2005 World Series of Poker

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2005 World Series of Poker
Location Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and
Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesJune 2 – July 15
Champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Hachem
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The 2005 WSOP Championship Bracelet

The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner. ESPN's broadcast began July 19th with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11th and ended November 15th.

Contents

All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino with the exception of the final 2 days of the Main Event which were held at Binion's Horseshoe. [1] This marked the last time the Main Event final table was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Events

There were 42 preliminary events that awarded bracelets in the 2005 WSOP. Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan both broke their tie with Johnny Moss and Phil Hellmuth to become the first players to win ten career bracelets.

#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1June 2, 2005$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 662 Andy Nguyen (1/1)$83,390Danilo Flores Results
2June 3, 2005$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,305 Allen Cunningham (1/3)$725,405 Scott Fischman (0/2) Results
3June 4, 2005$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em1,071Thom Werthmann (1/1)$369,535 Layne Flack (0/5) Results
4June 5, 2005$1,500 Limit Hold-em1,049 Eric Froehlich (1/1)$361,910Jason Steinhorn Results
5June 6, 2005$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split699 Pat Poels (1/1)$270,100John Lukas Results
6June 7, 2005$2,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em548Isaac Galazan (1/1)$315,125 Harry Demetriou Results
7June 8, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'Em826 Michael Gracz (1/1)$594,460C. T. Law Results
8June 9, 2005$1,500 Seven-Card Stud 472 Cliff Josephy (1/1)$192,150 Kirill Gerasimov Results
9June 10, 2005$2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em1,403 Erik Seidel (1/7)$611,795 Cyndy Violette (0/1) Results
10June 11, 2005$2,000 Limit Hold'em569Reza Payvar (1/1)$303,610 Toto Leonidas Results
11June 12, 2005$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'Em540Edward Moncada (1/1)$298,070Steven Hudak Results
12June 13, 2005$2,000 Pot Limit Omaha212 Josh Arieh (1/2)$381,600 Chris Ferguson (0/5) Results
13June 14, 2005$5,000 No Limit Hold'Em466 T. J. Cloutier (1/6)$657,100Steve Zoine Results
14June 15, 2005$1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split595Steve Hohn (1/1)$156,985Mike Wattel (0/1) Results
15June 15, 2005$1,500 Limit Hold' Em Shootout450 Mark Seif (1/1)$181,330William Shaw Results
16June 17, 2005$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout780 Anthony Reategui (1/1)$269,100Paul Kroh Results
17June 18, 2005$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em373 Quinn Do (1/1)$265,975Qi Chi Chang Results
18June 19, 2005$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split279Denis Ethier (1/1)$160,682 Chad Brown Results
19June 19, 2005$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha291 Barry Greenstein (1/2)$128,505Paul Vinci Results
20June 20, 2005$5,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em239 Brian Wilson (1/1)$370,685 John Gale Results
21June 21, 2005$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split359 Todd Brunson (1/1)$255,945Allen Kessler Results
22June 22, 2005$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,013 Mark Seif (2/2)$611,145 Minh Nguyen (0/2) Results
23June 23, 2005$5,000 Seven-Card Stud192 Jan Vang Sørensen (1/2)$293,275Keith Sexton Results
24June 24, 2005$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,056 Farzad Bonyadi (1/3)$594,960Lars Bonding Results
25June 25, 2005$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em425 Johnny Chan (1/10)$303,025 Phil Laak Results
26June 26, 2005$1,000 Ladies' No Limit Hold'em601 Jennifer Tilly (1/1)$158,335Anh Le Results
27June 26, 2005$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha134 Phil Ivey (1/5)$635,603 Robert Williamson III (0/1) Results
28June 27, 2005$5,000 Limit Hold'em269Dan Schmiech (1/1)$404,585 Gabe Kaplan Results
29June 29, 2005$2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em1,072Lawrence Gosney (1/1)$483,195Jarl Lindholt Results
30June 29, 2005$1,500 Seven-Card Razz 291 O'Neil Longson (1/3)$125,690 Bruno Fitoussi Results
31June 29, 2005$5,000 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em301 Doyle Brunson (1/10)$367,800 Minh Ly Results
32June 30, 2005$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split224 David Chiu (1/4)$347,410Russell Salzer Results
33July 1, 2005$3,000 No Limit Hold'em1,010 Andre Boyer (1/1)$682,810 Matthew Glantz Results
34July 2, 2005$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em825 Paul McKinney (1/1)$202,725Robert Hume Results
35July 2, 2005$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha165 Rafi Amit (1/1)$511,835 Vinny Vinh Results
36July 3, 2005$3,000 Limit Hold'em406 Todd Witteles (1/1)$347,385Daryl Mixan Results
37July 4, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'em894Jon Heneghan (1/1)$611,015Paul Deng Results
38$1,000 Main Event Satellite
39July 5, 2005$5,000 No Limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball 65 David Grey (1/2)$365,135 John Hennigan (0/2) Results
40$1,000 Main Event Satellite
41Media/Celebrity Charity EventRandy Boman$10,000Jake Witcher Results
42July 7, 2005$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Main Event5,619 Joe Hachem (1/1)$7,500,000 Steve Dannenmann Results
43July 13, 2005$1,500 No Limit Hold'em765Ron Kirk (1/1)$321,520Adam White Results
44July 14, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'em971John Pires (1/1)$220,935 Eli Balas (0/3) Results
45July 15, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'em758 Willie Tann (1/1)$188,335Matthew Smith Results

Main Event

There were 5,619 entrants to the main event. [2] Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants won their seat in online poker tournaments. 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer finished in 25th place in his title defense. [3]

Final table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
Bracelets*		WSOP
Cashes*		WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Kanter 10,700,000 (19.0%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Tex Barch 9,330,000 (16.6%)01$4,000
Flag of Ireland.svg Andrew Black 8,140,000 (14.5%)03$63,380
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Matusow 7,410,000 (13.2%)214$953,190
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Dannenmann 5,460,000 (9.7%)000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Hachem 5,420,000 (9.6%)01$25,850
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Bergsdorf5,270,000 (9.4%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lazar3,370,000 (6.0%)01$2,100
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Kondracki1,180,000 (2.1%)000

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2005 Main Event.

Final table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Joe Hachem $7,500,000
2nd Steve Dannenmann $4,250,000
3rd Tex Barch $2,500,000
4th Aaron Kanter $2,000,000
5th Andy Black $1,750,000
6thScott Lazar$1,500,000
7thDaniel Bergsdorf$1,300,000
8thBrad Kondracki$1,150,000
9th Mike Matusow $1,000,000

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
11th Shawn Sheikhan $600,000
13th Bernard Lee $400,000
15th Tiffany Williamson $400,000
19th Minh Ly $304,680
20th Phil Ivey $304,680
22nd Tom Vu $304,680
25th Greg Raymer $304,680
31st John Juanda $274,090
37th Roland Israelashvili $235,390
46th Lee Watkinson $235,390
52nd Rod Pardey Sr. $173,880
59th Russ Hamilton $145,875
89th Can Kim Hua $91,950
93rd Nick Cassavetes $77,710

Fall of World Champions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "36th Annual World Series of Poker Poker Schedule & Events". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  2. ↑ Rosenbloom, Steve (2006-05-05). "Recollections of the 2005 WSOP". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Stephen A. (June 10, 2010). "World Series of Poker Champion's Perspective -- Greg Raymer". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  4. ↑ Munzer, Lee (August 9, 2005). "World Series of Poker 2005: A Sea of Shades, Spectators, and Stargazers". Card Player. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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