2003 World Series of Poker

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The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events[]

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em David Lukaszewski $35,800 Paul Trieglaff
$2,000 Limit Hold'em Mohammed Ibrahim $290,420 Jon Brody
$1,500 Seven-card stud Toto Leonidas $98,760 Rallis Peter Tanagiotias
$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Chris Ferguson $123,680 Barry Bindelglass
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Jim Meehan $280,100 Guy Calvert
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Prahlad Friedman $109,400 Bernd Rygol
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Minh Nguyen $106,020 Bob Mangino
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Erik Seidel $146,100 Men Nguyen
$2,000 H.O.R.S.E. Doyle Brunson $84,080 Brian Haveson
$2,000 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Seven Card Stud Chris Ferguson $66,220 Diego Cordovez
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Phi Nguyen $222,800 Jim Miller
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth Jr $171,400 Young Phan
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Michael Saltzburg $95,580 Mimi Tran
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw O'Neil Longson $147,680 Allen Cunningham
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Johnny Chan $224,400 Surinder Sunar
$1,500 Limit Omaha Eddy Scharf $63,600 Dave Colclough
$1,500 Limit Hold'em John Arrage $178,600 Kathy Liebert
$5,000 Seven-Card Razz Huck Seed $71,500 Phil Ivey
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Layne Flack $119,260 Men Nguyen
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Mickey Appleman $147,280 Brian Plona
$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em Ron Rose $130,060 Ron McMillan
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split John Juanda $130,200 Shahram Sheikhan
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Amir Vahedi $270,000 Cleve Haley
$2,000 S.H.O.E. Daniel Negreanu $100,440 Jim Pechac
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Johnny Chan $158,100 Emmanuel Sebag
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Layne Flack $120,000 Annie Duke
$3,000 Limit Hold'em Tom Jacobs $163,000 Jan Sjavik
$1,000 Ladies' 1/2 Hold'em, 1/2 Stud Barb Rugolo $40,700 J. J. Liu
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Frankie O'Dell $133,760 Bill Schonsheck
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Charles Keith Lehr $225,040 Chris Ferguson
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Men Nguyen $178,560 Mel Judah
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth Jr $410,860 Daniel Negreanu
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha John Juanda $203,840 O'Neil Longson
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Juan Carlos Mortensen $251,680 Mark Gregorich
$1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball Men Nguyen $43,520 Charles Keith Lehr

Main Event[]

There were 839 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner Chris Moneymaker, won their seat in online poker tournaments. The 2003 Main Event was the first tournament to pay out at least $2,500,000 to the winner. Dan Harrington made the final table and looked to win his second Main Event championship, but fell short in third place.

Final table[]

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets*
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
United States Chris Moneymaker 2,344,000 (27.9%) 0 0 0
United States Amir Vahedi 1,407,000 (16.8%) 1 4 $314,950
United States Sam Farha 999,000 (11.9%) 1 2 $193,140
United States Tomer Benvenisti 922,000 (11.0%) 0 0 0
United States David Singer 750,000 (8.9%) 0 8 $93,115
United States Jason Lester 695,000 (8.3%) 0 11 $128,200
United States Dan Harrington 574,000 (6.8%) 2 7 $1,325,858
United States Young Pak 360,000 (4.3%) 0 4 $33,819
United States David Grey 338,000 (4.0%) 1 7 $306,664

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2003 Main Event.

Final table results[]

Place Name Prize
1st Chris Moneymaker $2,500,000
2nd Sam Farha $1,300,000
3rd Dan Harrington $650,000
4th Jason Lester $440,000
5th Tomer Benvenisti $320,000
6th Amir Vahedi $250,000
7th Young Pak $200,000
8th David Grey $160,000
9th David Singer $120,000

Other Notable Finishes[]

Place Name Prize
10th Phil Ivey $82,700
11th Minh Nguyen $80,000
12th Dutch Boyd $80,000
13th Kassem "Freddy" Deeb $65,000
14th Marcel Lüske $65,000
15th Bruno Fitoussi $65,000
18th Scotty Nguyen $55,000
19th Howard Lederer $45,000
23rd Dennis Waterman $45,000
25th Men Nguyen $45,000
27th Phil Hellmuth Jr $45,000
29th Victor Ramdin $35,000
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