Home of the riverboat gamblers, the World Poker Tour stopped on the shores of the Mississippi for the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Open. Held at both the Gold Strike Casino and Binion’s Horseshoe Casino, 367 players competed for the $3,455,050 prize pool, the largest to date at the WPT.
Poker legends and regulars at the famed “Big Game” in Las Vegas, Chip Reese and Barry Greenstein came into the final table as favorites to take down the tournament. They were joined by a serious group of competitors, consisting of James Tippin, Tony Hartman, C.K Hua and Randy Jensen.
Barry Greenstein and his A-K of diamonds eliminated both Chip Reese and James Tippin on the same hand when an ace hit on the flop. This left only pro Randy Jensen to fight Greenstein for the title. Greenstein came into the match with the chip lead after his double elimination, but Jensen fought to even after a few hands. After proudly showing Greenstein two separate bluffs, Jensen moved all-in for the last time with middle pair after the flop. Greenstein called with top pair, queen kicker to take down the first prize of over $1.278 million dollars and his first World Poker Tour title. As always, Greenstein pledged to give 100% of his winnings to charity.
| World Poker Open | |
| Casino: | Binion's Horseshoe and The Gold Strike Casino |
| Location: | Tunica, MS |
| Buy-in: | $10,000 |
| Entry Fee: | $200 |
| # of Players: | 367 |
| Prize Pool: | $3,455,000 |
| Final Table date: | Jan 29, 2004 |
| Results | ||
| 1 | Barry Greenstein | $1,278,370.00 |
| 2 | Randy Jensen | $656,460.00 |
| 3 | James Tippin | $328,230.00 |
| 4 | Chip Reese | $207,304.00 |
| 5 | C.K Hua | $155,477.00 |
| 6 | Tony Hartman | $120,927.00 |
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