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 Alizadeth $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 Gibbs
$1,500 Limit Omaha Ivo Donev $85,800 Thor Hansen
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better Randy Holland $120,990 Eli Balas
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Johnny Chan $179,400 Josh Arieh
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better 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 w/Rebuys Jennifer Harman $146,250 Lyle Berman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better Joe Wynn $129,000 Andreas Krause
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Phil Ivey $195,000 Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball Richard Dunberg $76,200 Roger Van Driesen
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better 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 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better Howard Lederer $198,000 Allen Cunningham
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Jay Heimowitz $284,000 Melissa Hayden
$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud 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. The 2000 Main Event was the first time the total entries of the Main Event surpassed 500 players.

Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip lead when starting his heads-up against Cloutier. After a back-and-forth 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.

Final table

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets*
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Chris Ferguson 2,853,000 (55.7%) 1 15 $328,476
James McManus 554,000 (10.8%) 0 0 0
Roman Abinsay 521,000 (10.2%) 0 1 $188,480
Steve Kaufman 511,000 (10.0%) 0 0 0
Hasan Habib 464,000 (9.1%) 0 3 $95,245
T. J. Cloutier 216,000 (4.2%) 4 32 $1,748,616

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2000 Main Event.

Final table results

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

Other High Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
7th Jeff Shulman $146,700
8th Tom Franklin $97,800
9th Mickey Appleman $74,980
10th Annie Duke $52,160
12th Mike Sexton $52,160
16th Barny Boatman $39,120
17th Kathy Liebert $39,120
25th Humberto Brenes $32,600
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