July 15, 2005 Event #42 No Limit Texas Hold 'em World Championship Buy-in: $10,000 Number of Entries: 5,619 Total Prize Money: $52,818,610
In the money finishers:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Joseph Hachem
Melbourne, Australia
$7,500,000
2
Steve Dannenmann
Severn, MD
$4,250,000
3
Tex Barch
McKinney, TX
$2,500,000
4
Aaron Kanter
Elk Grove, CA
$2,000,000
5
Andrew Black
Dublin, Ireland
$1,750,000
6
Scott Lazar
Studio City, CA
$1,500,000
7
Daniel Bergsdorf
Umea, Sweden
$1,300,000
8
Brad Kondracki
Kingston, PA
$1,150,000
9
Mike Matusow
Las Vegas, NV
$1,000,000
10
Ayhan Alsancak
Göteborg, Sweden
$600,000
11
Shawn Sheikhan
Las Vegas, NV
$600,000
12
Conor Tate
Bury/Mcr
$600,000
13
Bernard Lee
Wayland, MA
$400,000
14
Oskar Silow
Göteborg, Sweden
$400,000
15
Tiffany Williamson
London, England
$400,000
16
Johnny Howard
Lexington Park, MD
$350,000
17
Michael Kessler
Spotsylvania, PA
$350,000
18
John McGrane
London, England
$350,000
19
Minh Ly
Las Vegas, NV
$304,680
20
Phil Ivey
Las Vegas, NV
$304,680
21
Bryant King
Liberty Lake
$304,680
22
Tommy Vu
Las Vegas, NV
$304,680
23
Joe Connor
Atlanta, GA
$304,680
24
Tim Phan
Westminster
$304,680
25
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer
Stonington, CT
$304,680
26
Tom Santori
Buffalo, NY
$304,680
27
Per Hildebrand
Stockholm, Sweden
$304,680
28
Gregory Rice
Birmingham, AL
$274,090
29
Russell "The Muscle" Salzer
New York City
$274,090
30
Radu Butan
Ontario, Canada
$274,090
31
John Juanda
Marina Del Rey, CA
$274,090
32
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf
Los Angeles, CA
$274,090
33
Karlo Lopez
Puerto Rico
$274,090
34
Bing Wang
Jersey City, NJ
$274,090
35
Steven Marx
Bellevue, WA
$274,090
36
Will "Mr. Lucky" O'Brien
Robinsonville, MS
$274,090
37
Roland Israel
Forest Hill, NY
$235,390
38
Terence Burt
Mesa, AZ
$235,390
39
Franklin Caldwell
Lexington, KY
$235,390
40
Tony Abesamis
West Covina, CA
$235,390
41
Farzad Bonyadi
Aliso Viejo, CA
$235,390
42
Raymi Sanchez
Stockholm, Sweden
$235,390
43
Adam Friedman
Gahanna, OH
$235,390
44
Kenna James
Los Angeles, CA
$235,390
45
Lee Watkinson
Long Branch, WA
$235,390
46
David Richardson
Cherry Hills Village, CO
$173,880
47
Kevin Kaikko
Princeton, NJ
$173,880
48
Patrick Hayden
Rockaway Park, NY
$173,880
49
Hung La
Manhattan Beach, CA
$173,880
50
Joseph Stillman
Staten Island, NY
$173,880
51
Derek Dix
Chico, CA
$173,880
52
Rod Pardey, Jr.
