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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold'em	David Warga	$47,300	Leon Wheeler
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Mike Majerus	$407,120	David Chiu
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Perry Friedman	$176,860	Greg Mascio
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Layne "Back to Back" Flack	$303,880	Tom Jacobs
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Phil Ivey	$132,000	Toto Leonidas
$1,500 Limit Omaha	"Miami" John Cernuto	$73,320	Randy Holland
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Paul "Eskimo" Clark	$125,200	Andrew Prock
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Jack Duncan	$192,560	Lindy Chambers
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Gold Bracelet Match Play	Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan	$34,000	Phil Hellmuth Jr.
$2,000 H.O.R.S.E.	John "World" Hennigan	$117,320	Ben Tang
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jay Sipelstein	$150,240	"Barmy" Barny Boatman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Dan Torla	$115,600	Bill Gibbs
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	John Hom	$174,840	Benny Wan
$1,500 Razz	Billy Baxter	$64,860	Chico Flynn
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Jan Sørensen	$185,000	Brent Carter
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Phil Ivey	$118,440	Sirous Baghchehsaraie
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Fred Berger	$197,400	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
$1,500 Ace to Five Lowball	Thor Hansen	$62,600	Brian Nadell
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Layne "Back to Back" Flack	$268,020	Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Eddie Fishman	$135,360	Doug Saab
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	John McIntosh	$177,380	Mel Weiner
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Qushqar Morad	$172,960	Steven Banks
$2,000 S.H.O.E.	Phil Ivey	$107,540	Diego Cordovez
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Jennifer Harman	$221,440	Brian Green
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout	Joel Chaseman	$96,400	Gene Timberlake
$1,000 Ladies' Championship	Catherine Brown	$39,880	Marie Sohn
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Robert Williamson III	$201,160	Patrick Bruel
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Meng La	$190,920	Steve Kaufman
$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Mike "The Mouth" Matusow	$148,520	Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Randal Heeb	$367,240	Sherman Burry
$2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud	Dan Heimiller	$108,300	Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Draw No Limit	Allen Cunningham	$160,200	O'Neil Longson
$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Championship	Bill Swan	$134,000	Mike Sexton
$1,500 Triple Draw Lowball Ace to Five	John Juanda	$49,620	Paul Phillips

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Main Event

There were 631 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament (by prize pool) ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Robert Varkonyi	$2,000,000
2nd	Julian "The Kid" Gardner	$1,100,000
3rd	Ralph Perry	$550,000
4th	Scott "The Iceman" Gray	$281,480
5th	Harley Hall	$195,000
6th	Russell Rosenblum	$150,000
7th	John Shipley	$125,000
8th	Tony D	$100,000
9th	Minh Ly	$85,000

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Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
13th	Martin "The Knife" De Knijff	$60,000
23rd	Phil Ivey	$40,000
24rd	Minh "Pokerhost" Nguyen	$40,000

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