2005 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments February 2026 2005 World Series of Poker Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino andBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada June 2 – July 15 AUS Joe Hachem 2004 2006 thumb|300px|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 19 with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11 and ended November 15. 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.36th Annual World Series of Poker Poker Schedule & Events http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/schedule1637.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080423080530/http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/schedule1637.htm April 23, 2008 April 11, 2008 PokerPages.com 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.Nuwwarah Mo WSOP Legend: Doyle Brunson's Final Bracelet, 15 Years Later PokerNews July 13, 2020 https://www.pokernews.com/news/2020/07/wsop-legend-doyle-brunson-final-bracelet-37613.htm March 7, 2025Rosenbloom Steve Recollections of the 2005 WSOP ESPN.com May 5, 2006 https://www.espn.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=rosenbloom_steve&id=2434572 March 7, 2025 2005 World Series of Poker results #Date EventEntries Winner Prize Runner-up Results 1June 2, 2005 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em662 Andy Nguyen (1/1) $83,390 Danilo 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'em1,071 Thom Werthmann (1/1) $369,535 Layne Flack (0/5) Results 4June 5, 2005 $1,500 Limit Hold-em1,049 Eric Froehlich (1/1) $361,910 Jason Steinhorn Results 5June 6, 2005 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split699 Pat Poels (1/1) $270,100 John Lukas Results 6June 7, 2005 $2,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em548 Isaac Galazan (1/1) $315,125 Harry Demetriou Results 7June 8, 2005 $1,000 No Limit Hold'Em826 Michael Gracz (1/1) $594,460 C. T. Law Results 8June 9, 2005 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud472 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'em569 Reza Payvar (1/1) $303,610 Toto Leonidas Results 11June 12, 2005 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'Em540 Edward Moncada (1/1) $298,070 Steven 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) $657,100 Steve Zoine Results 14June 15, 2005 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split595 Steve Hohn (1/1) $156,985 Mike Wattel (0/1) Results 15June 15, 2005 $1,500 Limit Hold' Em Shootout450 Mark Seif (1/1) $181,330 William Shaw Results 16June 17, 2005 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout780 Anthony Reategui (1/1) $269,100 Paul Kroh Results 17June 18, 2005 $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em373 Quinn Do (1/1) $265,975 Qi Chi Chang Results18June 19, 2005$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split279Denis Ethier (1/1)$160,682Chad BrownResults 19June 19, 2005 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha291 Barry Greenstein (1/2) $128,505 Paul 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) $255,945 Allen 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) $293,275 Keith Sexton Results 24June 24, 2005 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,056 Farzad Bonyadi (1/3) $594,960 Lars Bonding Results 25June 25, 2005 $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em425 Johnny Chan (1/10) $303,025 Phil Laak Results26June 26, 2005$1,000 Ladies' No Limit Hold'em601Jennifer Tilly (1/1)$158,335Anh LeResults 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'em269 Dan Schmiech (1/1) $404,585 Gabe Kaplan Results 29June 29, 2005 $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em1,072 Lawrence Gosney (1/1) $483,195 Jarl Lindholt Results 30June 29, 2005 $1,500 Seven-Card Razz291 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) $347,410 Russell 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) $202,725 Robert 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) $347,385 Daryl Mixan Results 37July 4, 2005 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em894 Jon Heneghan (1/1) $611,015 Paul Deng Results 38 $1,000 Main Event Satellite 39July 5, 2005 $5,000 No Limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball65 David Grey (1/2) $365,135 John Hennigan (0/2) Results 40 $1,000 Main Event Satellite 41 Media/Celebrity Charity Event Randy Boman $10,000 Jake 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'em765 Ron Kirk (1/1) $321,520 Adam White Results 44July 14, 2005 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em971 John Pires (1/1) $220,935 Eli Balas (0/3) Results 45July 15, 2005 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em758 Willie Tann (1/1) $188,335 Matthew Smith Results Main Event There were 5,619 entrants to the main event. 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.Murphy Stephen A. June 10, 2010 World Series of Poker Champion’s Perspective -- Greg Raymer https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/9218-world-series-of-poker-champion-s-perspective-greg-raymer November 12, 2024 CardPlayer.com Final table NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBracelets*WSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings*USA Aaron Kanter10,700,000 (19.0%)000USA Tex Barch9,330,000 (16.6%)01$4,000IRE Andrew Black8,140,000 (14.5%)03$63,380USA Mike Matusow7,410,000 (13.2%)214$953,190USA Steve Dannenmann5,460,000 (9.7%)000AUS Joe Hachem5,420,000 (9.6%)01$25,850SWE Daniel Bergsdorf5,270,000 (9.4%)000USA Scott Lazar3,370,000 (6.0%)01$2,100USA Brad Kondracki1,180,000 (2.1%)000 *Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2005 Main Event. Final table results Place Name Prize 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 6th Scott Lazar $1,500,000 7th Daniel Bergsdorf $1,300,000 8th Brad 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. Place Name Prize 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 Performance of past champions Name ChampionshipYear(s) Day ofElimination Doyle Brunson 1976, 1977 1 Tom McEvoy 1983 1 Johnny Chan 1987, 1988 1 Phil Hellmuth 1989 1 Jim Bechtel 1993 1 Russ Hamilton 1994 4 (59th) Dan Harrington 1995 2 Huck Seed 1996 2 Scotty Nguyen 1998 1 Chris Ferguson 2000 1 Carlos Mortensen 2001 1 Robert Varkonyi 2002 1 Chris Moneymaker 2003 2 Greg Raymer 2004 6 (25th) See also World Series of Poker Circuit events World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2005 World Series of Poker Results References External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker World Series of Poker Category:World Series of Poker Category:2005 in Nevada