World Series of Poker 2001

The World Series of Poker 2001 was the 32nd edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from April 20 to May 18, 2001 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

The Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas

Scotty Nguyen won tournaments # 14 and # 23

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	00.500	Casino Employees Limit Hold'em	Apr 20, 2001	224	Travis Jonas		0.040,200
2	0.2000	Limit Hold'em	Apr 21, 2001	615	Nani Dollison		0.441.440
3	0.1500	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Apr 22, 2001	306	Chris Ferguson		0.164,735
4th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 23, 2001	272	Adam Roberts		0.164,430
5	0.2000	No-Limit Hold'em	Apr 24, 2001	441	Phil Hellmuth		0.316,550
6th	0.1500	Limit Omaha	Apr 24, 2001	144	Eduard Scharf		0.083,810
7th	0.1500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	Apr 26, 2001	230	Barry Shulman		0.123,820
8th	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	Apr 27, 2001	145	Galen Kester		0.167.035
9	0.2000	Limit SHOE	Apr 28, 2001	181	David Pham		0.140,455
10	0.3000	Limit Hold'em	Apr 29, 2001	192	Jim Lester		0.233,490
11	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud	Apr 30, 2001	152	Paul Darden		0.147,440
12	0.2000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 1, 2001	270	Burt Boutin		0.193,800
13	0.1500	Limit razz	May 2, 2001	144	Berry Johnston		0.083,810
14th	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha	May 3, 2001	102	Scotty Nguyen		0.178,480
15th	0.2500	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 4, 2001	164	Rich Korbin		0.159.080
16	0.1500	Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 5, 2001	127	Cliff Yamagawa		0.073.915
17th	0.2500	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	May 6, 2001	179	Robert Slezak		0.173.625
18th	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	May 7, 2001	033	Howard Lederer		0.165.870
19th	0.1000	Seniors No-Limit Hold'em	May 7, 2001	340	Jay Heimowitz		0.115,430
20th	0.3000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 8, 2001	226	Steve Zolotow		0.243,335
21st	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 9, 2001	104	Allen Cunningham		0.201.760
22nd	0.3000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 10, 2001	382	Erik Seidel		0.411,300
23	0.5000	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	May 11, 2001	107	Scotty Nguyen		0.207,580
24	0.5000	Limit Hold'em	May 12, 2001	161	Hemish Shah		0.312,340
25th	00.000	Charity - No-Limit Hold'em	May 13, 2001	223	Mark Napolitano		0.00.2166
26th	0.1000	Ladies Limit Hold'em & Seven Card Stud	May 13, 2001	106	Nani Dollison		0.041,130
27	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 14, 2001	613	Carlos Mortensen		1,500,000

Main Event

Carlos Mortensen (2007)

→ Main article : 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event

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

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

Individual evidence

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