2004 World Series of Poker


The 2004 World Series of Poker 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.
#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1April 21, 2004$500 Casino Employees Limit Hold'em279Carl Nessel $40,000Cory Pocket
2April 23, 2004$2,000 No Limit Hold'em834James Vogl $400,000Shawn Rice
3April 24, 2004$1,500 Seven-card stud258Ted Forrest $111,440Chad Brown
4April 25, 2004$1,500 Limit Hold-em608Aaron Katz $234,940Richard Gardner-Brown
5April 26, 2004$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split374Curtis Bibb $160,000Paul Phillips
6April 27, 2004$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em363Minh Nguyen $155,420Lorne Persons
7April 28, 2004$1,000 No-Limit Hold'Em538Gerry Drehobl $365,900John Juanda
8April 29, 2004$2,000 Pot Limit Omaha145Chau Giang $187,920Robert Williamson III
9April 30, 2004$1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em831Scott Fischman $300,000Joe Awada
10May 1, 2004$2,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split224Cyndy Violette $135,900Pete Kaufman
11May 2, 2004$2,500 Limit Hold'Em237Eli Balas $174,440Steve Shkolnik
12May 3, 2004$2,000 H.O.R.S.E.166Scott Fischman $100,200John Cover
13May 4, 2004$5,000 No Limit Hold'Em254Thomas Keller $382,020Martin de Knijff
14May 5, 2004$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split213Hasan Habib $93,060Tommy Polk
15May 6, 2004$2,000 Limit Hold' Em287Daniel Negreanu $169,100Chris Hinchcliffe
16May 7, 2004$5,000 No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw46Barry Greenstein $296,200Chris Ferguson
17May 7, 2004$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout240Kathy Liebert $110,180Kevin Song
18May 8, 2004$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout400Phi Nguyen $180,000Kirill Gerasimov
19May 9, 2004$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split234Annie Duke $137,860Ron Graham
20May 9, 2004$1,000 Ladies Limit Hold 'Em201Hung Doan $58,530Millie Shiu
21May 10, 2004$2,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em324Antonio Esfandiari $58,530Phi Nguyen
22May 11, 2004$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split121Brett Jungblut $187,720John Cernuto
23May 12, 2004$1,500 No Limit Hold'em834Ted Forrest $300,300Susan Pritchett
24May 13, 2004$5,000 Seven Card Stud144Joe Awada $221,000Marcel Lüske
25May 14, 2004$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'Em316Gavin Griffin $270,420Garry Bush
26May 15, 2004$1,500 Seven Card Razz195T. J. Cloutier $90,500Dutch Boyd
27May 16, 2004$1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw82Farzad Bonyadi $86,980Trung Ly
28May 16, 2004$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em519Gary Gibbs $136,960Carl McKelvey
29May 17, 2004$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em213John Hennigan $325,360An Tran
30May 18, 2004$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em651Mike Sica $503,160John Kabbaj
31May 19, 2004$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha145Ted Lawson $500,000Lee Watkinson
32May 20, 2004$1,500 A-5 Draw Lowball184Norm Ketchum $84,500Barry Greenstein
33May 22, 2004$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event2,576Greg Raymer $5,000,000David Williams

Main Event

There were 2,576 entrants to the Main Event – more than three times the number of the previous year. 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. 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. 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.

Final table

Other high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
PlaceNamePrize
10thMarcel Lüske$373,000
15thEddy Scharf$275,000
18thHarry Demetriou$147,500
26thChris Ferguson$120,000
32ndJulian Gardner$80,000
33rdMatthew Hilger$80,000
52ndGavin Smith$45,000
53rdDoyle Brunson$45,000
54thBlair Rodman$45,000
59thDaniel Alaei$35,000
72ndDave Ulliott$30,000
86thRandy Holland$20,000
87thMike Matusow$20,000
90thBurt Boutin$20,000