2001 World Series of Poker


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

Preliminary events

Main Event

There were 613 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what 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

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
PlaceNamePrize
11thDaniel Negreanu$63,940
20thKevin Song$39,960
23rdJim Bechtel$39,960
24thAlex Brenes$39,960
26thJohn Esposito$39,960
27thAllen Cunningham$39,960
29thMike Sexton$30,000
30thChris Bjorin$30,000