Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2002

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2002 was the main tournament of the 33rd edition 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 20 and ended with the final table on May 24, 2002. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 631 participants had to pay a buy-in of US $ 10,000 each, and there were 45 paid places for them.

German-speaking participants

The Austrian Siegfried Stockinger ended up as the only German-speaking participant in the money. He finished 17th and took $ 50,000 for it.

Final table

Robert Varkonyi (2009)

The final table was played on May 24, 2002. In the final hand, Varkonyi won with Q ♦ 10 ♠ against Gardner with J ♣ 8 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Robert Varkonyi	2,000,000
2		Julian Gardner	1,100,000
3		Ralph Perry	0.550,000
4th		Scott Gray	0.281,480
5		Harley Hall	0.195,000
6th		Russell Rosenblum	0.150,000
7th		John Shipley	0.125,000
8th		Tam Minh Duong	0.100,000
9		Minh Ly	0.085,000

Web links

• Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2002 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 2002 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 2002 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 18, 2015 (English).