Series of poker tournaments
The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe .
Preliminary events [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Name
Number of chips (percentage of total)
WSOP Bracelets*
WSOP Cashes*
WSOP Earnings*
Chris Moneymaker
2,344,000 (27.9%)
0
0
0
Amir Vahedi
1,407,000 (16.8%)
1
4
$314,950
Sam Farha
999,000 (11.9%)
1
2
$193,140
Tomer Benvenisti
922,000 (11.0%)
0
0
0
David Singer
750,000 (8.9%)
0
8
$93,115
Jason Lester
695,000 (8.3%)
0
11
$128,200
Dan Harrington
574,000 (6.8%)
2
7
$1,325,858
Young Pak
360,000 (4.3%)
0
4
$33,819
David Grey
338,000 (4.0%)
1
7
$306,664
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2003 Main Event.
Final table results [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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