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1999 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments

Field	Value
competition	1999 World Series of Poker
location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
dates	April 26 – May 15
champion	IRE Noel Furlong
prev	[1998](1998-world-series-of-poker)
next	[2000](2000-world-series-of-poker)

The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events

There were 15 preliminary bracelet events at the 1999 World Series of Poker.

#	Date	Event	Entries	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	April 26, 1999	$1,500 Limit Hold'em	609	Charles Brahmi (1/1)	$338,000	John Bonetti (0/3)	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1882&grid=205)
2	April 27, 1999	$1,500 Razz	141	Paul Clark (1/2)	$84,610	Simon Zhang	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1883&grid=205)
3	April 28, 1999	$2,500 Limit Hold'em	237	John Esposito (1/1)	$219,225	Mimi Tran	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1884&grid=205)
4	April 29, 1999	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	199	David Grey (1/1)	$199,000	Eli Balas (0/1)	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1885&grid=205)
5	April 30, 1999	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	111	Hassan Kamoei (1/1)	$173,000	Norbert Hoelting	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1886&grid=205)
6	May 1, 1999	$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	170	Ron Long (1/1)	$170,000	Brian Nadell	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1887&grid=205)
7	May 2, 1999	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	307	Eric Holum (1/1)	$283,975	Ted Forrest (0/3)	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1888&grid=205)
8	May 3, 1999	$2,500 Limit Omaha	104	Tom Franklin (1/1)	$104,000	Erik Alps	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1889&grid=205)
9	May 4, 1999	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	186	Steve Badger (1/1)	$186,000	Larry Anderson	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1890&grid=205)
10	May 5, 1999	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	169	Josh Arieh (1/1)	$202,800	Humberto Brenes (0/2)	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1891&grid=205)
11	May 6, 1999	$3,500 No Limit Hold'em	205	Mike Matusow (1/1)	$265,475	Alex Brenes	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1892&grid=205)
12	May 7, 1999	$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	187	Layne Flack (1/1)	$224,400	Matt Lefkowitz	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1893&grid=205)
13	May 8, 1999	$5,000 Limit Hold'em	110	Eli Balas (1/2)	$220,000	Annie Duke	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1894&grid=205)
14	May 9, 1999	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	243	Mike Wattel (1/1)	$134,865	Ed Smith	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1896&grid=205)
15	May 9, 1999	$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	85	Christina Pie (1/1)	$34,000	LaVonne Joyce	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1897&grid=205)
16	May 10, 1999	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	393	Noel Furlong (1/1)	$1,000,000	Alan Goehring	[ Results](https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&tid=1898&grid=205)

Main Event

There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. At the 1999 Main Event final table, Huck Seed was attempting to become a two-time World Champion. His attempt fell short as he was eliminated in sixth place.

Final table

Name	Number of chips
(percentage of total)	WSOP
Bracelets*	WSOP
Cashes*	WSOP
Earnings*
IRE Noel Furlong	1,544,000 (39.2%)	0	2	$70,785
USA Alan Goehring	828,000 (21.0%)	0	2	$68,005
IRE Padraig Parkinson	674,000 (17.1%)	0	0	0
USA Huck Seed	402,000 (10.2%)	2	14	$1,447,144
SUI Chris Bigler	319,000 (8.1%)	0	0	0
USA Erik Seidel	167,000 (4.2%)	4	20	$1,297,646

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1999 Main Event.

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Noel Furlong	$1,000,000
2nd	Alan Goehring	$768,625
3rd	Padraig Parkinson	$489,125
4th	Erik Seidel	$279,500
5th	Chris Bigler	$212,420
6th	Huck Seed	$167,700

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
12th	Randy Holland	$44,720
16th	James Van Alstyne	$33,540
19th	John Hennigan	$27,950
21st	Hal Kant	$27,950

References

"1999 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule".
Holloway, Chad. (June 29, 2021). "1999 WSOP Main Event Champ Noel Furlong Passes Away at Age 83".
Plant, Darrel. (January 22, 2015). "Slicing the Pie: Examining the WSOP Main Event Payouts and $10M First-Place Guarantee".
Gamble, Nathan. (February 10, 2021). "1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed Inducted Into The Poker Hall Of Fame".

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