Las Vegas, NV
$173,880
53
Nick Gibson
Windsor, UK
$173,880
54
James Butt
Buckley, WA
$173,880
55
Mark Forrester
Preston, UK
$145,875
56
Larry Prugh
Macomb, MI
$145,875
July 4, 2005 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw with Re-buys Buy-in: $5000 Number of Entries: 65 Number of Rebuys: 139 Total Prize Money: $986,860
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
David Grey
Henderson, NV
$365,135
2
John Hennigan
Las Vegas, NV
$217,110
3
Dewey Tomko
Winter Haven, FL
$138,160
4
Mark Weitzman
Los Angeles, CA
$108,555
5
Doug Booth
Bowling Green, KY
$78,950
6
Russell Salzer
Las Vegas, NV
$49,345
7
Jeffrey Lisandro
Salerno, Italy
$29,605
July 5, 2005 No-Limit Hold 'em with Rebuys Buy-In: $1,000 Number of Entries: 894 Number of Re-Buys and Add-Ons: 1584 Total Prize Money: $2, 350,020
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Jon Heneghan
Safety Harbor, FL
$611,015
2
Paul Deng
$324,305
3
Todd Aron
$188,000
4
Gary Do
Duluth, GA
$164,500
5
Alexander Balandin
New City, NY
$141,000
6
Freddy Deeb
Las Vegas, NV
$117,500
7
Barry Greenstein
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
$94,000
8
John Kim
Las Vegas, NV
$70,500
9
Leslie Amoils
Canada
$47,000
10
Joseph Hachem
Melbourne, Australia
$25,850
July 5,2005 Event #36 Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $3,000 Number of Entries: 406 Total Prize Money: $1,120,560
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Todd ‘Dan Druff’ Witteles
Las Vegas, NV
$347,385
2
Daryl Mixan
Omaha, NE
$179,290
3
Kieu Duong
Mays Landing, NJ
$89,645
4
Rafael Perry
Las Vegas, NV
$78,440
5
Matthew Hawrilenko
Philadelphia, PA
$67,235
6
Craig Crivello
Scottsdale, AZ
$56,030
7
Cyndy Violette
Atlantic City, NJ
$44,820
8
Michael Nargi
Las Vegas, NV
$33,615
9
Matt Matros
Brooklyn, NY
$22,410
10
Eddy Scharf
Cologne, Germany
$13,445
July 5, 2005 Event #35 Pot-Limit Omaha Buy-in: $10,000 Number of Entries: 165 Total Prize Money: $1,551,000
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Rafi Amit
Holon, Israel
$511,835
2
Vinny Vinh
Houston, TX
$282,280
3
Jeffrie Rine
Las Vegas, NV
$155,100
4
Derek Baxter
Radlett, UK
$124,080
5
Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper
London, England
$93,060
6
Todd Brunson
Las Vegas, NV
$77,550
7
Ferit Gabriellson
Norsborg, Sweden
$62,040
8
Erik Seidel
Las Vegas, NV
$46,530
9
Istvan Novak
Hungary
$31,020
10
Julian Gardner
Manchester, England
$21,715
July 4, 2005 Event #34 Seniors World Poker Championship No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $1,000 Number of Entries: 825 Total Prize Money: $750,750
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Paul McKinney
Princeton, WV
$202,725
2
Bob Hume
Orlando, FL
$106,230
3
Dr. Paul Fischman
Sarasota, FL
$60,060
4
Robert Redman
Liberty, MO
$52,555
5
Charles Zeghibe
Las Vegas, NV
$45,045
6
Louis Barkoutsis
Hollywood, FL
$37,540
7
'Pete the Greek' Vilandos
Houston, TX
$30,030
8
Daniel Klein
North York, ONT
$22,525
9
Carol 'Camakazie Mimi' Bollinger
Mandeville, LA
$15,015
10
Randall Skaggs
Las Vegas, NV
$8,260
July 4, 2005 Event #33 No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $3,000 Number of Entries: 1,010 Total Prize Money: $2,787,600
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Andre Boyer
