This list of 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) results includes statistics, final table results and payouts.
Results
Event 1: $500 Casino Employee's No Limit Hold'em
June 2, 2005
This event kicked off the 2005 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada.
- Number of buy-ins: 662
- Total Prize Pool: $297,900
- Number of Payouts: 63
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Andy Nguyen |
$83,390
|
2nd |
Danilo Flores |
$43,195
|
3rd |
Thang Luu |
$23,830
|
4th |
Simon Matthews |
$20,855
|
5th |
Steven Cuti |
$17,875
|
6th |
Dustin West |
$14,895
|
7th |
Todd Dakake |
$11,915
|
8th |
David Slowik |
$8,935
|
9th |
Justin Porter |
$5,960
|
Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
June 3, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 2,305
- Total Prize Pool: $3,180,900
- Number of Payouts: 200
Event 3: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
June 4, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 1,071
- Total Prize Pool: $1,477,980
- Number of Payouts: 100
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Thomas Werthmann |
$369,535
|
2nd |
Layne Flack |
$185,855
|
3rd |
Tony Ma |
$118,240
|
4th |
Martin Green |
$103,460
|
5th |
David Bach |
$88,680
|
6th |
Mario Valenzuela |
$73,900
|
7th |
Pierre Nasr |
$59,120
|
8th |
Arash Ganehian |
$44,340
|
9th |
Ernest Patrick |
$29,560
|
Event 4: $1,500 Limit Hold 'em
June 5, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 1,049
- Total Prize Pool: $1,447,620
- Number of Payouts: 100
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Eric Froehlich |
$361,910
|
2nd |
Jason Steinhorn |
$182,040
|
3rd |
Todd Witteles |
$115,810
|
4th |
Adam Hersh |
$101,335
|
5th |
Christian Van Hees |
$86,855
|
6th |
Devin Armstrong |
$72,380
|
7th |
Peter Costa |
$57,905
|
8th |
Wing Wong |
$43,430
|
9th |
Brian Mogelefsky |
$28,950
|
Event 5: $1,500 Omaha High-Low 8/OB
June 6, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 699
- Total Prize Pool: $964,620
- Number of Payouts: 63
Event 6: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)
June 7, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 548
- Total Prize Pool: $1,260,400
- Number of Payouts: 66
Event 7: $1,000 No-limit Hold'em w/Rebuys
June 8, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 826
- Number of rebuys: 1,495
- Total Prize Pool: $2,201,630
- Number of Payouts: 72
Event 8: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
June 9, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 472
- Total Prize Pool: $651,360
- Number of Payouts: 40
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Cliff Josephy |
$192,150
|
2nd |
Kirill Gerasimov |
$108,775
|
3rd |
Mark Burtman |
$63,180
|
4th |
Greg Mascio |
$48,200
|
5th |
Ibrahim Almalhi |
$39,735
|
6th |
Ardell Willis |
$31,265
|
7th |
Minh Nguyen |
$24,750
|
8th |
Murry Reinhart |
$17,585
|
Event 9: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
June 10, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 1403
- Total Prize Pool: $2,581,520
- Number of Payouts: 140
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Erik Seidel |
$611,795
|
2nd |
Cyndy Violette |
$295,970
|
3rd |
Perry Friedman |
$196,455
|
4th |
Morgan Machina |
$170,380
|
5th |
Paul Sexton |
$147,145
|
6th |
Harry Demetriou |
$123,915
|
7th |
Fabrice Soulier |
$103,260
|
8th |
Chris Wunderlich |
$77,445
|
9th |
William Blanda |
$51,630
|
Event 10: $2,000 Limit Hold'em
June 11, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 569
- Total Prize Pool: $1,046,940
- Number of Payouts: 54
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Reza Payvar |
$303,610
|
2nd |
Toto Leonidas |
$160,185
|
3rd |
John Myung |
$83,755
|
4th |
John Cernuto |
$73,285
|
5th |
Tommy Garza |
$62,820
|
6th |
Rodeen Talebi |
$52,350
|
7th |
Jay Helfert |
$41,880
|
8th |
Robert Schulze |
$31,410
|
9th |
Eric Liebeler |
$20,940
|
Event 11: $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
June 12, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 540
- Total Prize Pool: $993,600
- Number of Payouts: 45
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Edward Moncada |
$298,070
|
2nd |
Steven Hudak |
$159,970
|
3rd |
David Cossio |
$79,490
|
4th |
Shah Ajay |
$69,550
|
5th |
Freddy Deeb |
$59,615
|
6th |
Sharbel Koumi |
$49,680
|
7th |
Marco Traniello |
