2004 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments February 2026 2004 World Series of Poker Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada April 21 – May 28 USA Greg Raymer 2003 2005 The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January. Harrah's announced that future WSOP tournaments will be held in a moving circuit of member casinos. Events There were 32 preliminary bracelet events at the 2004 World Series of Poker.2004 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule World Series of Poker https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/schedule/?groupID=23 November 26, 2024 #Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-up Results 1April 21, 2004 $500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em279 Carl Nessel (1/1) $40,000 Cory Pocket Results 2April 23, 2004 $2,000 No Limit Hold'em834 James Vogl (1/1) $400,000 Shawn Rice Results 3April 24, 2004 $1,500 Seven-card stud258 Ted Forrest (1/4) $111,440 Chad Brown Results 4April 25, 2004 $1,500 Limit Hold-em608 Aaron Katz (1/1) $234,940 Richard Gardner-Brown Results 5April 26, 2004 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split374 Curtis Bibb (1/1) $160,000 Paul Phillips Results 6April 27, 2004 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em363 Minh Nguyen (1/2) $155,420 Lorne Persons Results 7April 28, 2004 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'Em538 Gerry Drehobl (1/1) $365,900 John Juanda (0/3) Results 8April 29, 2004 $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha145 Chau Giang (1/3) $187,920 Robert Williamson III Results 9April 30, 2004 $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em831 Scott Fischman (1/1) $300,000 Joe Awada Results 10May 1, 2004 $2,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split224 Cyndy Violette (1/1) $135,900 Pete Kaufman Results 11May 2, 2004 $2,500 Limit Hold'Em237 Eli Balas (1/3) $174,440 Steve Shkolnik Results 12May 3, 2004 $2,000 H.O.R.S.E.166 Scott Fischman (2/2) $100,200 John Cover Results 13May 4, 2004 $5,000 No Limit Hold'Em254 Thomas Keller (1/1) $382,020 Martin de Knijff Results 14May 5, 2004 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split213 Hasan Habib (1/1) $93,060 Tommy Polk Results 15May 6, 2004 $2,000 Limit Hold' Em287 Daniel Negreanu (1/3) $169,100 Chris Hinchcliffe Results 16May 7, 2004 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw46 Barry Greenstein (1/1) $296,200 Chris Ferguson (0/5) Results 17May 7, 2004 $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout240 Kathy Liebert (1/1) $110,180 Kevin Song (0/1) Results 18May 8, 2004 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout400 Phi Nguyen (1/2) $180,000 Kirill Gerasimov Results 19May 9, 2004 $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split234 Annie Duke (1/1) $137,860 Ron Graham (0/1) Results 20May 9, 2004 $1,000 Ladies Limit Hold 'Em201 Hung Doan (1/1) $58,530 Millie Shiu Results 21May 10, 2004 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em324 Antonio Esfandiari (1/1) $58,530 Phi Nguyen (0/2) Results 22May 11, 2004 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split121 Brett Jungblut (1/1) $187,720 John Cernuto (0/3) Results 23May 12, 2004 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em834 Ted Forrest (2/5) $300,300 Susan Pritchett Results 24May 13, 2004 $5,000 Seven Card Stud144 Joe Awada (1/1) $221,000 Marcel Lüske Results 25May 14, 2004 $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'Em316 Gavin Griffin (1/1) $270,420 Garry Bush Results 26May 15, 2004 $1,500 Seven Card Razz195 T. J. Cloutier (1/5) $90,500 Dutch Boyd Results 27May 16, 2004 $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw82 Farzad Bonyadi (1/2) $86,980 Trung Ly Results 28May 16, 2004 $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em519 Gary Gibbs (1/1) $136,960 Carl McKelvey Results 29May 17, 2004 $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em213 John Hennigan (1/2) $325,360 An Tran (0/1) Results 30May 18, 2004 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em651 Mike Sica (1/1) $503,160 John Kabbaj Results 31May 19, 2004 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha145 Ted Lawson (1/1) $500,000 Lee Watkinson Results 32May 20, 2004 $1,500 A-5 Draw Lowball184 Norm Ketchum (1/1) $84,500 Barry Greenstein (0/1) Results33May 22, 2004$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event2,576Greg Raymer (1/1)$5,000,000David Williams Results Main Event There were 2,576 entrants to the Main Event – more than three times the number of the previous year.Grant Calum WSOP Main Event Champions 2003-05: Moneymaker, Raymer, Hachem PokerNews April 20, 2022 https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/04/wsop-main-event-winners-moneymaker-raymer-hachem-40966.htm November 12, 2024 The rise in popularity among the 2004 Main Event and some preliminary 2004 WSOP events could be attributed to the coverage of Chris Moneymaker's victory from the prior year.Pataskowski Mark Chris Moneymaker After the Poker Boom: 20 Years Later PokerTube August 2, 2023 https://www.pokertube.com/article/chris-moneymaker-after-the-poker-boom-20-years-later December 30, 2024 Each entry paid $10,000 to enter, with the top 225 players finishing in the money. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments.Associated Press Internet Amateur Wins Top Poker Pot Los Angeles Times May 30, 2004 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-30-na-poker30-story.html March 7, 2025 1995 Main Event champion Dan Harrington made the final table for the second consecutive year. His bid for a second main-event title came up short once again as he finished in fourth place.Slagter Josh Ex-WSOP champion Dan Harrington, eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel elected to Poker Hall of Fame mlive October 20, 2010 https://www.mlive.com/deadmoney/2010/10/ex-wsop_champion_dan_harringto.html November 12, 2024 Final table NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBracelets*WSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings*USA Greg Raymer8,215,000 (32.4%)01$5,345USA Matt Dean4,920,000 (19.4%)000USA Josh Arieh3,205,000 (12.6%)16$306,990USA Glenn Hughes2,275,000 (9.0%)04$44,270USA Dan Harrington2,245,000 (8.9%)28$1,975,858USA David Williams1,575,000 (6.2%)000USA Al Krux1,305,000 (5.1%)16$345,705USA Mike McClain885,000 (3.5%)02$12,679SWE Mattias Andersson740,000 (2.9%)000 *Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2004 Main Event. Final table results Place Name Prize 1st Greg Raymer $5,000,000 2nd David Williams $3,500,000 3rd Josh Arieh $2,500,000 4th Dan Harrington $1,500,000 5th Glenn Hughes $1,100,000 6th Al Krux $800,000 7th Matt Dean $675,000 8th Mattias Andersson $575,000 9th Michael McClain $470,400 Other high finishes NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry. Place Name Prize 10th Marcel Lüske $373,000 15th Eddy Scharf $275,000 18th Harry Demetriou $147,500 26th Chris Ferguson $120,000 32nd Julian Gardner $80,000 33rd Matthew Hilger $80,000 52nd Gavin Smith $45,000 53rd Doyle Brunson $45,000 54th Blair Rodman $45,000 59th Daniel Alaei $35,000 72nd Dave Ulliott $30,000 86th Randy Holland $20,000 87th Mike Matusow $20,000 90th Burt Boutin $20,000 See also World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions References External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker 36.1716 -115.1443 type:event_globe:earth_region:US-NV title Category:World Series of Poker World Series of Poker Category:2004 in Nevada