Montreal, Quebec
$682,810
2
Matt Glantz
Lafayette Hill, PA
$364,620
3
Jerry Young
Diamond Bar, CA
$223,010
4
Dennis Perry
Williamstown, KY
$195,130
5
Mike Carroll
Carson, CA
$167,255
6
Robert Betts
Albuquerque, NM
$139,380
7
Ken Blanton
Caddo Mills, TX
$111,505
8
Morten Jensen
Aarhus, Denmark
$83,630
9
John Duthie
London, England
$55,750
10
Bernd Rygol
Munich, Germany
$30,665
July 3, 2005 Event #32 Omaha Hi-Low Split Buy-in: $5,000 Number of Entries: 224 Total Prize Money: $1,052,800
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
David Chiu
Rowland Heights, CA
$347,410
2
Russ ‘The Muscle’ Salzer
New York, NY
191,610
3
Haim Kakoun
Paris, France
105,280
4
Danny Horowitz
Silver Spring, MD
84,225
5
Stephen Ladowsky
Toronto, ONT(Canada)
63,170
6
Hiroshi Shimamura
Tokyo, Japan
52,640
7
Allen Cunningham
Marina Del Rey, CA
42,110
8
Bueno Patrick
Paris, France
31,585
9
Daniel Shak
Bryn Mawr, PA
21,055
10
Chad Brown
Los Angeles, CA
14,740
July 2, 2005 Event #31 No Limit Hold 'em (Six-handed) Buy-in: $5,000 Number of Entries: 301 Total Prize Money: $1,414,700
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Doyle Brunson
Las Vegas, NV
$367,800
2
Minh Ly
Las Vegas, NV
$203,715
3
Scotty Nguyen
Henderson, NV
$106,105
4
Layne Flack
Las Vegas, NV
$99,030
5
Ayaz Mahmood
Houston, TX
$82,055
6
Jason Lester
Miami, FL
$67,905
7
Steven Rosen
Armank, NY
$45,270
8
Men 'The Master' Nguyen
Bell Gardens, CA
$45,270
9
Arthur Azen
Staten Island, NY
$31,125
10
Paul Kraus
Redondo Beach, CA
$31,125
July 1, 2005 Event #30 7 Card Razz Buy-in: $1,500 Number of Entries: 291 Total Prize Money: $401,580
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
O’Neil Longson
Mt. Pleasant, UT
$125,690
2
Bruno Fitoussi
Paris, France
$70,275
3
Al ‘Sugar Bear’ Barbieri
S. Phila., PA
$42,165
4
Archie Karas
Las Vegas, NV
$30,120
5
Mike Wattel
Phoenix, AZ
$24,900
6
Mick Wernick
Birmingham, England
$19,675
7
Lawrence Cesareo
Las Lunas, NM
$15,660
8
Hassan Kamoei
Indio, CA
$11,245
9
Randall Holland
Los Angeles, CA
$7,230
10
Blair Rodman
Las Vegas, NV
$7,230
July 1, 2005 Event #29 No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2,000 Number of Entries: 1,072 Total Prize Money: $1,972,480
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Lawrence Gosney
Leeds, England
$483,195
2
Jarl Lindholt
Aarhus, Denmark
$258,000
3
Shack Ko
Naperville, IL
$157,800
4
Dustin Woolf
Los Angeles, CA
$138,075
5
J.C. Tran
Sacramento, CA
$118,350
6
Tony Rila
Las Vegas, NV
$98,625
7
Alan Purdy
London, England
$78,900
8
Carlo Citrone
Newcastle, England
$59,175
9
Bjorn Isberg
Stockholm, Sweden
$39,450
10
James Worth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
$21,695
11
Scotty Brown
Shelby Township, MI
$21,695
June 30, 2005 Event #28 Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $5,000 Number of Entries: 134 Re-buys/Add-ons: 269 Total Prize Money: $1,264,300
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Dan Schmiech
Houston, TX
$404,585
2
Gabe Kaplan
Los Angeles, CA
$222,515
3
James Kwon
Chicago, IL
$113,785
4
Annie Duke
Portland, OR
$88,500
5
Joe Sebok
San Francisco, CA
$75,860
6
Luke Neely
Austin, TX
$63,215
7
Jeff Shulman
Las Vegas, NV
$50,570
8
Young Phan
Irvine, CA
$37,930
9
Greg Mueller
