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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold'em	David Lukaszewski	$35,800	Paul Trieglaff
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Mohammed Ibrahim	$290,420	Jon Brody
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Toto Leonidas	$98,760	Rallis Peter Tanagiotias
$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson	$123,680	Barry Bindelglass
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	"Minneapolis" Jim Meehan	$280,100	Guy Calvert
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Prahlad "Spirit Rock" Friedman	$109,400	Bernd Rygol
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Minh "Pokerhost" Nguyen	$106,020	Bob Mangino
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Erik Seidel	$146,100	Men "The Master" Nguyen
$2,000 H.O.R.S.E.	Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson	$84,080	Brian Haveson
$2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Seven Card Stud	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson	$66,220	Diego Cordovez
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Phi Nguyen	$222,800	Jim Miller
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth Jr	$171,400	Young Phan
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Michael Saltzburg	$95,580	Mimi Tran
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw	O'Neill Longson	$147,680	Allen Cunningham
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em	Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan	$224,400	Surinder Sunar
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Eddy Scharf	$63,600	Dave "El Blondie" Colclough
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	John Arrage	$178,600	Kathy Liebert
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Layne "Back to Back" Flack	$119,260	Men "The Master" Nguyen
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Mickey Appleman	$147,280	Brian Plona
$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em	Ron Rose	$130,060	Ron McMillan
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	John Juanda	$130,200	Shahram Sheikram
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Amir Vahedi	$270,000	Cleve Haley
$2,000 S.H.O.E.	Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu	$100,440	Jim Pechac
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan	$158,100	Emmanuel Sebag
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout	Layne "Back to Back" Flack	$120,000	Annie Duke
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Tom Jacobs	$163,000	Jan Sjavik
$1,000 Ladies' 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud	Barb Rugolo	$40,700	Joanne "J.J." Liu
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Frankie O'Dell	$133,760	Bill Schonsheck
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Charles Keith Lehr	$225,040	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Men "The Master" Nguyen	$178,560	Mel "Silver Fox" Judah
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth Jr	$410,860	Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	John Juanda	$203,840	O'Neill Longson
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen	$251,680	Mark Gregorich
$1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball	Men "The Master" Nguyen	$43,520	Charles Keith Lehr

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Main Event

There were 839 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chris Moneymaker	$2,500,000
2nd	Sam Farha	$1,300,000
3rd	"Action" Dan Harrington	$650,000
4th	Jason Lester	$440,000
5th	Tomer Benvenisti	$320,000
6th	Amir Vahedi	$250,000
7th	Young Pak	$200,000
8th	David Grey	$160,000
9th	David Singer	$120,000

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Other High Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
10th	Phil Ivey	$82,700
11th	Minh "Pokerhost" Nguyen	$80,000
13th	Kassem "Freddy" Deeb	$65,000
14th	"The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Luske	$65,000
15th	"King" Bruno Fitoussi	$65,000
18th	Scotty Nguyen	$55,000
19th	Howard "The Professor" Lederer	$45,000
25th	Men "The Master" Nguyen	$45,000
27th	Phil Hellmuth Jr	$45,000

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