World Poker Tour season 1 results

Below are the results of season 1 of the World Poker Tour (2002–2003).

Results

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Five Diamond World Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Bellagio, Paradise, Nevada[1]
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: May 27, 2002 to June 1, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 146
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,391,180
  • Number of Payouts: 18
  • Winning Hand: K-K
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Gus Hansen $556,460
2nd John Juanda $278,240
3rd Freddy Deeb $139,120
4th John Hennigan $83,472
5th Chris Bigler $62,604
6th Scotty Nguyen $48,692
7th Eli Balas $34,780
8th Martin Corpuz $27,724
9th David Levi $22,261
10th Paul McKinney $16,694
11th Michael Sukonik $16,694
12th Amir Vahedi $16,694
13th Tony Cousineau $15,303
14th Hamid Dastmalchi $15,303
15th Peter Vilandos $15,303
16th Todd Brunson $13,912
17th Marsha Waggoner $13,912
18th Jonathan Kaplan $13,912

Legends of Poker

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  • Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles [1]
  • Buy-in: $5,000
  • 2-Day Event: August 30, 2002 to August 31, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 134
  • Total Prize Pool: $583,380
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: Q-Q
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Chris Karagulleyan $258,000
2nd Hon Le $122,550
3rd Stan Goldstein $61,270
4th Mark Seif $38,700
5th Can Kim Hua $29,025
6th Kathy Liebert $22,575
7th Paul Darden $16,125
8th Phil Hellmuth Jr $12,900
9th Scott Brayerr $11,285
10th Paul Zibits $10,950

Ultimate Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Palm Beach, Aruba
  • Buy-in: $300[2]
  • 2-Day Event: October 9, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 100
  • Total Prize Pool: $74,400
  • Number of Payouts:4
  • Winning Hand: A-J
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Juha Helppi $50,000
2nd Anssi Tuulivirda $10,400
3rd Kathy Liebert $8,000
4th Woody Moore $6,000

Costa Rica Classic

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  • Casino: Casinos Europa, San José[1]
  • Buy-in: $500 w/ $500 Re-buys
  • 1-Day Event: October 19, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 134
  • Total Prize Pool: $234,858
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: J-J
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Jose Rosenkrantz $108,730
2nd Jamie Ligator $45,000
3rd Luis Milanes $25,120
4th Dewey Tomko $14,650
5th Jamie Anteneloff $11,510
6th R.A. Head $9,420

Gold Rush

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  • Casino: Lucky Chances Casino, Colma, California[1]
  • Buy-in: $3,000
  • 2-Day Event: November 10, 2002 to November 11, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 152
  • Total Prize Pool: $456,000
  • Number of Payouts: 18
  • Winning Hand: Q-8
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Paul Darden $146,000
2nd Chris Bigler $88,000
3rd Antonio Esfandiari $44,000
4th Phil Hellmuth $34,000
5th Vince Burgio $26,000
6th Tommy Garza $21,000

World Poker Finals

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Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Howard Lederer $320,400
2nd Layne Flack $186,900
3rd Andy Bloch $102,350
4th Phil Ivey $75,650
5th Peter Giordano $57,850
6th Ron Rose $44,500

World Poker Open

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  • Casino: Binion's Horseshoe, Tunica, Mississippi[1]
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 4-Day Event: January 28, 2003 to January 31, 2003
  • Number of Entries: 160
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,600,000
  • Number of Payouts: 27
  • Winning Hand: 6-5
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Dave Ulliott $589,175
2nd Phil Ivey $290,130
3rd Johnny Donaldson $145,065
4th Buddy Williams $91,620
5th Jeremy Tinsley $68,715
6th Tommy Grimes $53,445

Euro Finals of Poker

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  • Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris [1]
  • Buy-in: €10,000 ($10,790)
  • 3-Day Event: February 12, 2003 to February 15, 2003
  • Number of Entries: 86
  • Total Prize Pool: €831,000 ($894,510)
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand: K-2
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Christer Johansson €500,000 ($538,213)
2nd Claude Cohen €160,000 ($172,228)
3rd Allen Cunningham €80,000 ($86,114)
4th Jacques Durand €32,000 ($34,446)
5th Tony G €16,000 ($17,223)
6th Alain Hagege €13,000 ($13,994)

L.A. Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles [1]
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 4-Day Event: February 21, 2003 to February 24, 2003
  • Number of Entries: 136
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,360,000
  • Number of Payouts: 20
  • Winning Hand: A-J
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Gus Hansen $532,490
2nd Daniel Rentzer $253,595
3rd Andy Bloch $125,460
4th David Pham $80,080
5th Steven Shkolnik $53,390
6th Bob Stupak $46,715

Party Poker Million

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  • Buy-in: $5,300 [1]
  • 1-Day Event: March 6, 2003
  • Number of Entries: 177
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,013,800
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand: 10-3
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Howard Lederer $289,150
2nd Chip Jett $175,900
3rd Joe Simpkins $105,540
4th Maureen Feduniak $79,155
5th Tim Lark $52,770
6th Daniel Coupal $43,975

World Poker Challenge

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  • Casino: Reno Hilton, Reno[1]
  • Buy-in: $5,000
  • 3-Day Event: March 31, 2003 to April 2, 2003
  • Number of Entries: 87
  • Total Prize Pool: $421,746
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand: K-Q
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Ron Rose $168,298
2nd Cal Dykes $96,772
3rd Tony Le $50,490
4th Paul Magriel $29,452
5th Mark Edwards $23,140
6th T. J. Cloutier $18,934

WPT Championship

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  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas [1]
  • Buy-in: $25,000
  • 5-Day Event: April 14, 2003 to April 18, 2003
  • Number of Entries: 111
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,691,750
  • Number of Payouts: 28
  • Winning Hand: 8-5
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Alan Goehring $1,011,886
2nd Kirill Gerasimov $506,625
3rd Phil Ivey $253,313
4th Doyle Brunson $159,987
5th Ted Forrest $119,990
6th James Hoeppner $93,326

Other Events

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During season 1 of the WPT there was one special event that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings:

  • The WPT Invitational – February 25–26, 2003 – Commerce Casino – postscript to Event #8: L.A. Poker Classic

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "World Poker Tour Season 1 results". theHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  2. ^ "Ultimate Bet Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em Main Event - WPT: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2024-11-12.