$39,745
|
8th |
Elia Ahmadian |
$29,810
|
9th |
Yoshitaka Oku |
$19,870
|
Event 12: $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
June 13, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 212
- Number of rebuys: 395
- Total Prize Pool: $1,156,350
- Number of Payouts: 18
Event 13: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
June 14, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 466
- Total Prize Pool: $2,190,200
- Number of Payouts: 45
Event 14: $1000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
June 15, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 595
- Total Prize Pool: $541,450
- Number of Payouts: 48
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Steve Hohn |
$156,985
|
2nd |
Mike Wattel |
$88,800
|
3rd |
Al Ruck |
$51,440
|
4th |
Jonathan Paul |
$39,525
|
5th |
Peter Phillips |
$32,485
|
6th |
Marie St. Michael |
$25,450
|
7th |
Men Nguyen |
$20,035
|
8th |
Giacomo D’Agostino |
$14,080
|
9th |
Russ Salzer |
$8,665
|
Event 15: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
June 16, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 450
- Total Prize Pool: $621,000
- Number of Payouts: 45
Event 16: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
June 17, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 780
- Total Prize Pool: $1,076,400
- Number of Payouts: 78
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Anthony Reategui |
$269,100
|
2nd |
Paul Kroh |
$146,380
|
3rd |
Phil Gordon |
$75,350
|
4th |
Young Phan |
$64,585
|
5th |
Kenny Robbins |
$53,820
|
6th |
Ted Lawson |
$43,055
|
7th |
Dariush Imani |
$32,290
|
8th |
Allen Goldstein |
$25,835
|
9th |
Erick Lindgren |
$20,450
|
10th |
Keith Quilty |
$16,145
|
Event 17: $2,500 Limit Hold'em
June 18, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 373
- Total Prize Pool: $857,900
- Number of Payouts: 36
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Quinn Do |
$265,975
|
2nd |
Chi Chang |
$137,265
|
3rd |
Mike Davis |
$68,630
|
4th |
Tony Nasr |
$60,055
|
5th |
Tom Franklin |
$51,475
|
6th |
Sam Arzoin |
$42,895
|
7th |
Rodeen Talebi |
$34,315
|
8th |
Spencer Sun |
$25,735
|
9th |
Noah Boeken |
$17,160
|
Event 18: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
June 19, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 291
- Total Prize Pool: $404,710
- Number of Payouts: 27
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Barry Greenstein |
$128,505
|
2nd |
Paul Vinci |
$70,680
|
3rd |
Chris Lindenmayer |
$36,140
|
4th |
Toto Leonidas |
$28,110
|
5th |
Tim Martz |
$24,095
|
6th |
Paul Maxfield |
$20,080
|
7th |
Chris Ferguson |
$16,065
|
8th |
Sam Silverman |
$12,045
|
9th |
Eric Bloore |
$8,030
|
Event 19: $2,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
June 19, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 279
- Total Prize Pool: $513,360
- Number of Payouts: 24
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Denis Ethier |
$160,685
|
2nd |
Chad Brown |
$89,838
|
3rd |
Jennifer Harman |
$53,903
|
4th |
Tim Fu |
$38,502
|
5th |
Lance Edelman |
$31,828
|
6th |
Bonnie Rossi |
$25,155
|
7th |
Phillip Penn |
$20,021
|
8th |
Tom McCormick |
$14,374
|
Event 20: $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
June 20, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 239
- Total Prize Pool: $1,123,300
- Number of Payouts: 18
Event 21: $2500 Omaha High-Low 8/OB
June 21, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 359
- Total Prize Pool: $825,700
- Number of Payouts: 36
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Todd Brunson |
$255,945
|
2nd |
Allen Kessler |
$132,110
|
3rd |
Tommy Fischer |
$66,055
|
4th |
Manelic Minaya |
$57,800
|
5th |
Larry Reynolds |
$49,540
|
6th |
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman |
$41,285
|
7th |
Glenn Cozen |
$33,030
|
8th |
Ben Lang |
$24,770
|
9th |
Nat Koe |
$16,515
|
Event 22: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
June 24, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 2,013
- Total Prize Pool: $2,777,940
- Number of Payouts: 200
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Mark Seif |
$611,145
|
2nd |
Minh Nguyen |
$329,975
|
3rd |
Bill Gazes |
$202,790
|
4th |
Webber Kang |
$175,010
|
5th |
Peter Lee |
$147,230
|
6th |
Greg Raymer |
$119,450
|
7th |
James Carter |
$91,670
|
8th |
Steve Rassi |
