2001 World Series of Poker

2001 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 20 – May 19
Champion
Carlos Mortensen

The 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em	Travis Jonas	$40,200	Jae Kim
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Nani Dollison	$441,440	John Pires
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Chris Ferguson	$164,735	Men Nguyen
$1,500 Seven-card stud	Adam Roberts	$146,430	Sal Dimicelli
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$316,550	T. J. Cloutier
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Eddy Scharf	$83,810	Michael Davis
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Barry Shulman	$123,820	Dan Heimiller
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Galen Kester	$167,035	Dave Ulliott
$2,000 S.H.O.E.	David Pham	$140,455	Skip Wilson
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Jim Lester	$233,490	Alex Brenes
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Paul Darden	$147,440	Tom Franklin
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Burt Boutin	$193,800	Dave Ulliott
$1,500 Razz	Berry Johnston	$83,810	Mike Wattel
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Scotty Nguyen	$178,480	Jim Lester
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Rich Korbin	$159,080	Alex Papachatzakis
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball	Cliff Yamagawa	$73,915	David Danheiser
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Bob Slezak	$173,625	Tony Ma
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	Howard Lederer	$165,870	Freddy Deeb
$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz	$115,430	Garry Pollak
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Steve Zolotow	$243,335	Mike Magee
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Allen Cunningham	$201,760	Michael Danino
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Erik Seidel	$411,300	Johnny Chan
$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Scotty Nguyen	$207,580	Phil Hellmuth Jr
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Hemish Shah	$312,340	Tony Duong
$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud	Nani Dollison	$41,130	Patty Gallagher

Main Event

There were 613 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter, with the top 45 players finishing in the money. It was the largest poker tournament ever played in a non-online casino at the time. The 2001 Main Event was the first tournament in history to pay out at least $1,000,000 to two players. Phil Hellmuth made the final table and looked to become a two-time Main Event champion, but fell short in fifth place.

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Henry Nowakowski	1,076,000 (17.6%)	0	0	0
Carlos Mortensen	873,000 (14.2%)	0	1	$22,575
Phil Hellmuth	859,000 (14.0%)	7	31	$2,561,145
Mike Matusow	767,000 (12.5%)	1	5	$380,220
Phil Gordon	681,000 (11.1%)	0	2	$8,000
Stan Schrier	672,000 (11.0%)	0	0	0
Dewey Tomko	467,000 (7.6%)	3	27	$816,729
Steve Riehle	407,000 (6.6%)	0	0	0
John Inashima	328,000 (5.4%)	0	3	$22,128

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2001 Main Event.

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Carlos Mortensen	$1,500,000
2nd	Dewey Tomko	$1,098,925
3rd	Stan Schrier	$699,315
4th	Phil Gordon	$399,610
5th	Phil Hellmuth	$303,705
6th	Mike Matusow	$239,765
7th	Henry Nowakowski	$179,825
8th	Steve Riehle	$119,885
9th	John Inashima	$91,190

In The Money Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
11th	Daniel Negreanu	$63,940
20th	Kevin Song	$39,960
23rd	Jim Bechtel	$39,960
24th	Alex Brenes	$39,960
26th	John Esposito	$39,960
27th	Allen Cunningham	$39,960
29th	Mike Sexton	$30,000
30th	Chris Bjorin	$30,000
33rd	Barny Boatman	$30,000
37th	Billy Baxter	$20,000
42nd	Bill Gazes	$20,000
44th	David Pham	$20,000