2001 World Series of Poker

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

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

There were 25 preliminary bracelet events at the 2001 World Series of Poker.^[1] Phil Hellmuth became the third player in WSOP history to win seven career bracelets.

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	April 20, 2001	$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em	224	Travis Jonas (1/1)	$40,200	Jae Kim	Results
2	April 21, 2001	$2,000 Limit Hold'em	615	Nani Dollison (1/2)	$441,440	John Pires	Results
3	April 22, 2001	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	306	Chris Ferguson (1/3)	$164,735	Men Nguyen (0/4)	Results
4	April 23, 2001	$1,500 Seven-card stud	272	Adam Roberts (1/1)	$146,430	Sal Dimicelli	Results
5	April 24, 2001	$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	441	Phil Hellmuth (1/7)	$316,550	T. J. Cloutier (0/4)	Results
6	April 25, 2001	$1,500 Limit Omaha	144	Eddy Scharf (1/1)	$83,810	Michael Davis	Results
7	April 26, 2001	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	230	Barry Shulman (1/1)	$123,820	Dan Heimiller	Results
8	April 27, 2001	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	145	Galen Kester (1/1)	$167,035	Dave Ulliott (0/1)	Results
9	April 28, 2001	$2,000 S.H.O.E.	181	David Pham (1/1)	$140,455	Skip Wilson	Results
10	April 29, 2001	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	192	Jim Lester (1/1)	$233,490	Alex Brenes	Results
11	April 30, 2001	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	152	Paul Darden (1/1)	$147,440	Tom Franklin (0/1)	Results
12	May 1, 2001	$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	270	Burt Boutin (1/1)	$193,800	Dave Ulliott (0/1)	Results
13	May 2, 2001	$1,500 Razz	144	Berry Johnston (1/5)	$83,810	Mike Wattel (0/1)	Results
14	May 3, 2001	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	102	Scotty Nguyen (1/3)	$178,480	Jim Lester (0/1)	Results
15	May 4, 2001	$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	164	Rich Korbin (1/1)	$159,080	Alex Papachatzakis	Results
16	May 5, 2001	$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball	127	Cliff Yamagawa (1/1)	$73,915	David Danheiser	Results
17	May 6, 2001	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	179	Bob Slezak (1/1)	$173,625	Tony Ma (0/2)	Results
18	May 7, 2001	$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	33	Howard Lederer (1/2)	$165,870	Freddy Deeb (0/1)	Results
19	May 7, 2001	$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em	340	Jay Heimowitz (1/6)	$115,430	Garry Pollak	Results
20	May 8, 2001	$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	226	Steve Zolotow (1/2)	$243,335	Mike Magee	Results
21	May 9, 2001	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	104	Allen Cunningham (1/1)	$201,760	Michael Danino	Results
22	May 10, 2001	$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	382	Erik Seidel (1/5)	$411,300	Johnny Chan (0/6)	Results
23	May 11, 2001	$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	107	Scotty Nguyen (1/2)	$207,580	Phil Hellmuth (0/7)	Results
24	May 12, 2001	$5,000 Limit Hold'em	161	Hemish Shah (1/1)	$312,340	Tony Duong	Results
25	May 13, 2001	$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud	106	Nani Dollison (2/3)	$41,130	Patty Gallagher	Results
26	May 14, 2001	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	613	Carlos Mortensen (1/1)	$1,500,000	Dewey Tomko (0/3)	Results

Main Event

There were 613 entrants to the main event.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

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