World Series of Poker 2002

The World Series of Poker 2002 was the 33rd edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from April 19 to May 24, 2002 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

The Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas

Phil Ivey won tournaments # 5, # 16, and # 23

competition	winner	Prize money (in $ )	Second
$ 500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold'em	David Warga	047,300	Leon Wheeler
$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em	Mike Majerus	407.120	David Chiu
$ 1,500 Omaha Hold'em High / Low	Perry Friedman	176,860	Greg Mascio
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Layne Flack	303,880	Tom Jacobs
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud	Phil Ivey	132,000	Toto Leonidas
$ 1,500 Limit Omaha	John Cernuto	073,320	Randy Holland
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud High / Low	Paul Clark	125,200	Andrew Prock
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Jack Duncan	192,560	Lindy Chambers
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em Gold Bracelet Match Play	Johnny Chan	034,000	Phil Hellmuth
$ 2,000 HORSE	John Hennigan	117,320	Ben Tang
$ 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jay Sipelstein	150.240	Barny Boatman
$ 2,500 Seven Card Stud	Dan Torla	115,600	Bill Gibbs
$ 3,000 Limit Hold'em	John Hom	174,840	Benny Wan
$ 1,500 razz	Billy Baxter	064,860	Chico Flynn
$ 2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Jan Sørensen	185,000	Brent Carter
$ 2,500 Seven Card Stud High / Low	Phil Ivey	118,440	Sirous Baghchehsaraie
$ 3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Fred Berger	197,400	Chris Ferguson
$ 1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw	Thor Hansen	062,600	Brian Nadell
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	Layne Flack	268.020	Johnny Chan
$ 2,500 Omaha high / low	Eddie Fishman	135,360	Doug Saab
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	John McIntosh	177.380	Mel Weiner
$ 5,000 Seven Card Stud	Qushqar Morad	172.960	Steven Banks
$ 2,000 SHOE	Phil Ivey	107,540	Diego Cordovez
$ 5,000 Limit Hold'em	Jennifer Harman	221,440	Brian Green
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em (Shootout)	Joel Chaseman	096,400	Gene Timberlake
$ 1,000 Ladies' Championship	Catherine Brown	039,880	Marie son
$ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Robert Williamson III	201.160	Patrick Bruel
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em	Meng La	190.920	Steve Kaufman
$ 5,000 Omaha High / Low	Mike Matusow	148,520	Daniel Negreanu
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Randal Heeb	367.240	Sherman Burry
$ 2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud	Dan Heimiller	108,300	Ram Vaswani
$ 5,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw	Allen Cunningham	160,200	O'Neil Longson
$ 1,000 Seniors' No Limit Championship	Bill Swan	134,000	Mike Sexton
$ 1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw	John Juanda	049,620	Paul Phillips

Main Event

Robert Varkonyi (2009)

→ Main article : Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2002

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

• World Series of Poker 2002 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 2002 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

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