World Series of Poker 2003

The World Series of Poker 2003 was the 34th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from April 15 to May 23, 2003 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The main event triggered a poker boom.

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

The Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas

competition	winner	Prize money (in $ )	Second
$ 500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold'em	David Lukaszewski	035,800	Paul Trieglaff
$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em	Mohammed Ibrahim	290.420	Jon Brody
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud	Toto Leonidas	098,760	Rallis Peter Tanagiotias
$ 2,000 Omaha High / Low	Chris Ferguson	123,680	Barry Bindelglass
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Jim Meehan	280,100	Guy Calvert
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	Prahlad Friedman	109,400	Bernd Rygol
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud High / Low	Minh Nguyen	106.020	Bob Mangino
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Erik Seidel	146,100	Men Nguyen
$ 2,000 HORSE	Doyle Brunson	084.080	Brian Haveson
$ 2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Seven Card Stud	Chris Ferguson	066,220	Diego Cordovez
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Phi Nguyen	222,800	Jim Miller
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	171,400	Young Phan
$ 2,500 Seven Card Stud	Michael Saltzburg	095,580	Mimi Tran
$ 5,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw	O'Neil Longson	147,680	Allen Cunningham
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	Johnny Chan	224,400	Surinder Sunar
$ 1,500 Limit Omaha	Eddy Sharp	063,600	Dave Colclough
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em	John Arrage	178,600	Kathy Liebert
$ 5,000 razz	Huck Seed	071,500	Phil Ivey
$ 2,500 Omaha High / Low	Layne Flack	119.260	Men Nguyen
$ 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Mickey Appleman	147.280	Brian Plona
$ 1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em	Ron Rose	130.060	Ron McMillan
$ 2,500 Seven Card Stud High / Low	John Juanda	130,200	Shahram Sheikhan
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Amir Vahedi	270,000	Cleve Haley
$ 2,000 SHOE	Daniel Negreanu	100,440	Jim Pechac
$ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Johnny Chan	158,100	Emmanuel Sebag
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em (Shootout)	Layne Flack	120,000	Annie Duke
$ 3,000 Limit Hold'em	Tom Jacobs	163,000	Jan Sjavik
$ 1,000 Ladies 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud	Barb Rugolo	040,700	JJ Liu
$ 1,500 Omaha High / Low	Frankie O'Dell	133,760	Bill Schonsheck
$ 3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Keith Lehr	225.040	Chris Ferguson
$ 5,000 Seven Card Stud	Men Nguyen	178,560	Mel Judah
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	410.860	Daniel Negreanu
$ 2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	John Juanda	203,840	O'Neil Longson
$ 5,000 Limit Hold'em	Carlos Mortensen	251.680	Mark Gregorich
$ 1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw	Men Nguyen	043,520	Keith Lehr

Main Event

Chris Moneymaker (2008)

→ Main article : 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 23, 2003. With Chris Moneymaker, an amateur won the main event, which triggered a poker boom (the so-called Moneymaker boom ) and more than tripled the number of participants in the following year . In the final hand he won with 5 ♦ 4 ♠ against Farha with J ♥ 10 ♦ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Chris Moneymaker	2,500,000
2		Sam Farha	1,300,000
3		Dan Harrington	0.650,000
4th		Jason Lester	0.440,000
5		Tomer Benvenisti	0.320,000
6th		Amir Vahedi	0.250,000
7th		Young Pak	0.200,000
8th		David Gray	0.160,000
9		David Singer	0.120,000

Web links

• World Series of Poker 2003 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 2003 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2003 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 8, 2015.