1999 World Series of Poker explained

Competition:1999 World Series of Poker
Location:Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates:April 26 – May 15
Champion: Noel Furlong
Prev:1998
Next:2000

The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

EventWinnerPrizeRunner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'emCharles Brahmi$338,000John Bonetti
$1,500 RazzPaul Clark$84,610Simon Zhang
$2,500 Limit Hold'emJohn Esposito$219,225Mimi Tran
$2,500 Seven Card StudDavid Grey$199,000Eli Balas
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/RebuysHassan Kamoei$173,000Norbert Hoelting
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo SplitRon Long$170,000Brian Nadell
$2,500 No Limit Hold'emEric Holum$283,975Ted Forrest
$2,500 Limit OmahaTom Franklin$104,000Erik Alps
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo SplitSteve Badger$186,000Larry Anderson
$3,000 Limit Hold'emJosh Arieh$202,800Humberto Brenes
$3,500 No Limit Hold'emMike Matusow$265,475Alex Brenes
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'emLayne Flack$224,400Matt Lefkowitz
$5,000 Limit Hold'emEli Balas$220,000Annie Duke
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo SplitMike Wattel$134,865Ed Smith
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card StudChristina Pie$34,000LaVonne Joyce

Main Event

There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. At the 1999 Main Event final table, Huck Seed was attempting to become a two-time World Champion. His attempt fell short as he was eliminated in sixth place.

Final table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets*
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Noel Furlong1,544,000 (39.2%)02$70,785
Alan Goehring828,000 (21.0%)02$68,005
Padraig Parkinson674,000 (17.1%)000
Huck Seed402,000 (10.2%)214$1,447,144
Chris Bigler319,000 (8.1%)000
Erik Seidel167,000 (4.2%)420$1,297,646

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1stNoel Furlong$1,000,000
2ndAlan Goehring$768,625
3rdPadraig Parkinson$489,125
4thErik Seidel$279,500
5thChris Bigler$212,420
6thHuck Seed$167,700

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
12th$44,720
16thJames Van Alstyne$33,540
19thJohn Hennigan$27,950
21stHal Kant$27,950
29thSteve Lott$15,000

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