| The World Series of Poker | ||
|---|---|---|
| WSOP | ||
| 2005 Main Event Snapshot | ||
| Entries | 5,619 | |
| Prize pool | $52,818,610 | |
| Paid finishers | 560 | |
| Prize Breakdown | ||
| 1st | $7,500,000 | |
| 2nd | $4,250,000 | |
| 3rd | $2,500,000 | |
| 4th | $2,000,000 | |
| 5th | $1,750,000 | |
| 6th | $1,500,000 | |
| 7th | $1,300,000 | |
| 8th | $1,150,000 | |
| 9th | $1,000,000 | |
| 560th | $12,500 | |
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 ($7.5 million US) was awarded to the winner. ESPN coverage is now underway as of 19 July, but coverage of the Main Event will not broadcast until its start on October 11. [1].
Main Event
Final Table results
- Joseph Hachem (Melbourne, Australia)
- Steve Dannenmann (Severn, Maryland)
- John "Tex" Barch (McKinney, Texas)
- Aaron "AK" Kanter (Lodi, California)
- Andrew Black (Dublin, Ireland)
- Scott Lazar (Studio City, California)
- Daniel Bergsdorf (Umea, Sweden)
- Brad Kondracki (Kingston, Pennsylvania)
- MIke "The Mouth" Matusow (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Notable Day 6 Eliminations
27 began on Day 6, which moved to Binion's Casino and "Benny's Bullpen".
- Tiffany Williamson Last female player - 15th place
- Phil Ivey 20th place
- Tom Vu 22nd place
- Greg Raymer Defending World Champion - 25th place
Notable Day 5 Eliminations
58 began on Day 5
- John Juanda 31st place
- Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf 32nd place
- Farzad "Freddie" Bonyadi 41st place
- Kenna James 44th place
- Lee Watkinson 45th place
Notable Day 4 Eliminations
185 began on Day 4
- Russ Hamilton 1994 World Champion
- Howard Lederer
- Joe Beevers
- Dutch Boyd
- Paul Darden
- Jason Lester
Notable Day 3 Eliminations
569 began on Day 3
- Mike "The Grinder" Mizrachi
- Layne Flack
- Sam Farha
- Clonie Gowen
- Barbra Enright Only female ever to play the final table of main event
- Jani Sointula
- "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan
- Kirill Gerasimov
Notable Day 2 Eliminations
1,841 began on Day 2
- Former Main Event Champions: Chris Moneymaker, Dan Harrington, Huck Seed.
- Gus Hansen
- Chip Reese
- Marcel Luske
- Noted Celebrities: Shannon Sharpe, Rocco Mediate, Shannon Elizabeth
Notable Day 1 Eliminations
(NOTE: The first day was played over three consecutive days, with the survivors moving on into the fourth day, which for WSOP main event purposes was called "Day 2")
- Former Main Event Champions: Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen, Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen, Robert Varkonyi, Jim Bechtel.
- Josh Arieh
- Joe Awada
- Chris Bigler
- Andy Bloch
- Barny Boatman
- John Bonetti
- Humberto Brenes
- Doyle Brunson
- Todd Brunson
- Mike "The Mad Genius" Caro
- "Miami" John Cernuto
- TJ Cloutier
- Dave Colclough
- Hoyt Corkins
- Allen Cunningham
- John D'Agostino
- Kassem "Freddy" Deeb
- Martin De Knijff
- Eli Elezra
- Antonio Esfandiari
- Maureen Feduniak
- Scott Fischman
- Ted Forrest
- Chau Giang
- Phil Gordon
- Michael Gracz
- Barry Greenstein
- Hasan Habib
- Jennifer Harman (full house lost to straight flush)
- John Hennigan
- Chip Jett
- Mel Judah
- Phil Laak
- Tuan Le
- Kathy Liebert
- Erick Lindgren
- Tony Ma
- Isabelle Mercier
- Tom McEvoy
- Daniel Negreanu
- Evelyn Ng
- Men "The Master" Nguyen
- Pascal Perrault
- Bon Phan
- Paul Phillips
- Erik Seidel
- Mark Seif
- Mike Sexton
- David Sklansky
- Jennifer Tilly
- Dewey Tomko
- Simon Trumper
- Dave Ulliott
- Ram Vaswani
- Cyndy Violette
- David Williams, 2004 Main Event runner-up.