$63,895
|
9th |
Dave Ulliott |
$47,225
|
Event 23: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud
June 25, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 192
- Total Prize Pool: $902,400
- Number of Payouts: 16
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Jan Vang Sørensen |
$293,275
|
2nd |
Keith Sexton |
$162,430
|
3rd |
Chip Jett |
$99,265
|
4th |
John Phan |
$72,190
|
5th |
Joe Awada |
$58,655
|
6th |
Steven Diano |
$45,120
|
7th |
Gerard Rechnitzer |
$36,095
|
8th |
Tom McCormick |
$27,070
|
Event 24: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
June 24, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 1,056
- Total Prize Pool: $2,428,800
- Number of Payouts: 100
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Farzad Bonyadi |
$594,960
|
2nd |
Lars Bonding |
$317,625
|
3rd |
Glynn Beebe |
$194,305
|
4th |
Robert Doyle |
$170,015
|
5th |
Mayen Grigorian |
$145,730
|
6th |
Joe Zappia |
$121,440
|
7th |
Jason Tate |
$97,150
|
8th |
K.J. Jordan |
$72,865
|
9th |
Larry Watson |
$48,575
|
Event 25: $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
June 25, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 425
- Total Prize Pool: $977,500
- Number of Payouts: 36
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Johnny Chan |
$303,025
|
2nd |
Phil Laak |
$156,400
|
3rd |
Richard Osborne |
$78,200
|
4th |
Frank Kassela |
$68,425
|
5th |
Jerri Thomas |
$58,650
|
6th |
Tony Hartmann |
$48,875
|
7th |
Richard Harroch |
$39,100
|
8th |
Ashok Surapaneni |
$29,325
|
9th |
Humberto Brenes |
$19,550
|
Event 26: $1,000 Ladies - No Limit Hold'em
June 26, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 601
- Total Prize Pool: $546,910
- Number of Payouts: 54
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Jennifer Tilly |
$158,335
|
2nd |
Ann Le |
$83,540
|
3rd |
Carolyn Ancheta |
$43,680
|
4th |
Cecilia Reyes Mortensen |
$38,220
|
5th |
Angel Word |
$32,815
|
6th |
Teresa Chang |
$27,345
|
7th |
Susan Carpenter |
$21,875
|
8th |
Beth Shak |
$16,405
|
9th |
Janis Numan |
$10,940
|
Event 27: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
June 28, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 134
- Number of Rebuys: 229
- Total Prize Pool: $1,765,568
- Number of Payouts: 9
Event 28: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
June 29, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 269
- Total Prize Pool: $1,264,300
- Number of Payouts: 27
Event 29: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
June 30, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 1,072
- Total Prize Pool: $1,972,480
- Number of Payouts: 100
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Lawrence Gosney |
$483,195
|
2nd |
Jarl Lindholt |
$258,000
|
3rd |
Hyung Ko |
$157,800
|
4th |
Dustin Woolf |
$138,075
|
5th |
J.C. Tran |
$118,350
|
6th |
Tony Rila |
$98,625
|
7th |
Alan Purdy |
$78,900
|
8th |
Carlo Citrone |
$59,175
|
9th |
Bjorn Isberg |
$39,450
|
Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed
June 30, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 301
- Total Prize Pool: $1,414,700
- Number of Payouts: 48
Event 31: $1,500 Razz
June 30, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 291
- Total Prize Pool: $401,580
- Number of Payouts: 24
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
O'Neil Longson |
$125,690
|
2nd |
Bruno Fitoussi |
$70,275
|
3rd |
Al Barbieri |
$42,165
|
4th |
Archie Karas |
$30,120
|
5th |
Mike Wattel |
$24,900
|
6th |
Mick Wernick |
$19,675
|
7th |
Larry Cesareo |
$15,660
|
8th |
Hassan Kamoei |
$11,245
|
Event 32: $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB
July 2, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 224
- Total Prize Pool: $1,052,800
- Number of Payouts: 18
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
David Chiu |
$347,410
|
2nd |
Russ Salzer |
$191,610
|
3rd |
Haim Kakoun |
$105,280
|
4th |
Danny Horowitz |
$84,225
|
5th |
Stephen Ladowsky |
$63,170
|
6th |
Hiroshi Shimamura |
$52,640
|
7th |
Allen Cunningham |
$42,110
|
8th |
Patrick Bueno |
$31,585
|
9th |
Daniel Shak |
$21,055
|
Event 33: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em
July 3, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 1,010
- Total Prize Pool: $2,787,600
- Number of Payouts: 100
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Andre Boyer |
