1999 World Series of Poker

1999 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 26 – May 15
Champion
Noel Furlong

The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Charles Brahmi (1/1)	$338,000	John Bonetti (0/3)
$1,500 Razz	Paul Clark (1/2)	$84,610	Simon Zhang
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	John Esposito (1/1)	$219,225	Mimi Tran
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	David Grey (1/1)	$199,000	Eli Balas (0/1)
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Hassan Kamoei (1/1)	$173,000	Norbert Hoelting
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Ron Long (1/1)	$170,000	Brian Nadell
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Eric Holum (1/1)	$283,975	Ted Forrest (0/3)
$2,500 Limit Omaha	Tom Franklin (1/1)	$104,000	Erik Alps
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Steve Badger (1/1)	$186,000	Larry Anderson
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Josh Arieh (1/1)	$202,800	Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$3,500 No Limit Hold'em	Mike Matusow (1/1)	$265,475	Alex Brenes
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Layne Flack (1/1)	$224,400	Matt Lefkowitz
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Eli Balas (1/2)	$220,000	Annie Duke
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Mike Wattel (1/1)	$134,865	Ed Smith
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Christina Pie (1/1)	$34,000	LaVonne Joyce

Main Event

There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. At the 1999 Main Event final table, Huck Seed was attempting to become a two-time World Champion. His attempt fell short as he was eliminated in sixth place.

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Noel Furlong	1,544,000 (39.2%)	0	2	$70,785
Alan Goehring	828,000 (21.0%)	0	2	$68,005
Padraig Parkinson	674,000 (17.1%)	0	0	0
Huck Seed	402,000 (10.2%)	2	14	$1,447,144
Chris Bigler	319,000 (8.1%)	0	0	0
Erik Seidel	167,000 (4.2%)	4	20	$1,297,646

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1999 Main Event.

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Noel Furlong (1/1)	$1,000,000
2nd	Alan Goehring	$768,625
3rd	Padraig Parkinson	$489,125
4th	Erik Seidel (0/4)	$279,500
5th	Chris Bigler	$212,420
6th	Huck Seed (0/2)	$167,700

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
12th	Randy Holland (0/1)	$44,720
16th	James Van Alstyne	$33,540
19th	John Hennigan	$27,950
21st	Hal Kant (0/1)	$27,950

External links

• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker