The first million dollar prize for a World Poker Tour event was awarded on the last event of season one. Held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, 108 of the world’s best players put down $25,000 to play in the championship event. The $2.7 million dollar prize pool gave an exciting ending to the first season.
The final table was as stacked, as would be expected, with the legend himself Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Ted Forrest, Kirill Gerasimov, James Hoeppner and Alan Goehring who finished second in the Main Event at the WSOP in 1999.
Goehring played a style reminiscent of Gus Hanson in earlier victories and seemed to be able to win pots with any two cards, After eliminating Doyle Brunson and Ted Forrest on the same hand, Goehring had a commanding chip position that lead him to a heads up confrontation for the title with Kirirll Gerasimov. Gerasimov fought hard, even taking the chip lead, but after Goehring called a huge bluff by Gerasimov he took the lead and didn’t let go. Goehring won $1,011,886 in the first million dollar first place finish in World Poker Tour History.
| WPT Championship | |
| Casino: | Bellagio |
| Location: | Las Vegas, NV |
| Buy-in: | $25,000 |
| Entry Fee: | $300 |
| # of Players: | 108 |
| Prize Pool: | $2,691,751 |
| Final Table date: | Apr 18, 2003 |
| Results | ||
| 1 | Alan Goehring | $1,011,866.00 |
| 2 | Kirill Gerasimov | $506,625.00 |
| 3 | Phil Ivey | $253,313.00 |
| 4 | Doyle Brunson | $159,987.00 |
| 5 | Ted Forrest | $119,990.00 |
| 6 | James Hoeppner | $93,326.00 |
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