2000 World Series of Poker

The 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up

$500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold'em Dave Alizadeh $21,800 Von Huang
$2,000 Limit Hold'em Tony Ma $367,040 Roman Abinsay
$1,500 Seven-card stud Jerri Thomas $135,825 Bill Gibes
$1,500 Limit Omaha Ivo Donev $85,800 Thor Hansen
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Randy Holland $120,990 Eli Balas
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Johnny Chan $179,400 Josh Arieh
$1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Nat Koe $160,950 Brent Carter
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Diego Cordovez $293,040 Dave Ulliott
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Chris Ferguson $151,000 Al Decarlo
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Jimmy Athanas $173,900 Dave Colclough
$3,000 Limit Hold'em Chris Tsiprailidis $213,600 Ed Smith
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Jennifer Harman $146,250 Lyle Berman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Joe Wynn $129,000 Andreas Krause
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Phil Ivey $195,000 Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston
$1,500 Ace to Five Lowball Richard Dunberg $76,200 Roger Van Driesen
$2,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Michael Sohayegh $160,000 Hasan Habib
$1,500 Razz Huck Seed $77,400 John Spadavecchia
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Mike Carson $222,000 Jack Ward
$5,000 Seven Card Stud David Chiu $202,000 Ken Flaton
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Chris Bjorin $334,110 Paul Evans
$5,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Howard Lederer $198,000 Allen Cunningham
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Jay Heimowitz $284,000 Melissa Hayden
$1,000 1/2 Limit Hold'em, 1/2 Seven Card Stud Ladies' Championship Nani Dollison $53,200 Martine Oules
Charity Media Tournament Tim Ellis $5,000 Jack Ring

Main Event

There were 512 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip lead when starting his heads-up vs Cloutier. After a see-saw battle, Ferguson decided to call Cloutier's AQ all-in with his own A9. When a 9 appeared on the river, Ferguson had beaten the tournament favourite and poker legend, and would go on to become one of the most celebrated legends of poker himself.From Wikipedia

Final table

Place Name Prize

1st Chris Ferguson $1,500,000
2nd T. J. Cloutier $896,500
3rd Steve Kaufman $570,500
4th Hasan Habib $326,000
5th James McManus $247,760
6th Roman Abinsay $195,600