$682,810
|
2nd |
Matthew Glantz |
$364,620
|
3rd |
Jerry Young |
$223,010
|
4th |
Dennis Perry |
$195,130
|
5th |
Michael Carroll |
$167,255
|
6th |
Robert Betts |
$139,380
|
7th |
Kenneth Blanton |
$111,505
|
8th |
Morten Jensen |
$83,630
|
9th |
John Duthie |
$55,750
|
Event 34: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em
July 3, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 825
- Total Prize Pool: $750,750
- Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Paul McKinney |
$202,725
|
2nd |
Robert Hume |
$106,230
|
3rd |
Paul Fischman |
$60,060
|
4th |
Robert Redman |
$52,555
|
5th |
Charles Zeghibe |
$45,045
|
6th |
Louis Barkoutsis |
$37,540
|
7th |
Peter Vilandos |
$30,030
|
8th |
Daniel Klein |
$22,525
|
9th |
Carol Bollinger |
$15,015
|
Event 35: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
July 4, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 165
- Total Prize Pool: $1,551,000
- Number of Payouts: 18
Event 36: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
July 4, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 406
- Total Prize Pool: $1,120,560
- Number of Payouts: 36
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Todd Witteles |
$347,385
|
2nd |
Daryl Mixan |
$179,290
|
3rd |
Kieu Duong |
$89,645
|
4th |
Ralph Perry |
$78,440
|
5th |
Matt Hawrilenko |
$67,235
|
6th |
Craig Crivello |
$56,030
|
7th |
Cyndy Violette |
$44,820
|
8th |
Mike Nargi |
$33,615
|
9th |
Matt Matros |
$22,410
|
Event 37: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
June 29, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 894
- Number of Rebuys: 1,584
- Total Prize Pool: $2,350,020
- Number of Payouts: 81
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Jon Heneghan |
$611,015
|
2nd |
Paul Deng |
$324,305
|
3rd |
Robert Aron |
$188,000
|
4th |
Gary Do |
$164,500
|
5th |
Alex Balandin |
$141,000
|
6th |
Freddy Deeb |
$117,500
|
7th |
Barry Greenstein |
$94,000
|
8th |
John Kim |
$70,500
|
9th |
Les Amoils |
$47,000
|
Event 38: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Event 39: $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
July 6, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 65
- Number of Rebuys: 139
- Total Prize Pool: $986,860
- Number of Payouts: 7
Event 40: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Event 42: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
July 15, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 5,619
- Total Prize Pool: $52,818,610
- Number of Payouts: 560
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Joseph Hachem |
$7,500,000
|
2nd |
Steve Dannenmann |
$4,250,000
|
3rd |
Tex Barch |
$2,500,000
|
4th |
Aaron Kanter |
$2,000,000
|
5th |
Andrew 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
|
Event 43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
July 11, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 765
- Total Prize Pool: $1,146,870
- Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Ronald Kirk |
$321,520
|
2nd |
Adam White |
$168,520
|
3rd |
Didier Leroy |
$95,725
|
4th |
Alvin Horwitz |
$83,365
|
5th |
Joe Bartholdi |
$71,445
|
6th |
Erik Seidel |
$59,545
|
7th |
Magnus Betnér |
$47,640
|
8th |
Sherkhan Farnood |
$35,730
|
9th |
Hasan Harajli |
$23,820
|
Event 44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
July 12, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 971
- Total Prize Pool: $882,505
- Number of Payouts: 89
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
John Pires |
$220,935
|
2nd |
Eli Balas |
$120,835
|
3rd |
Douglas Carli |
$70,690
|
4th |
Mika Puro |
$61,855
|
5th |
John Baerlein |
$53,015
|
6th |
Mark Petrillo |
$44,180
|
7th |
Matthew Milliken |
$35,345
|
8th |
Haddad Gilles |
$26,510
|
9th |
Anthony Esposito |
$17,670
|
Event 45: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
July 13, 2005
- Number of buy-ins: 758
- Total Prize Pool: $697,360
- Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
Place
|
Name
|
Prize
|
1st |
Willie Tann |
$188,355
|
2nd |
Matthew Smith |
$98,675
|
3rd |
Thor Hansen |
$55,790
|
4th |
Chris Short |
$48,815
|
5th |
Gary Haglund |
$41,840
|
6th |
Ravi Babber |
$34,870
|
7th |
Ryian Jensen |
$27,895
|
8th |
Bennett Cloud |
$20,920
|
9th |
Jacob Zalewski |
$13,945
|
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