2005 World Series of Poker

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 two days of the Main Event which were held at Binion’s Horseshoe. This marked the last time the Main Event final table was held at Binion’s Horseshoe.

Fall of World Champions

• Day 1: Jim Bechtel, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Tom McEvoy, Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, Robert Varkonyi
• Day 2: Dan Harrington, Chris Moneymaker, Huck Seed
• Day 3: (none)
• Day 4: Russ Hamilton
• Day 5: (none)
• Day 6: Greg Raymer

See also

• World Series of Poker Circuit events
• World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
• 2005 World Series of Poker Results

Events

Number	Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em	Andy Nguyen	$83,390	Danilo Flores	Results
2	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	Allen Cunningham	$725,405	Scott Fischman	Results
3	$1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em	Thom Werthmann	$369,535	Layne Flack	Results
4	$1,500 Limit Hold-em	Eric Froehlich	$361,910	Jason Steinhorn	Results
5	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Pat Poels	$270,100	John Lukas	Results
6	$2,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold’em	Isaac Galazan	$315,125	Harry Demetriou	Results
7	$1,000 No Limit Hold’Em	Michael Gracz	$594,460	C. T. Law	Results
8	$1,500 Seven-Card Stud	Cliff Josephy	$192,150	Kirill Gerasimov	Results
9	$2,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em	Erik Seidel	$611,795	Cyndy Violette	Results
10	$2,000 Limit Hold’em	Reza Payvar	$303,610	Toto Leonidas	Results
11	$2,000 Pot Limit Hold’Em	Edward Moncada	$298,070	Steven Hudak	Results
12	$2,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Josh Arieh	$381,600	Chris Ferguson	Results
13	$5,000 No Limit Hold’Em	T. J. Cloutier	$657,100	Steve Zoine	Results
14	$1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Steve Hohn	$156,985	Mike Wattel	Results
15	$1,500 Limit Hold’ Em Shootout	Mark Seif	$181,330	William Shaw	Results
16	$1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout	Anthony Reategui	$269,100	Paul Kroh	Results
17	$2,500 Limit Hold ‘Em	Quinn Do	$265,975	Qi Chi Chang	Results
18	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	Barry Greenstein	$128,505	Paul Vinci	Results
19	$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Denis Ethier	$160,682	Chad Brown	Results
20	$5,000 Pot Limit Hold ‘Em	Brian Wilson	$370,685	John Gale	Results
21	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Todd Brunson	$255,945	Allen Kessler	Results
22	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	Mark Seif	$611,145	Minh Nguyen	Results
23	$5,000 Seven-Card Stud	Jan Vang Sørensen	$293,275	Keith Sexton	Results
24	$2,500 No Limit Hold’em	Farzad Bonyadi	$594,960	Lars Bonding	Results
25	$2,500 Pot Limit Hold’Em	Johnny Chan	$303,025	Phil Laak	Results
26	$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Phil Ivey	$635,603	Robert Williamson III	Results
27	$1,000 Ladies’ No Limit Hold’em	Jennifer Tilly	$158,335	Anh Le	Results
28	$5,000 Limit Hold’em	Dan Schmiech	$404,585	Gabe Kaplan	Results
29	$2,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em	Lawrence Gosney	$483,195	Jarl Lindholt	Results
30	$1,500 Seven-Card Razz	O’Neil Longson	$125,690	Bruno Fitoussi	Results
31	$5,000 Short-Handed No Limit Hold’em	Doyle Brunson	$367,800	Minh Ly	Results
32	$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	David Chiu	$347,410	Russell Salzer	Results
33	$3,000 No Limit Hold’em	Andre Boyer	$682,810	Matthew Glantz	Results
34	$1,000 Seniors’ No Limit Hold’em	Paul McKinney	$202,725	Robert Hume	Results
35	$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha	Rafi Amit	$511,835	Vinny Vinh	Results
36	$3,000 Limit Hold’em	Todd Witteles	$347,385	Daryl Mixan	Results
37	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	Jiang Chen	$611,015	Paul Deng	Results
38	$1,000 Main Event Satellite
39	$5,000 No Limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball	David Grey	$365,135	John Hennigan	Results
40	$1,000 Main Event Satellite
41	Media/Celebrity Charity Event	Randy Boman	$10,000	Jake Witcher	Results
42	$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold’em Main Event	Joe Hachem	$7,500,000	Steve Dannenmann	Results
43	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	Ron Kirk	$321,520	Adam White	Results
44	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	John Pires	$220,935	Eli Balas	Results
45	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	Willie Tann	$188,335	Matthew Smith	Results

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets	WSOP Cashes	WSOP Earnings
Aaron Kanter	10,700,000 (19.0%)	0	0	0
Tex Barch	9,330,000 (16.6%)	0	1	$4,000
Andrew Black	8,140,000 (14.5%)	0	3	$63,380
Mike Matusow	7,410,000 (13.2%)	2	14	$953,190
Steve Dannenmann	5,460,000 (9.7%)	0	0	0
Joe Hachem	5,420,000 (9.6%)	0	1	$25,850
Daniel Bergsdorf	5,270,000 (9.4%)	0	0	0
Scott Lazar	3,370,000 (6.0%)	0	1	$2,100
Brad Kondracki	1,180,000 (2.1%)	0	0	0

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Joe Hachem	$7,500,000
2nd	Steve Dannenmann	$4,250,000
3rd	John “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

 

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