2000 World Series of Poker

2000 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 22 – May 23
Champion
Chris Ferguson

The 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

There were 23 preliminary bracelet events at the 2000 World Series of Poker. Future Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey won his first career bracelet.

#	Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
1	$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em	Dave Alizadeth (1/1)	$21,800	Von Huang
2	$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Tony Ma (1/2)	$367,040	Roman Abinsay
3	$1,500 Seven-card stud	Jerri Thomas (1/1)	$135,825	Bill Gibbs
4	$1,500 Limit Omaha	Ivo Donev (1/1)	$85,800	Thor Hansen (0/1)
5	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Randy Holland (1/2)	$120,990	Eli Balas (0/2)
6	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Johnny Chan (1/6)	$179,400	Josh Arieh (0/1)
7	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Nat Koe (1/1)	$160,950	Brent Carter (0/2)
8	$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Diego Cordovez (1/1)	$293,040	Dave Ulliott (0/1)
9	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Chris Ferguson (1/1)	$151,000	Al Decarlo
10	$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jimmy Athanas (1/1)	$173,900	Dave Colclough
11	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Chris Tsiprailidis (1/1)	$213,600	Ed Smith
12	$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	Jennifer Harman (1/1)	$146,250	Lyle Berman (0/3)
13	$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Joe Wynn (1/1)	$129,000	Andreas Krause
14	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Phil Ivey (1/1)	$195,000	Amarillo Slim (0/4)
15	$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball	Richard Dunberg (1/1)	$76,200	Roger Van Driesen
16	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Michael Sohayegh (1/1)	$160,000	Hasan Habib
17	$1,500 Razz	Huck Seed (1/3)	$77,400	John Spadavecchia (0/1)
18	$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Mike Carson (1/1)	$222,000	Jack Ward
19	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	David Chiu (1/3)	$202,000	Ken Flaton (0/1)
20	$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Chris Bjorin (1/2)	$334,110	Paul Evans
21	$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Howard Lederer (1/1)	$198,000	Allen Cunningham
22	$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz (1/5)	$284,000	Melissa Hayden
24	$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud	Nani Dollison (1/1)	$53,200	Martine Oules
23	Charity Media Tournament	Tim Ellis	$5,000	Jack Ring

Main Event

There were 512 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 45 players finishing in the money. The 2000 Main Event was the first time the total entries of the Main Event surpassed 500 players.

Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip lead when starting his heads-up against Cloutier. After a back-and-forth battle, Ferguson decided to call Cloutier's AQ all-in with his own A9. When a 9 appeared on the river, Ferguson had beaten the tournament favourite.

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Chris Ferguson	2,853,000 (55.7%)	1	15	$328,476
James McManus	554,000 (10.8%)	0	0	0
Roman Abinsay	521,000 (10.2%)	0	1	$188,480
Steve Kaufman	511,000 (10.0%)	0	0	0
Hasan Habib	464,000 (9.1%)	0	3	$95,245
T. J. Cloutier	216,000 (4.2%)	4	32	$1,748,616

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2000 Main Event.

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chris Ferguson	$1,500,000
2nd	T. J. Cloutier	$896,500
3rd	Steve Kaufman	$570,500
4th	Hasan Habib	$326,000
5th	James McManus	$247,760
6th	Roman Abinsay	$195,600

In The Money Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Jeff Shulman	$146,700
8th	Tom Franklin	$97,800
9th	Mickey Appleman	$74,980
10th	Annie Duke	$52,160
12th	Mike Sexton	$52,160
16th	Barny Boatman	$39,120
17th	Kathy Liebert	$39,120
25th	Humberto Brenes	$32,600
31st	Barry Greenstein	$25,000
32nd	Alan Boston	$25,000
38th	Mel Judah	$15,000
42nd	John Shipley	$15,000

External links

• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker