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H.O.R.S.E.: The Player's Championship
Noel Furlong Wins the Main Event
This year's champion was JJ "Noel" Furlong, who took out Alan Goehring at the final table. Furlong won a cool $1,000,000, and the runner-up brought home an impressive $768,625. Furlong is a recreational poker player from Dublin, Ireland, who also owns a multimillion-dollar carpet cleaning company. He only plays poker in major tournaments, like the WSOP, and his win in the 1999 event was his first and only bracelet.
How did he do it? Let's look at the interesting final hand where both players drew pairs.
Furlong held a 5C 5D.
Goehring drew a 6H 6C.
Furlong vs. Goehring
Neither player made big bets going into the flop. Furlong limped in and Goehring did not raise. The flop turned out to be great for Furlong: QS QC 5S. He had a full house. How would he bet? What would he do not to scare his opponent away? Furlong checked. Goehring checked too.
The turn card was a 2S, not helping Goehring, who checked. Now Furlong bet $150,000, and for some reason, Goehring re-raised to $300,000, at which point Furlong went all-in. Goehring, who needed a 6 or a Q, only four outs, called anyway. The river was an 8S, no one had a flush, not that it would have mattered, because the Irishman had this hand long ago, winning with a full house.
1999 WSOP Tournaments and Winners
| Event | Winner | Prize | Entrants |
| $,10,000 Championship Event | Noel Furlong | $1,000,000 | 393 |
| $1,000 Women's 7-Card Stud | Christina Pie | $34,000 | 85 |
| $1,500 Omaha 8 or Better | Mike Wattel | $134,865 | 243 |
| $5,000 Limit Hold'em | Eli Balas | $220,000 | 187 |
| $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | Layne Flack | $224,400 | 187 |
| $3,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Mike Matusow | $265,475 | 205 |
| $3,000 Limt Hold'em | Josh Arieh | $202,800 | 169 |
| $2,500 Omaha 8 or Better | Steve Badger | $186,000 | 186 |
| $2,500 Limit Omaha | Tom Franklin | $104,000 | 307 |
| $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Eric Holm | $283,975 | 307 |
| $2,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo | Ron Long | $170,000 | 170 |
| $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys | Hassan Kamoei | $173,000 | 111 (62) |
| $2,500 Seven-Card Stud | David Grey | $199,000 | 199 |
| $2,500 Limit Hold'em | John Esposito | $219,225 | 237 |
| $1,500 Razz | Paul "Eskimo" Clark | $84,610 | N/A |
| $1,500 Limit Hold'em | Charles Brahmi | $338,000 | 609 |
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