Tournament Information

Date: Apr 19 - May 24, 2002
Venue: Binions Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: Championship Event (May 20 - 24, 2002)
Buy-in: $10,000
Prize: $5,931,000
Entries: 631

Other Events

Apr 19 - 20, 2002 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em $500
Apr 20 - 21, 2002 Limit Hold'em $2,000
Apr 21 - 22, 2002 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $1,500
Apr 22 - 23, 2002 No Limit Hold'em $2,000
Apr 23 - 24, 2002 7 Card Stud $1,500
Apr 24 - 25, 2002 Limit Omaha $1,500
Apr 25 - 26, 2002 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $1,500
Apr 26 - 27, 2002 Pot Limit Omaha $1,500
Apr 26, 2002 No Limit Hold'em - Gold Bracelet Match Play $2,500
Apr 27 - 28, 2002 H.O.R.S.E. $2,000
Apr 28 - 29, 2002 Pot Limit Hold'em $2,000
Apr 29 - 30, 2002 7 Card Stud $2,500
Apr 30 - May 1, 2002 Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 1 - 2, 2002 Razz $1,500
May 2 - 3, 2002 Pot Limit Omaha $2,500
May 3 - 4, 2002 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $2,500
May 4 - 5, 2002 Pot Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 5 - 6, 2002 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball $1,500
May 6 - 7, 2002 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
May 7 - 8, 2002 Omaha Hi/Lo Split $2,500
May 8 - 9, 2002 Pot Limit Hold'em $1,500
May 9 - 10, 2002 7 Card Stud $5,000
May 10 - 11, 2002 Limit S.H.O.E. $2,000
May 11 - 12, 2002 Limit Hold'em $5,000
May 12, 2002 Limit Hold'em Shootout $1,500
May 12 - 13, 2002 Womens Championship (1/2 Hold'em 1/2 Stud) $1,000
May 13 - 14, 2002 Pot Limit Omaha $5,000
May 14 - 15, 2002 Limit Hold'em $1,500
May 15 - 16, 2002 Omaha Hi/Lo Split $5,000
May 16 - 17, 2002 No Limit Hold'em $3,000
May 17 - 18, 2002 1/2 Hold'em - 1/2 7 Card Stud $2,000
May 18, 2002 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000
May 18, 2002 Seniors Championship - No Limit Hold'em $1,000
May 19, 2002 Limit Ace to Five Triple Draw $1,500
May 20 - 24, 2002 Championship Event $10,000

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Robert Varkonyi $2,000,000
2nd Julian Gardner $1,100,000
3rd Ralph Perry $550,000
4th Scott "The Ice Man" Gray $281,480
5th Harley Hall $195,000
6th Russell Rosenblum $150,000
7th John Shipley $125,000
8th Tam Minh "Tony D" Duong $100,000
9th Minh Ly $85,000
10th Don Barton $70,000
11th Amir Nasseri $70,000
12th Owen Mullan $70,000
13th Martin De Knijff $60,000
14th Yosh Nakano $60,000
15th James Neely $60,000
16th Bernard "Beeno" Ko $50,000
17th Siegfried "Sigi" Stockinger $50,000
18th David Rubin $50,000
19th Mike Fetter $40,000
20th Stephen Wilsdon $40,000
21st Jack Fox $40,000
22nd Dave Crunkleton $40,000
23rd Phil Ivey $40,000
24th Minh Nguyen $40,000
25th Lamar Wilkinson $40,000
26th Kurt Paseka $40,000
27th Ray January $40,000
28th Luan Phu $30,000
29th Samuel Whitt $30,000
30th Ramin Sai $30,000
31st Scott Amos $30,000
32nd Steve Melton $30,000
33rd Eric Holum $30,000
34th Ross "Rocky" Boatman $30,000
35th Randy Holland $30,000
36th Tom Schneider $30,000
37th Hertzel Zalewski $20,000
38th Doug Booth $20,000
39th Jason Lane $20,000
40th Brian Haveson $20,000
41st Greg Alston $20,000
42nd David Sklansky $20,000
43rd Daniel "Dan" Heimiller $20,000
44th Tristan McDonald $20,000
45th Peter Giordano $20,000