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The 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

[edit] Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold'em	Dave Alizadeth	$21,800	Von Huang
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Tony Ma	$367,040	Roman Abinsay
$1,500 Seven-card stud	Jerri Thomas	$135,825	Bill Gibbs
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Ivo Donev	$85,800	Thor Hansen
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Randy Holland	$120,990	Eli Balas
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Johnny Chan	$179,400	Josh Arieh
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Nat Koe	$160,950	Brent Carter
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Diego Cordovez	$293,040	Dave Ulliott
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Chris Ferguson	$151,000	Al Decarlo
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Jimmy Athanas	$173,900	Dave Colclough
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Chris Tsiprailidis	$213,600	Ed Smith
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	Jennifer Harman	$146,250	Lyle Berman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Joe Wynn	$129,000	Andreas Krause
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Phil Ivey	$195,000	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Lowball	Richard Dunberg	$76,200	Roger Van Driesen
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Michael Sohayegh	$160,000	Hasan Habib
$1,500 Razz	Huck Seed	$77,400	John Spadavecchia
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Mike Carson	$222,000	Jack Ward
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	David Chiu	$202,000	Ken Flaton
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Chris Bjorin	$334,110	Paul Evans
$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Howard Lederer	$198,000	Allen Cunningham
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Jay Heimowitz	$284,000	Melissa Hayden
$1,000 Ladies' Limit Hold'em/Seven Card Stud	Nani Dollison	$53,200	Martine Oules
Charity Media Tournament	Tim Ellis	$5,000	Jack Ring

[edit] Main Event

There were 512 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip lead when starting his heads-up vs Cloutier. After a see-saw battle, Ferguson decided to call Cloutier's AQ all-in with his own A9. When a 9 appeared on the river, Ferguson had beaten the tournament favourite.

[edit] Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chris Ferguson	$1,500,000
2nd	T. J. Cloutier	$896,500
3rd	Steve Kaufman	$570,500
4th	Hasan Habib	$326,000
5th	James McManus	$247,760
6th	Roman Abinsay	$195,600

[edit] Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
7th	Jeff Shulman	$146,700
8th	Tom Franklin	$97,800
9th	Mickey Appleman	$74,980
10th	Annie Duke	$52,160
12th	Mike Sexton	$52,160
16th	Barny Boatman	$39,120
17th	Kathy Liebert	$39,120
25th	Humberto Brenes	$32,600

Contents

[edit] Preliminary events

[edit] Main Event

[edit] Final table

[edit] Other High Finishes