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 2005 WSOP Championship bracelet.jpg
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.

NumberEventWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em Andy Nguyen (1/1)$83,390Danilo Flores Results
2$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Allen Cunningham (1/3)$725,405 Scott Fischman (0/2) Results
3$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'emThom Werthmann (1/1)$369,535 Layne Flack (0/5) Results
4$1,500 Limit Hold-em Eric Froehlich (1/1)$361,910Jason Steinhorn Results
5$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Pat Poels (1/1)$270,100John Lukas Results
6$2,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'emIsaac Galazan (1/1)$315,125 Harry Demetriou Results
7$1,000 No Limit Hold'Em Michael Gracz (1/1)$594,460C. T. Law Results
8$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Cliff Josephy (1/1)$192,150 Kirill Gerasimov Results
9$2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em Erik Seidel (1/7)$611,795 Cyndy Violette (0/1) Results
10$2,000 Limit Hold'emReza Payvar (1/1)$303,610 Toto Leonidas Results
11$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'EmEdward Moncada (1/1)$298,070Steven Hudak Results
12$2,000 Pot Limit Omaha Josh Arieh (1/2)$381,600 Chris Ferguson (0/5) Results
13$5,000 No Limit Hold'Em T. J. Cloutier (1/6)$657,100Steve Zoine Results
14$1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo SplitSteve Hohn (1/1)$156,985Mike Wattel (0/1) Results
15$1,500 Limit Hold' Em Shootout Mark Seif (1/1)$181,330William Shaw Results
16$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Anthony Reategui (1/1)$269,100Paul Kroh Results
17$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em Quinn Do (1/1)$265,975Qi Chi Chang Results
18$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Barry Greenstein (1/2)$128,505Paul Vinci Results
19$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo SplitDenis Ethier (1/1)$160,682 Chad Brown Results
20$5,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em Brian Wilson (1/1)$370,685 John Gale Results
21$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Todd Brunson (1/1)$255,945Allen Kessler Results
22$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Mark Seif (2/2)$611,145 Minh Nguyen (0/2) Results
23$5,000 Seven-Card Stud Jan Vang Sørensen (1/2)$293,275Keith Sexton Results
24$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Farzad Bonyadi (1/3)$594,960Lars Bonding Results
25$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em Johnny Chan (1/10)$303,025 Phil Laak Results
26$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Phil Ivey (1/5)$635,603 Robert Williamson III (0/1) Results
27$1,000 Ladies' No Limit Hold'em Jennifer Tilly (1/1)$158,335Anh Le Results
28$5,000 Limit Hold'emDan Schmiech (1/1)$404,585 Gabe Kaplan Results
29$2,000 No Limit Hold 'EmLawrence Gosney (1/1)$483,195Jarl Lindholt Results
30$1,500 Seven-Card Razz O'Neil Longson (1/3)$125,690 Bruno Fitoussi Results
31$5,000 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em Doyle Brunson (1/10)$367,800 Minh Ly Results
32$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split David Chiu (1/4)$347,410Russell Salzer Results
33$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Andre Boyer (1/1)$682,810 Matthew Glantz Results
34$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em Paul McKinney (1/1)$202,725Robert Hume Results
35$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Rafi Amit (1/1)$511,835 Vinny Vinh Results
36$3,000 Limit Hold'em Todd Witteles (1/1)$347,385Daryl Mixan Results
37$1,000 No Limit Hold'emJon Heneghan (1/1)$611,015Paul Deng Results
38$1,000 Main Event Satellite
39$5,000 No Limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball 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
42$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Main Event Joe Hachem (1/1)$7,500,000 Steve Dannenmann Results
43$1,500 No Limit Hold'emRon Kirk (1/1)$321,520Adam White Results
44$1,000 No Limit Hold'emJohn Pires (1/1)$220,935 Eli Balas (0/3) Results
45$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 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
1s t 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

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References

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  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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