- Robert Williamson III
- Steve Zolotow
- Noted Celebrities: Tobey Maguire, Brad Garrett, Stephen Hendry, Wil Wheaton, Mimi Rogers, James Woods, Oliver Hudson, Shannon Sharpe
Trivia
- 5661 entrants registered for the event, although only 5619 playerd
- 1116 entrants qualified through PokerStars
- 13 qualifiers had their buy-in "lost in transit"
- 10 online qualifiers were not permitted to play as it emerged they were underage
- 2 online qualifiers died before the event started
- Mike Matusow was given a 40 minute penalty for 4 uses of the word fuck
Overall Results
| Event # | Event | Buy-In | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casino Employee No-Limit Hold'em | $500 | Andy Nguyen | $83,390 |
| 2 | No-Limit Hold'em | $1,500 | Allen Cunningham | $725,405 |
| 3 | Pot-Limit Hold'em | $1,500 | Thom Werthmann | $369,535 |
| 4 | Limit Hold'em | $1,500 | Eric Froehlich | $361,910 |
| 5 | Omaha Hi-Low Split | $1,500 | Pat Poels | $270,100 |
| 6 | Short Handed No-Limit Hold'em | $2,500 | Isaac Galazan | $315,125 |
| 7 | No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys | $1,000 | Maciek "Michael" Gracz | $594,460 |
| 8 | Seven Card Stud | $1,500 | Cliff Josephy | $192,150 |
| 9 | No-Limit Hold'em | $2,000 | Erik Seidel | $611,795 |
| 10 | Limit Hold'em | $2,000 | Reza Payvar | $303,610 |
| 11 | Pot-Limit Hold'em | $2,000 | Edward Moncada | $298,070 |
| 12 | Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys | $2,000 | Josh Arieh | $381,600 |
| 13 | No-Limit Hold'em | $5,000 | T.J. Cloutier | $657,100 |
| 14 | Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split | $1,000 | Steve Hohn | $156,985 |
| 15 | Limit Hold'em Shootout | $1,500 | Mark Seif | $181,330 |
| 16 | No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | $1,500 | Anthony Reategui | $269,100 |
| 17 | Limit Hold'em | $2,500 | Quinn Do | $265,975 |
| 18 | Seven Card Stud Hi-low Split | $2,000 | Denis Ethier | $160,682 |
| 19 | Pot Limit Omaha | $1,500 | Barry Greenstein | $128,505 |
| 20 | Pot-Limit Hold'em | $5,000 | Brian Wilson | $370,685 |
| 21 | Omaha Hi-Low Split | $2,500 | Todd Brunson | $255,945 |
| 22 | No-Limit Hold'em | $1,500 | Mark Seif | $611,145 |
| 23 | Seven Card Stud | $5,000 | Jan Sorenson | $293,275 |
| 24 | No-Limit Hold'em | $2,500 | Farzad Bonyadi | $594,960 |
| 25 | Pot-Limit Hold'em | $2,500 | Johnny Chan | $303,025 |
| 26 | Ladies Event No-Limit Hold'em, 1 day event | $1,000 | Jennifer Tilly | $158,625 |
| 27 | Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys | $5,000 | Phil Ivey | $630,685 |
| 28 | Limit Hold'em | $5,000 | Dan Schmiech | $404,585 |
| 29 | No-Limit Hold'em | $2,000 | Lawrence Gosney | $483,195 |
| 30 | Seven Card Razz | $1,500 | O'Neil Longson | $125,690 |
| 31 | Short Handed No-Limit Hold'em | $5,000 | Doyle Brunson | $367,800 |
| 32 | Omaha Hi-Low Split | $5,000 | David Chiu | $347,410 |
| 33 | No-Limit Hold'em | $3,000 | Andre Boyer | $682,810 |
| 34 | Seniors No-Limit Hold'em, 1 day event | $1,000 | Paul McKinney | $202,725 |
| 35 | Pot-Limit Omaha | $10,000 | Rafi "Refael" Amit | $511,835 |
| 36 | Limit Holdem | $3,000 | Todd Witteles | $347,385 |
| 37 | No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys | $1,000 | Jon Heneghan | $611,015 |
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| 39 | No-Limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball w/ Rebuys | $5,000 | David Grey | $365,135 |
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| 41 | Media/Celebrity No-Limit Hold'em | $0 | Randy Bowman | $10,000 |
| 42 | No-Limit Hold'em Championship (Main Event) | $10,000 | Joseph Hachem | $7,500,000 |
| 43 | No-Limit Hold'em, 1 day event | $1,500 | Ron Kirk | $321,520 |
| 44 | No-Limit Hold'em, 1 day event | $1,000 | John Pires | $220,935 |
| 45 | No-Limit Hold'em, 1 day event | $1,000 | Willie Tann | $188,335 |