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Encyclopedia > World Series of Poker, 2002

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Preliminary events

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


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st American Robert Varkonyi $2,000,000
2nd English Julian "The Kid" Gardner $1,100,000
3rd American Ralph Perry $550,000
4th Irish Scott "The Iceman" Gray $281,480
5th American Harley Hall $195,000
6th American Russell Rosenblum $150,000
7th English John Shipley $125,000
8th American Tony D $100,000
9th American 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 Swedish Martin "The Knife" De Knijff $60,000
23rd American Phil Ivey $40,000


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Major poker tournaments and series
World Series of Poker ('70 - '90 '91 - '92 - '93 - '94 - '95 - '96 - '97 - '98 - '99 - '00 - '01 - '02 - '03 - '04 - '05 - '06TOC)
World Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3 - 4) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2)
Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- Late Night Poker --- Poker Superstars --- Poker Royale
World Heads-Up Poker Championship --- World Speed Poker Open --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2)


 

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