1999 World Series of Poker

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

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Charles Brahmi	$338,000	John Bonetti
$1,500 Razz	Paul Clark	$84,610	Simon Zhang
$2,500 Limit Hold'em	John Esposito	$219,225	Mimi Tran
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	David Grey	$199,000	Eli Balas
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Hassan Kamoei	$173,000	Norbert Hoelting
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Ron Long	$170,000	Brian Nadell
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	Eric Holum	$283,975	Ted Forrest
$2,500 Limit Omaha	Tom Franklin	$104,000	Erik Alps
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Steve Badger	$186,000	Larry Anderson
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Josh Arieh	$202,800	Humberto Brenes
$3,500 No Limit Hold'em	Mike Matusow	$265,475	Alex Brenes
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Layne Flack	$224,400	Matt Lefkowitz
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Eli Balas	$220,000	Annie Duke
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Mike Wattel	$134,865	Ed Smith
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Christina Pie	$34,000	LaVonne Joyce

Main Event

There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Noel Furlong	$1,000,000
2nd	Alan Goehring	$768,625
3rd	Padraig Parkinson	$489,125
4th	Erik Seidel	$279,500
5th	Chris Bigler	$212,420
6th	Huck Seed	$167,700

Other High Finishes

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

Place	Name	Prize
12th	Randy Holland	$44,720
16th	James Van Alstyne	$33,540
19th	John Hennigan	$27,950
21st	Hal Kant	$27,950

External links

• 1999 World Series of Poker at Conjelco.com