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The largest prize pool ever for an online poker tournament -- $27,559,500 -- will be at stake this week, as the main event of the World Series of Poker international series heads to the finish line.
Out of 5,802 buy-ins, 38 players have advanced to Saturday's final of the no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. American Bryan Piccioli is the chip leader with 18,517,494 entering Saturday's final. Michael 'All Love' Kane of Scotland is in second with 15,907,969.
The top four players will win more than a $1 million, with the champion earning $3,905,686.
Brazilian soccer star Neymar and former heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe were among the participants.
Kept out of Las Vegas by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Series of Poker moved online this summer. In July, it held a series of domestic events for U.S. players in New Jersey and Nevada, with Nahrain Tamero winning the main event.
The WSOP teamed with online poker platform GGPoker to offer the international series. Buy-ins for the international main event were $5,000, and players, who must be physically located in a jurisdiction that allows online poker, were allowed to enter a maximum of three times.
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Paul Burke, head of public relations for GGPoker, said some American players had traveled to Mexico or Canada to participate in the record-breaking tournament.
'Players from all corners of the world have been logging in and playing,' Burke told ESPN. 'We gave players all over the world, who maybe would've had to save up for years and years to go to Vegas or maybe never would've made it [to] Vegas, the chance to play in it.'
The first World Series of Poker was held in Las Vegas in 1970 and has since grown to the most prestigious poker tournament in the world. Last year's main event attracted 8,569 entries, generating an $80.5 million prize pool. This year's in-person tournament was slated to take place at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas but was postponed in April due to the pandemic, and has yet to be rescheduled.
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The 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.
The 2002 WSOP was historically notable for two reasons. The series was the first WSOP in which pocket cams were installed to allow broadcasters (on tape delay) to show the players' hole cards, although only for the Main Event (today, the cameras are used at most WSOP events), and it was also the last WSOP before the 2003 Main Event victory of amateur Chris Moneymaker helped launch the 2000s poker boom.
Preliminary events[edit]
| Event | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 Casino Employee's LimitHold'em | David Warga | $47,300 | Leon Wheeler |
| $2,000 Limit Hold'em | Mike Majerus | $407,120 | David Chiu |
| $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split | Perry Friedman | $176,860 | Greg Mascio |
| $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | Layne Flack | $303,880 | Tom Jacobs |
| $1,500 Seven Card Stud | Phil Ivey | $132,000 | Toto Leonidas |
| $1,500 Limit Omaha | John Cernuto | $73,320 | Randy Holland |
| $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split | Paul Clark | $125,200 | Andrew Prock |
| $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | Jack Duncan | $192,560 | Lindy Chambers |
| $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Gold Bracelet Match Play | Johnny Chan | $34,000 | Phil Hellmuth Jr. |
| $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. | John Hennigan | $117,320 | Ben Tang |
| $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | Jay Sipelstein | $150,240 | Barny Boatman |
| $2,500 Seven Card Stud | Dan Torla | $115,600 | Bill Gibbs |
| $3,000 Limit Hold'em | John Hom | $174,840 | Benny Wan |
| $1,500 Razz | Billy Baxter | $64,860 | Chico Flynn |
| $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha | Jan Vang Sørensen | $185,000 | Brent Carter |
| $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo | Phil Ivey | $118,440 | Sirous Baghchehsaraie |
| $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | Fred Berger | $197,400 | Chris Ferguson |
| $1,500 Ace to Five Lowball | Thor Hansen | $62,600 | Brian Nadell |
| $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | Layne Flack | $268,020 | Johnny Chan |
| $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split | Eddie Fishman | $135,360 | Doug Saab |
| $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em | John McIntosh | $177,380 | Mel Weiner |
| $5,000 Seven Card Stud | Qushqar Morad | $172,960 | Steven Banks |
| $2,000 S.H.O.E. | Phil Ivey | $107,540 | Diego Cordovez |
| $5,000 Limit Hold'em | Jennifer Harman | $221,440 | Brian Green |
| $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout | Joel Chaseman | $96,400 | Gene Timberlake |
| $1,000 Ladies' Championship | Catherine Brown | $39,880 | Marie Sohn |
| $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | Robert Williamson III | $201,160 | Patrick Bruel |
| $1,500 Limit Hold'em | Meng La | $190,920 | Steve Kaufman |
| $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split | Mike Matusow | $148,520 | Daniel Negreanu |
| $3,000 No Limit Hold'em | Randal Heeb | $367,240 | Sherman Burry |
| $2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud | Dan Heimiller | $108,300 | Ram Vaswani |
| $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw No Limit | Allen Cunningham | $160,200 | O'Neil Longson |
| $2,500 Deuce to Seven Draw No Limit | Kevin Malone | $82,200 | Mose |
| $1,000 Seniors' No Limit Championship | Bill Swan | $134,000 | Mike Sexton |
| $1,500 Triple Draw Lowball Ace to Five | John Juanda | $49,620 | Paul Phillips |
Main Event[edit]
There were 631 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament (by prize pool) ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time.
Final table[edit]
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets* | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Shipley | 2,033,000 (32.2%) | 0 | 5 | $37,270 |
| Russell Rosenblum | 927,000 (14.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Perry | 766,000 (12.1%) | 0 | 6 | $43,780 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 640,000 (10.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minh Ly | 614,000 (9.7%) | 0 | 2 | $62,155 |
| Scott Gray | 545,000 (8.6%) | 0 | 1 | $12,200 |
| Julian Gardner | 394,000 (6.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Duong | 231,000 (3.7%) | 0 | 5 | $224,000 |
| Harley Hall | 161,000 (2.6%) | 0 | 2 | $25,260 |
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2002 Main Event.
Final table results[edit]
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Varkonyi | $2,000,000 |
| 2nd | Julian Gardner | $1,100,000 |
| 3rd | Ralph Perry | $550,000 |
| 4th | Scott Gray | $281,480 |
| 5th | Harley Hall | $195,000 |
| 6th | Russell Rosenblum | $150,000 |
| 7th | John Shipley | $125,000 |
| 8th | Tony Duong | $100,000 |
| 9th | Minh Ly | $85,000 |
Note: Phil Hellmuth, as part of ESPN's broadcast team, during the first hour of their final table coverage said he would shave his head if Robert Varkonyi won the tournament. At the conclusion of the tournament, Hellmuth is seen having his head shaved.
Other high finishes[edit]
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 13th | Martin de Knijff | $60,000 |
| 14th | Yoshio Nakano | $60,000 |
| 23rd | Phil Ivey | $40,000 |
| 24th | Minh Nguyen | $40,000 |
In pop culture[edit]
In 'Casino Night', the 22nd episode of the second season of the American comedytelevision seriesThe Office, it is revealed that Kevin Malone, a character on the show, won a World Series of Poker bracelet for No-Limit Deuce-Seven Triple Draw in 2002.[1]
References[edit]
- ^Holloway, Chad. 'The Office's Brian Baumgartner Talks Kevin Malone'. Retrieved 2 May 2017.