1999 World Series of Poker

The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$1,500 Limit Hold'em Charles Brahmi $338,000 John Bonetti
$1,500 Seven Card Razz Paul "Eskimo" Clark $84,610 Simon Zhang
$2,500 Limit Hold'em John Esposito $219,225 Mimi Tran
$2,500 Seven Card Stud David Grey $199,000 Eli Balas
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hassan Komoei $173,000 Norbert Hoelting
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or better Ron Long $170,000 Brian Nadell
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Eric Holum $283,975 Ted Forrest
$2,500 Limit Omaha Tom Franklin $104,000 Erik Alps
$2,500 Omaha 8 or better Steve Badger $186,000 Larry Anderson
$3,000 Limit Hold'em Josh Arieh $202,800 Humberto Brenes
$3,500 No Limit Hold'em Mike Matusow $147,440 Alex Brenes
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Layne Flack $224,400 Matt Lefkowitz
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Eli Balas $220,000 Annie Duke
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Christina Pie $34,000 LaVonne Joyce
$1,500 Omaha 8 or better Mike Wattel $134,865 Ed Smith

Main Event

There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.From Wikipedia

Final table

Place Name Prize

1st Noel Furlong $1,000,000
2nd Alan Goehring $768,625
3rd Padraig Parkinson $489,125
4th Erik Seidel $279,500
5th Chris Bigler $212,420
6th Huck Seed $167,700