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 was awarded to the winner. ESPN's broadcast began July 19th with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11th and ended November 15th.
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. 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.
#DateEventEntriesWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1June 2, 2005$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em662Andy Nguyen $83,390Danilo FloresResults
2June 3, 2005$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,305Allen Cunningham $725,405Scott Fischman Results
3June 4, 2005$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em1,071Thom Werthmann $369,535Layne Flack Results
4June 5, 2005$1,500 Limit Hold-em1,049Eric Froehlich $361,910Jason SteinhornResults
5June 6, 2005$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split699Pat Poels $270,100John LukasResults
6June 7, 2005$2,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em548Isaac Galazan $315,125Harry DemetriouResults
7June 8, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'Em826Michael Gracz $594,460C. T. LawResults
8June 9, 2005$1,500 Seven-Card Stud472Cliff Josephy $192,150Kirill GerasimovResults
9June 10, 2005$2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em1,403Erik Seidel $611,795Cyndy Violette Results
10June 11, 2005$2,000 Limit Hold'em569Reza Payvar $303,610Toto LeonidasResults
11June 12, 2005$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'Em540Edward Moncada $298,070Steven HudakResults
12June 13, 2005$2,000 Pot Limit Omaha212Josh Arieh $381,600Chris Ferguson Results
13June 14, 2005$5,000 No Limit Hold'Em466T. J. Cloutier $657,100Steve ZoineResults
14June 15, 2005$1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split595Steve Hohn $156,985Mike Wattel Results
15June 15, 2005$1,500 Limit Hold' Em Shootout450Mark Seif $181,330William ShawResults
16June 17, 2005$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout780Anthony Reategui $269,100Paul KrohResults
17June 18, 2005$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em373Quinn Do $265,975Qi Chi ChangResults
18June 19, 2005$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split279Denis Ethier $160,682Chad BrownResults
19June 19, 2005$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha291Barry Greenstein $128,505Paul VinciResults
20June 20, 2005$5,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em239Brian Wilson $370,685John GaleResults
21June 21, 2005$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split359Todd Brunson $255,945Allen KesslerResults
22June 22, 2005$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,013Mark Seif $611,145Minh Nguyen Results
23June 23, 2005$5,000 Seven-Card Stud192Jan Vang Sørensen $293,275Keith SextonResults
24June 24, 2005$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,056Farzad Bonyadi $594,960Lars BondingResults
25June 25, 2005$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em425Johnny Chan $303,025Phil LaakResults
26June 26, 2005$1,000 Ladies' No Limit Hold'em601Jennifer Tilly $158,335Anh LeResults
27June 26, 2005$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha134Phil Ivey $635,603Robert Williamson III Results
28June 27, 2005$5,000 Limit Hold'em269Dan Schmiech $404,585Gabe KaplanResults
29June 29, 2005$2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em1,072Lawrence Gosney $483,195Jarl LindholtResults
30June 29, 2005$1,500 Seven-Card Razz291O'Neil Longson $125,690Bruno FitoussiResults
31June 29, 2005$5,000 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em301Doyle Brunson $367,800Minh LyResults
32June 30, 2005$5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split224David Chiu $347,410Russell SalzerResults
33July 1, 2005$3,000 No Limit Hold'em1,010Andre Boyer $682,810Matthew GlantzResults
34July 2, 2005$1,000 Seniors' No Limit Hold'em825Paul McKinney $202,725Robert HumeResults
35July 2, 2005$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha165Rafi Amit $511,835Vinny VinhResults
36July 3, 2005$3,000 Limit Hold'em406Todd Witteles $347,385Daryl MixanResults
37July 4, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'em894Jon Heneghan $611,015Paul DengResults
38$1,000 Main Event Satellite
39July 5, 2005$5,000 No Limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball65David Grey $365,135John Hennigan Results
40$1,000 Main Event Satellite
41Media/Celebrity Charity EventRandy Boman$10,000Jake WitcherResults
42July 7, 2005$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Main Event5,619Joe Hachem $7,500,000Steve DannenmannResults
43July 13, 2005$1,500 No Limit Hold'em765Ron Kirk $321,520Adam WhiteResults
44July 14, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'em971John Pires $220,935Eli Balas Results
45July 15, 2005$1,000 No Limit Hold'em758Willie Tann $188,335Matthew SmithResults

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.

Final table

  • Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2005 Main Event.

    Final table results

Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
PlaceNamePrize
11thShawn Sheikhan$600,000
13thBernard Lee$400,000
15thTiffany Williamson$400,000
19thMinh Ly$304,680
20thPhil Ivey$304,680
22ndTom Vu$304,680
25thGreg Raymer$304,680
31stJohn Juanda$274,090
37thRoland Israelashvili$235,390
46thLee Watkinson$235,390
52ndRod Pardey Sr.$173,880
59thRuss Hamilton$145,875
89thCan Kim Hua$91,950
93rdNick Cassavetes$77,710

Performance of past champions