Below are the results of season 1 of the World Poker Tour (2002–2003).

Results

Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • Casino: Bellagio, Paradise, Nevada
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: May 27, 2002 to June 1, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 146
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,391,180
  • Number of Payouts: 18
  • Winning Hand:

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Final Table

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!width="50" | Place

!width="200"| Name

!width="125"| Prize

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| 1st || Gus Hansen || $556,460

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| 2nd || John Juanda || $278,240

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| 3rd || Freddy Deeb || $139,120

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| 4th || John Hennigan || $83,472

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| 5th || Chris Bigler || $62,604

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| 6th || Scotty Nguyen || $48,692

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| 7th || Eli Balas || $34,780

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| 8th || Martin Corpuz || $27,724

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| 9th || David Levi || $22,261

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| 10th || Paul McKinney || $16,694

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| 11th || Michael Sukonik || $16,694

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| 12th || Amir Vahedi || $16,694

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| 13th || Tony Cousineau || $15,303

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| 14th || Hamid Dastmalchi || $15,303

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| 15th || Peter Vilandos || $15,303

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| 16th || Todd Brunson || $13,912

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| 17th || Marsha Waggoner || $13,912

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| 18th || Jonathan Kaplan || $13,912

|}

Legends of Poker

  • Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles
  • 2-Day Event: October 9, 2002
  • Number of Entries: 100
  • Total Prize Pool: $74,400
  • Number of Payouts: 4
  • Winning Hands: Amateur ; Professional ; Heads-up

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Amateur Final Table

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!width="50" | Place

!width="200"| Name

!width="125"| Prize

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| 1st || Juha Helppi || $50,000

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| 2nd || Anssi Tuulivirda || $10,400

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| 3rd || Kathy Liebert || $8,000

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| 4th || Woody Moore || $6,000

|}

  • Phil Gordon won the professional division final table for $250,000 in earnings to advance to a special heads-up match against Helppi. Helppi went on to defeat Gordon to earn the $25,000 seat at the season ending WPT Championships.

Costa Rica Classic

  • Casino: Casinos Europa, San José