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World Series Of Poker 2001 $2,000 Texas Holdem (no limit) Result	LAS VEGAS Apr 21st - May 18th, 2001

24th April - Another record. 441 players up 11% from 396. Prize pool $855,540 (+8%). A strong final table where the world's top two tournament players showed the rest how to play.. more

Pos.

Player

Origin

Prize

Phil Hellmuth

Palo Alto

$316,550

TJ Cloutier

$162,550

Layne Flack

Los Angeles

$81,270

Jeff Stoff

$51,235

Jan Olav Sjavik

Norway

$38,500

John Farley

Chicago

$29,945

Stan Goldstein

Los Angeles

$21,930

Steve Rydel

Stoke on Trent, UK

$17,110

Knox Pressley

Las Vegas

$13,690

10 - 12

Phongthep Thiptinnakon, Paul Ladney, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.

$10,265

13 - 15

Herschel Zalewski, Berry Johnston, Louis Asmo.

$8,555

16 - 18

James Tarr, Maurice Sova, Roman Absinsay.

$6,845

19 - 27

Paul Evans, Lee Markholt, Lyle Berman, Snorre Allan Rotback, Kenna James, Larry Colt, Eric Holum, Skip Wilson, David Scharf.

$5,135

....and made it a classic heads up clash, Hellmuth (6 titles) and Cloutier (4 titles and all-time money leader). In a 2½ hour battle the dynamic duo showed the huge crowd why they were watching and much card play that no one understood bar themselves. Phil eventually made it 7 (bracelets) and 3rd in the all time list. Cloutier pulls out a lead in the money whilst Ferguson's place takes him over $2m.. [Explain this game]