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$500 Casino Employee's Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Hold'em	Dave Alizadeh	$21,800	Von Huang
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Tony Ma Tony Ma Tony Ma is an United States professional poker player.Born Hieu Ngoc Ma, he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit....	$367,040	Roman Abinsay
$1,500 Seven-card stud Seven-card stud Seven-card stud is a List of poker variants of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country....	Jerri Thomas	$135,825	Bill Gibes
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Ivo Donev Ivo Donev Ivo Donev is an Austrian professional chess and poker player....	$85,800	Thor Hansen Thor Hansen Thor Hansen is a professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas, Nevada in the mid 1990s....
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Randy Holland Randy Holland Randy Holland is a former Lawyer turned professional poker player.Following his graduation from Florida State University, Holland worked for the state of Florida....	$120,990	Eli Balas Eli Balas Eli Balas is an United States professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Balas has won 3 bracelets at the World Series of Poker ....
$1,500 Pot Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Omaha	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	$179,400	Josh Arieh Josh Arieh Josh Arieh is an United States professional poker player. Arieh has been competing in poker competitions since 1999. He is married to Angela Arieh, with whom he has three children....
$1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Nat Koe	$160,950	Brent Carter Brent Carter Brent R. Carter is an United States professional poker player from Oak Park, Illinois.Carter first finished poker jargon#i of a World Series of Poker event in 1991 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 seven-card stud event....
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Diego Cordovez	$293,040	Dave Ulliott Dave Ulliott David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an England professional gambling and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Kingston upon Hull Organized crime, but went on to become a World Series of Poker WSOP bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of poker on television....
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	$151,000	Al Decarlo
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jimmy Athanas	$173,900	Dave Colclough Dave Colclough *David E. "El Blondie"* Colclough** is a Wales professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England....
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Chris Tsiprailidis Chris Tsiprailidis "Syracuse" Chris Tsiprailidis is a professional poker player, based in Syracuse, New York, New York.Before turning to poker as his career, Tsiprailidis worked as a chef and as a football player....	$213,600	Ed Smith
$5,000 No Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Deuce to Seven Draw Draw (poker) A poker player is drawing if he has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	$146,250	Lyle Berman Lyle Berman Lyle Berman is a professional poker player and business executive....
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Joe Wynn	$129,000	Andreas Krause
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	$195,000	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston Amarillo Slim Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. , known as Amarillo Slim, is a professional gambler, famous for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the main event at the 1972 World Series of Poker....
$1,500 Ace to Five Lowball Lowball (poker) Some forms of poker, often called lowball, sometimes called low poker, reward poor poker hands . There are four common variations on this idea, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether or not Rank of hands #Straights and Rank of hands #Flushes are used....	Richard Dunberg	$76,200	Roger Van Driesen
$2,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Michael Sohayegh	$160,000	Hasan Habib Hasan Habib Hasan Habib is a Pakistani American professional poker player.During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National Tennis Champion....
$1,500 Razz Razz (poker) Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low . The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt....	Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....	$77,400	John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia is an United States professional poker player from Lighthouse Point, Florida.Spadavecchia has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since the 1980s, with his first finish poker jargon#i of a World Series of Poker event coming in the 1988 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 betting Texas hold 'em main event wher...
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Mike Carson	$222,000	Jack Ward
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	David Chiu David Chiu David Chiu may refer to:David Chiu , a professional poker player based in California, United States.David Chiu , President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the United States....	$202,000	Ken Flaton Ken Flaton Ken Flaton was an United States professional poker player who was born in New York City, New York and settled in Henderson, Nevada, Nevada after serving in the US Army....
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Chris Bjorin Chris Bjorin Christer Bj?rin is a Sweden professional poker player, now based in London, England.Bj?rin has been a regular at the World Series of Poker since the early 1990s, and has won two WSOP bracelets....	$334,110	Paul Evans
$5,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	$198,000	Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an United States professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally....
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz Jay Heimowitz Jay B. Heimowitz is an United States Jewish poker player from Bethel, New York, New York. Jay was one of the original players that helped establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house....	$284,000	Melissa Hayden Melissa Hayden (poker player) Melissa Hayden is a professional poker player.As of 2008, Hayden's live tournament winnings exceed $890,000. Her biggest return to date was the 2000 World Series of Poker limit Texas hold 'em event, where she finished in second place, winning $142,000....
$1,000 1/2 Limit Hold'em, 1/2 Seven Card Stud Ladies' Championship	Nani Dollison Nani Dollison Kun Nan "Nani" Dollison is an United States professional poker player from Hernando, Mississippi is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner....	$53,200	Martine Oules
Charity Media Tournament	Tim Ellis	$5,000	Jack Ring

e were 512 entrants to the main event.

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The 2000 World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
(WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe

