flack Layne Flack Layne Flack is an American professional poker player, residing in Montana and Nevada.He met up with Johnny Chan who helped him improve his game and, following a big loss, encouraged Flack to ensure he had a lot of rest before a tournament... |
$186,900 |
| 3rd | Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew Elliot Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School.-Poker:... |
$102,350 |
| 4th | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$75,650 |
| 5th | Peter Giordano | $57,850 |
| 6th | Ron Rose Ron Rose Ron Rose is an American poker player from Dayton, Ohio, and a two time World Poker Tour Champion with a World Series of Poker bracelet.-Early Life and Career:... |
$44,500 |
World Poker Open
- Casino: Binion's HorseshoeHorseshoe Casino TunicaThe Horseshoe Casino Tunica is a casino resort located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. It was developed by Jack Binion, the son of Las Vegas gaming legend Benny Binion and named after his father's famous Binion's Horseshoe downtown gambling hall...
, Tunica, MississippiTunica, MississippiTunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: January 28, 2003 to January 31, 2003
- Number of Entries: 160
- Total Prize Pool: $1,600,000
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand: 6-5
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dave Ulliott Dave Ulliott David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an English professional gambler and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, but went on to become a World Series of Poker bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of televised poker... |
$589,175 |
| 2nd | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$290,130 |
| 3rd | Johnny Donaldson | $145,065 |
| 4th | Buddy Williams | $91,620 |
| 5th | Jeremy Tinsley | $68,715 |
| 6th | Tommy Grimes | $53,445 |
Euro Finals of Poker
- Casino: Aviation Club de France, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- Buy-in: €10,000 ($10,790)
- 3-Day Event: February 12, 2003 to February 15, 2003
- Number of Entries: 86
- Total Prize Pool: €831,000 ($894,510)
- Number of Payouts: 9
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Christer Johansson | €500,000 ($538,213) |
| 2nd | Claude Cohen | €160,000 ($172,228) |
| 3rd | Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an American professional poker player.Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally. At the age of 18, he began playing at in Indian casinos... |
€80,000 ($86,114) |
| 4th | Jacques Durand | €32,000 ($34,446) |
| 5th | Tony G Tony G Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman and professional poker player. As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played poker since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and... |
€16,000 ($17,223) |
| 6th | Alain Hagege | €13,000 ($13,994) |
L.A. Poker Classic
- Casino: Commerce CasinoCommerce CasinoCommerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: February 21, 2003 to February 24, 2003
- Number of Entries: 136
- Total Prize Pool: $1,360,000
- Number of Payouts: 20
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament... |
$532,490 |
| 2nd | Daniel Rentzer | $253,595 |
| 3rd | Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew Elliot Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School.-Poker:... |
$125,460 |
| 4th | David Pham David Pham David Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :... |
$80,080 |
| 5th | Steven Shkolnik | $53,390 |
| 6th | Bob Stupak Bob Stupak Robert E. "Bob" Stupak was a Las Vegas casino owner and entrepreneur.He was also a poker player, winning titles at the World Series of Poker and the Super Bowl of Poker... |
$46,715 |
Party Poker Million
- Buy-in: $5,300
- 1-Day Event: March 6, 2003
- Number of Entries: 177
- Total Prize Pool: $1,013,800
- Number of Payouts: 9
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard Henry Lederer is an American professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author and poet Katy Lederer. On September 20, 2011, the U.S... |
$289,150 |
| 2nd | Chip Jett Chip Jett Charles McRae "Chip" Jett is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is one of the most popular players on the World Poker Tour.... |
$175,900 |
| 3rd | Joe Simpkins | $105,540 |
| 4th | Maureen Feduniak | $79,155 |
| 5th | Tim Lark | $52,770 |
| 6th | Daniel Coupal | $43,975 |
World Poker Challenge
- Casino: Reno HiltonGrand Sierra ResortThe Grand Sierra Resort & Casino is a resort hotel located approximately three miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The hotel has 2,001 guest rooms and suites, 10 restaurants, including two by celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, and a casino with of space...
, RenoRenoReno is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, US.Reno may also refer to:-Places:Italy*The Reno River, in Northern ItalyCanada*Reno No... - Buy-in: $5,000
- 3-Day Event: March 31, 2003 to April 2, 2003
- Number of Entries: 87
- Total Prize Pool: $421,746
- Number of Payouts: 9
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ron Rose Ron Rose Ron Rose is an American poker player from Dayton, Ohio, and a two time World Poker Tour Champion with a World Series of Poker bracelet.-Early Life and Career:... |
$168,298 |
| 2nd | Cal Dykes | $96,772 |
| 3rd | Tony Le | $50,490 |
| 4th | Paul Magriel Paul Magriel Paul David Magriel Jr. is an American professional backgammon player, poker player and author based in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Chess:Paul was New York State Junior Chess Champion at the age of 19, while a student at New York University.... |
$29,452 |
| 5th | Mark Edwards | $23,140 |
| 6th | T.J. Cloutier | $18,934 |
WPT Championship
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
- Buy-in: $25,000
- 5-Day Event: April 14, 2003 to April 18, 2003
- Number of Entries: 111
- Total Prize Pool: $2,691,750
- Number of Payouts: 28
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alan Goehring Alan Goehring Alan Goehring is a retired American junk bond analyst and trader from Henderson, Nevada. At the age of 37, he became a professional poker player.... |
$1,011,886 |
| 2nd | Kirill Gerasimov Kirill Gerasimov Kirill Gerasimov is a Russian professional poker player.Gerasimov worked as an insurance salesman in Moscow, and started entering poker tournaments throughout Europe in 2001... |
$506,625 |
| 3rd | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$253,313 |
| 4th | Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to... |
$159,987 |
| 5th | Ted Forrest Ted Forrest Ted Forrest is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Tournament Wins:... |
$119,990 |
| 6th | James Hoeppner | $93,326 |