Main Event of the 1999 World Series of Poker

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The Main Event of the 1999 World Series of Poker was the main event of the 30th staging of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The main tournament of the World Series of Poker in No Limit Hold'em started on May 10th and ended with the final table on May 13th, 1999. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 393 participants had to pay a buy-in of US $ 10,000 each, and there were 36 paid places for them. Swiss Chris Bigler was the first German-speaking player to make the money in a WSOP main event.

Final table

Noel Furlong (2005)

The final table was played on May 13, 1999. In the final hand Furlong won with 5 5 against Goehring with 6 6 .

space origin player Prize money (in $ )
1 IrelandIreland Noel Furlong 1,000,000
2 United StatesUnited States Alan Goehring 0.768.625
3 IrelandIreland Padraig Parkinson 0.489.125
4th United StatesUnited States Erik Seidel 0.279,500
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Chris Bigler 0.212.420
6th United StatesUnited States Huck Seed 0.167,700

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1999 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 19, 2015 (English).