Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
5-Day Event: May 27, 2002 to June 1, 2002
Number of Entries: 146
Total Prize Pool: $1,416,200
Number of Payouts: 18
1st Gus Hansen $556,460
2nd John Juanda $278,240
3rd Freddy Deeb $139,120
4th John Hennigan $83,472
5th Chris Bigler $62,604
6th Scotty Nguyen $48,692
Legends of Poker
Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles
Buy-in: $5,000
2-Day Event: August 30, 2002 to August 31, 2002
Number of Entries: 134
Total Prize Pool: $670,000
Number of Payouts: 9
Winning Hand: Q-Q
1st Chris Karagulleyan $258,000
2nd Hon Le $122,550
3rd Stan Goldstein $61,270
4th Mark Seif $38,700
5th Can Kim Hua $29,025
6th Kathy Liebert $22,575
Costa Rica Classic
Casino: Casinos Europa, San José
Buy-in: $500 w/ $500 Re-buys
1-Day Event: October 19, 2002
Number of Entries: 134
Total Prize Pool: $234,858
Number of Payouts: 10
1st Jose Rosenkrantz $108,730
2nd Jamie Ligator $45,000
3rd Luis Milanes $25,120
4th Dewey Tomko $14,650
5th Jamie Anteneloff $11,510
6th R.A. Head $9,420
Gold Rush
Casino: Lucky Chances Casino, Colma, California
Buy-in: $3,000
2-Day Event: November 10, 2002 to November 11, 2002
Number of Entries: 152
Total Prize Pool: $456,000
Number of Payouts: 18
1st Paul Darden $146,000
2nd Chris Bigler $88,000
3rd Antonio Esfandiari $44,000
4th Phil Hellmuth $34,000
5th Vince Burgio $26,000
6th Tommy Garza $21,000
World Poker Finals
Casino: Foxwoods Casino
Buy-in: $10,000
3-Day Event: November 14, 2002 to November 17, 2002
Number of Entries: 89
Total Prize Pool: $915,000
Number of Payouts: 10
1st Howard Lederer $320,400
2nd Layne Flack $186,900
3rd Andy Bloch $102,350
4th Phil Ivey $75,650
5th Peter Giordano $57,850
6th Ron Rose $44,500
World Poker Open
Casino: Binion’s Horseshoe, Tunica, Mississippi
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: January 28, 2003 to January 31, 2003
Number of Entries: 160
Total Prize Pool: $1,600,000
Number of Payouts: 27
Winning Hand: 6-5
1st Dave Ulliott $589,175
2nd Phil Ivey $290,130
3rd Johnny Donaldson $145,065
4th Buddy Williams $91,620
5th Jeremy Tinsley $68,715
6th Tommy Grimes $53,445
Euro Finals of Poker
Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris
Buy-in: €10,000 ($10,790)
3-Day Event: February 12, 2003 to February 15, 2003
Number of Entries: 86
Total Prize Pool: €831,000 ($894,510)
Number of Payouts: 9
1st Christer Johansson €500,000 ($538,213)
2nd Claude Cohen €160,000 ($172,228)
3rd Allen Cunningham €80,000 ($86,114)
4th Jacques Durand €32,000 ($34,446)
5th Tony G €16,000 ($17,223)
6th Alain Hagege €13,000 ($13,994)
L.A. Poker Classic
Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: February 21, 2003 to February 24, 2003
Number of Entries: 136
Total Prize Pool: $1,360,000
Number of Payouts: 20
1st Gus Hansen $532,490
2nd Daniel Rentzer $253,595
3rd Andy Bloch $125,460
4th David Pham $80,080
5th Steven Shkolnik $53,390
6th Bob Stupak $46,715
Party Poker Million
Buy-in: $5,300
1-Day Event: March 6, 2003
Number of Entries: 177
Total Prize Pool: $1,013,800
Number of Payouts: 9
1st Howard Lederer $289,150
2nd Chip Jett $175,900
3rd Joe Simpkins $105,540
4th Maureen Feduniak $79,155
5th Tim Lark $52,770
6th Daniel Coupal $43,975
World Poker Challenge
Casino: Reno Hilton, Reno
Buy-in: $5,000
3-Day Event: March 31, 2003 to April 2, 2003
Number of Entries: 87
Total Prize Pool: $421,746
Number of Payouts: 9
1st Ron Rose $168,298
2nd Cal Dykes $96,772
3rd Tony Le $50,490
4th Paul Magriel $29,452
5th Mark Edwards $23,140
6th T.J. Cloutier $18,934
WPT Championship
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $25,000
5-Day Event: April 14, 2003 to April 18, 2003
Number of Entries: 111
Total Prize Pool: $2,691,750
Number of Payouts: 28
1st Alan Goehring $1,011,886
2nd Kirill Gerasimov $506,625
3rd Phil Ivey $253,313
4th Doyle Brunson $159,987
5th Ted Forrest $119,990
6th James Hoeppner $93,326
