Tournament Information

Date: Apr 20 - May 19, 2001
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em (May 14 - 18, 2001)
Buy-in: $10,000
Prize: $5,946,220
Entries: 613

Other Events

Apr 20, 2001 Casino Employees (Limit Hold'em) $500 + 50
Apr 21, 2001 Texas Hold'em (limit) $2,000 + 100
Apr 22, 2001 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $1,500 + 90
Apr 23, 2001 Seven Card Stud $1,500 + 90
Apr 24, 2001 Texas Hold'em (no limit) $2,000 + 100
Apr 25, 2001 Omaha (limit) $1,500 + 90
Apr 26, 2001 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $1,500 + 90
Apr 27, 2001 Omaha (pot limit) $1,500 + 90
Apr 28, 2001 S.H.O.E. $2,000 + 100
Apr 29, 2001 Texas Hold'em (limit) $3,000 + 120
Apr 30, 2001 Seven Card Stud $2,500 + 100
May 1, 2001 Texas Hold'em (pot limit) $2,000 + 100
May 2, 2001 Razz $1,500 + 90
May 3, 2001 Omaha (pot limit) $2,500 + 100
May 4, 2001 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $2,500 + 100
May 5, 2001 Limit Ace to Five Draw $1,500 + 90
May 6, 2001 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $2,500 + 100
May 7, 2001 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000 + 150
May 7, 2001 The Seniors' Championship $1,000 + 75
May 8, 2001 Texas Hold'em (pot limit) $3,000 + 120
May 9, 2001 Seven Card Stud $5,000 + 150
May 10, 2001 Texas Hold'em (no limit) $3,000 + 120
May 11, 2001 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $5,000 + 150
May 12, 2001 Texas Hold'em (limit) $5,000 + 150
May 13, 2001 Women's Championship $1,000 + 75
May 14 - 18, 2001 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em $10,000
May 13, 2001 Charity - No Limit Hold'em

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen $1,500,000
2nd Duane "Dewey" Tomko $1,098,925
3rd Stan Schrier $699,315
4th Phil "Tiltboy" Gordon $399,610
5th Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth $303,705
6th Mike "The Mouth" Matusow $239,765
7th Henry "Nugget" Nowakowski $179,825
8th Steve Riehle $119,885
9th John Inashima $91,910
10th Arturo Diaz $63,940
11th Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu $63,940
12th Charles Glorioso $63,940
13th Tam Minh "Tony D" Duong $55,945
14th Steve Guiberson $55,945
15th Don Barton $55,945
16th John Farley $47,995
17th Rich Korbin $47,995
18th Larry Wood $47,995
19th Mel Weiner $39,960
20th Kevin Song $39,960
21st Salim Batshon $39,960
22nd Aaron Katz $39,960
23rd Jim Bechtel $39,960
24th Alex Brenes $39,960
25th Kevin Keller $39,960
26th John Esposito $39,960
27th Allen Cunningham $39,960
28th Michael May $30,000
29th Mike Sexton $30,000
30th Chris Bjorin $30,000
31st Carl McKelvey $30,000
32nd Scott O'Bryan $30,000
33rd Barny Boatman $30,000
34th Gustavo Alberto Echeverri $30,000
35th Pete Kaufman $30,000
36th Patrick Bueno $30,000
37th William "Bill" Baxter $20,000
38th Unknown Player $20,000
39th Mike "The Man" Magee $20,000
40th Gene Malatesta $20,000
41st Dan Alspach $20,000
42nd Bill Gazes $20,000
43rd Harry Thomas $20,000
44th David "The Dragon" Pham $20,000
45th Bill Strothers $20,000