Binion's Horseshoe, also known as the Horseshoe Casino or simply The Horseshoe, was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada on what is now the Fremont Street Experience....
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Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$500 Casino Employee's Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Hold'em	Dave Alizadeh	$21,800	Von Huang
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Tony Ma Tony Ma Tony Ma is an United States professional poker player.Born Hieu Ngoc Ma, he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit....	$367,040	Roman Abinsay
$1,500 Seven-card stud Seven-card stud Seven-card stud is a List of poker variants of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country....	Jerri Thomas	$135,825	Bill Gibes
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Ivo Donev Ivo Donev Ivo Donev is an Austrian professional chess and poker player....	$85,800	Thor Hansen Thor Hansen Thor Hansen is a professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas, Nevada in the mid 1990s....
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Randy Holland Randy Holland Randy Holland is a former Lawyer turned professional poker player.Following his graduation from Florida State University, Holland worked for the state of Florida....	$120,990	Eli Balas Eli Balas Eli Balas is an United States professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Balas has won 3 bracelets at the World Series of Poker ....
$1,500 Pot Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Omaha	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	$179,400	Josh Arieh Josh Arieh Josh Arieh is an United States professional poker player. Arieh has been competing in poker competitions since 1999. He is married to Angela Arieh, with whom he has three children....
$1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Nat Koe	$160,950	Brent Carter Brent Carter Brent R. Carter is an United States professional poker player from Oak Park, Illinois.Carter first finished poker jargon#i of a World Series of Poker event in 1991 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 seven-card stud event....
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Diego Cordovez	$293,040	Dave Ulliott Dave Ulliott David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an England professional gambling and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Kingston upon Hull Organized crime, but went on to become a World Series of Poker WSOP bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of poker on television....
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	$151,000	Al Decarlo
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jimmy Athanas	$173,900	Dave Colclough Dave Colclough *David E. "El Blondie"* Colclough** is a Wales professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England....
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Chris Tsiprailidis Chris Tsiprailidis "Syracuse" Chris Tsiprailidis is a professional poker player, based in Syracuse, New York, New York.Before turning to poker as his career, Tsiprailidis worked as a chef and as a football player....	$213,600	Ed Smith
$5,000 No Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.... Deuce to Seven Draw Draw (poker) A poker player is drawing if he has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	$146,250	Lyle Berman Lyle Berman Lyle Berman is a professional poker player and business executive....
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Joe Wynn	$129,000	Andreas Krause
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	$195,000	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston Amarillo Slim Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. , known as Amarillo Slim, is a professional gambler, famous for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the main event at the 1972 World Series of Poker....
$1,500 Ace to Five Lowball Lowball (poker) Some forms of poker, often called lowball, sometimes called low poker, reward poor poker hands . There are four common variations on this idea, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether or not Rank of hands #Straights and Rank of hands #Flushes are used....	Richard Dunberg	$76,200	Roger Van Driesen
$2,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Michael Sohayegh	$160,000	Hasan Habib Hasan Habib Hasan Habib is a Pakistani American professional poker player.During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National Tennis Champion....
$1,500 Razz Razz (poker) Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low . The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt....	Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....	$77,400	John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia is an United States professional poker player from Lighthouse Point, Florida.Spadavecchia has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since the 1980s, with his first finish poker jargon#i of a World Series of Poker event coming in the 1988 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 betting Texas hold 'em main event wher...
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Mike Carson	$222,000	Jack Ward
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	David Chiu David Chiu David Chiu may refer to:David Chiu , a professional poker player based in California, United States.David Chiu , President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the United States....	$202,000	Ken Flaton Ken Flaton Ken Flaton was an United States professional poker player who was born in New York City, New York and settled in Henderson, Nevada, Nevada after serving in the US Army....
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Chris Bjorin Chris Bjorin Christer Bj?rin is a Sweden professional poker player, now based in London, England.Bj?rin has been a regular at the World Series of Poker since the early 1990s, and has won two WSOP bracelets....	$334,110	Paul Evans
$5,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	$198,000	Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an United States professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally....
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz Jay Heimowitz Jay B. Heimowitz is an United States Jewish poker player from Bethel, New York, New York. Jay was one of the original players that helped establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house....	$284,000	Melissa Hayden Melissa Hayden (poker player) Melissa Hayden is a professional poker player.As of 2008, Hayden's live tournament winnings exceed $890,000. Her biggest return to date was the 2000 World Series of Poker limit Texas hold 'em event, where she finished in second place, winning $142,000....
$1,000 1/2 Limit Hold'em, 1/2 Seven Card Stud Ladies' Championship	Nani Dollison Nani Dollison Kun Nan "Nani" Dollison is an United States professional poker player from Hernando, Mississippi is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner....	$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.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	$1,500,000
2nd	T. J. Cloutier T. J. Cloutier Thomas James Cloutier is a professional poker player from Albany, California. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006....	$896,500
3rd	Steve Kaufman	$570,500
4th	Hasan Habib Hasan Habib Hasan Habib is a Pakistani American professional poker player.During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National Tennis Champion....	$326,000
5th	James McManus James McManus James "Jim" McManus is an United States poker player, teacher and writer living in Kenilworth, Illinois....	$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 Jeff Shulman Jeff Shulman is the editor of Card Player Magazine, and an United States poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the son of Jan Shulman and Barry Shulman...	$146,700
8th	Tom Franklin Tom Franklin "Captain" Tom Franklin is an United States professional poker player born in Fresno, California.Franklin's poker career began in the 1970s. His first In the money cash at the World Series of Poker occurred in 1990 World Series of Poker, finishing 24th in the $10,000 betting hold'em championship event....	$97,800
9th	Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman is an United States professional poker player and sports betting, now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey, New Jersey.Appleman grew up in Long Island, where he was both a strong sportsman and academic, eventually receiving a MBA in statistics....	$74,980
10th	Annie Duke Annie Duke Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a WSOP bracelet the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions where she earned the winner-takes-all prize of $2,000,000....	$52,160
12th	Mike Sexton Mike Sexton Michael Sexton is an United States professional poker player and commentator....	$52,160
16th	Barny Boatman Barny Boatman Barny M. P. Boatman , is an English professional poker player and the oldest member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob. He is the older brother of Ross Boatman, and resides in Archway, London....	$39,120
17th	Kathy Liebert Kathy Liebert Kathleen H. Liebert is an United States professional poker player. She is the first woman ever to win a tournament with a first prize of $1,000,000....	$39,120
25th	Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes is a professional poker player. Brenes resides in San Jos?, Costa Rica with his wife and three children.Brenes began his career in gambling by playing baccarat, but later made his way into poker....	$32,600