Held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, the Legends of Poker event attracted 134 poker players with its $5,000 buy in. With the buy in cut in half from the previous inaugural World Poker Tour event, the prize pool was $670,000 with a first prize of $258,000.
The event featured the first woman poker player to make a World Poker Tour final table, Kathy Liebert, as well as future two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mark Seif, Chris Karagulleyan, Can Kim (C.K.) Hua, Hon Le and Stan Goldstein.
Hon Le got mixed up in much of the action, crippling Mark Seif late in the tournament after he cracked his pocket aces. His aggressive style led him to a heads up match with Chris Karagulleyan. Karagulleuan played solid throughout the final table eventually taking advantage of Hon Le’s loose play to take home a World Poker Tour title.
| Legends of Poker | |
| Casino: | Lucky Chances |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Buy-in: | $3,000 |
| Entry Fee: | $150 |
| # of Players: | 152 |
| Prize Pool: | $456,000 |
| Final Table date: | Nov 11, 2002 |
| Results | ||
| 1 | Paul Darden | $146,000.00 |
| 2 | Chris Bigler | $88,000.00 |
| 3 | Antonio Esfandiari | $44,000.00 |
| 4 | Phil Hellmuth Jr. | $34,000.00 |
| 5 | Vince Burgio | $26,000.00 |
| 6 | Tommy Garza | $21,000.00 |
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