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Main Event victory of amateur Chris Moneymaker helped launch the 2000s poker boom.

Preliminary events

Main Event

There were 631 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament (by prize pool) ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time.

Final table

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2002 Main Event.

Final table results

Note: Phil Hellmuth, as part of ESPN's broadcast team, during the first hour of their final table coverage said he would shave his head if Robert Varkonyi won the tournament. At the conclusion of the tournament, Hellmuth is seen having his head shaved.

Other high finishes

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

In pop culture

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References

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