2001 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the 2001 World Series of Poker was the main event of the 32nd of 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 14th and ended with the final table on May 18, 2001. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 613 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were 45 paid places for them.

German-speaking participants

The following German-speaking participants were able to place themselves in the money:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
07th		Henry Nowakowski	179,825
38		Alexander Dietrich	020,000

Final table

Carlos Mortensen (2007)

The final table was played for the first time on May 18, 2001 with nine instead of only six players. In the final hand Mortensen won with K ♣ Q ♣ against Tomko with A ♠ A ♥ . Henry Nowakowski, who was born in Frankfurt, was the first German player to sit at the final table. His seventh place is the third-best place that a German achieved in the main event.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Carlos Mortensen	1,500,000
2		Dewey Tomko	1,098,925
3		Stan Schrier	0.699.315
4th		Phil Gordon	0.399.610
5		Phil Hellmuth	0.303.705
6th		Mike Matusow	0.239.765
7th		Henry Nowakowski	0.179,825
8th		Steve Riehle	0.119,885
9		John Inashima	0.091,910

Web links

• 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2001 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 18, 2015 (English).