Vancouver, BC(Canada)
$25,285
10
Amir Vahedi
Sherman Oaks, CA
$15,170
June 30, 2005 Event #27 Pot-Limit Omaha (with Re-buys) Buy-in: $5,000 Number of Entries: 134 Re-buys/Add-ons: 229 Total Prize Money: $1,765,568
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Phil Ivey
Las Vegas, NV
$630,685
2
Robert Williamson III
Dallas, TX
$350,380
3
Davood Mehrmand
Frankfurt, Germany
$192,710
4
Allen Cunningham
MDR, CA
$140,150
5
Surinder Suar
Wolver Hampton
$122,635
6
Sigi Stockinger
Linz, Austria
$105,115
7
Eddy Scharf
Cologne, Germany
$87,595
8
Phil Hellmuth
Palo Alto, CA
$70,075
9
Emile Cohen
Paris, France
$52,555
June 29, 2005 Event #26 Ladies World Poker Championship No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $1,000 Number of Entries: 601 Total Prize Money: $546,910
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Jennifer Tilly
Harbour City, CA
$158,335
2
Anh Le
San Jose, CA
$83,540
3
Carolyn Ancheta
Edgewood, WA
$43,680
4
Cecilia deMortensen
Madrid, Spain
$38,220
5
Angel Wood
Las Vegas, NV
$32,760
6
Teresa Chang
Garden Grove, CA
$27,300
7
Susan Carpenter
Las Vegas, NV
$21,840
8
Beth Shak
Bryn Mawr, PA
$16,380
9
Janis Numan
Johnson City, TN
$10,920
10
Dorothy Canada
Las Vegas, NV
$6,005
June 29, 2005 Event #25 Pot-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2,500 Number of Entries: 425 Total Prize Money: $977,500
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Johnny Chan
Las Vegas, NV
$303,025
2
Phil Laak
San Jose, CA
$156,400
3
Richard Osborne
Martinez, CA
$78,200
4
Frank Kassela
Germantown, TN
$68,425
5
Jerri Thomas
Hamilton, OH
$58,650
6
Tony Hartmann
Minneapolis, MN
$48,875
7
Richard Harroch
San Francisco, CA
$39,100
8
Ashok Surapaneni
Las Vegas, NV
$29,325
9
Jose Brenes
Miami Lakes, FL
$19,550
10
Ivo Donev
Bregenz, Austria
$11,730
11
Stuart Fox
Birmingham, England
$11,730
12
Terrence Chan
Burnaby, BC
$11,730
13
Darrell Dicken
Waterloo, IA
$9,775
14
Paul Wolfe
Royal Palm Beach,FL
$9,775
15
Thithi Tran
Torrance, CA
$9,775
16
Mark Muchnik
Henderson, NV
$7,820
17
Michael Keiner
Braunfels, Germany
$7,820
18
Josef Monro
Beverly Hills, MI
$7,820
June 28, 2005 Event #24 No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2,500 Number of Entries: 1,056 Total Prize Money: $2,428,800
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Farzad ‘Freddy’ Bonyadi
Laguna Hills, CA
$594,960
2
Lars Bonding
Aarhas, Denmark
$317,625
3
Glynn Beebe
Austin, TX
$194,305
4
Robert Doyle
N. Palm Beach, FL
$170,015
5
Mayen Grigorian
Northridge, CA
$145,730
6
Joe Zappia
Woodbridge, ON(Canada)
$121,440
7
Jason Tate
Brentwood, TN
$97,150
8
K.J. Jordan
Myrtle Beach, SC
$72,865
9
Larry Watson
Las Vegas, NV
$48,575
10
Marvin Duarte
South Florida, FL
$26,715
June 26, 2005 Event #23 Seven-Card Stud Buy-in: $5,000 Number of Entries: 192 Total Prize Money: $902,400
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Jan Sorensen
Odense, Denmark
$293,275
2
Keith Sexton
Las Vegas, NV
$162,430
3
Chip Jett
Las Vegas, NV
$99,265
4
John Phan
Los Angeles, CA
$72,190
5
Joe Awada
Las Vegas, NV
$58,655
6
Steven S. Deano
Las Vegas, NV
$45,120
7
Gerard Rechnitzer
Beverly Hills, CA
$36,095
8
Tom McCormick
Fargo, ND
$27,070
9
Leandro Alvarez
N. Las Vegas, NV
$16,245
10
Tony Cousineau
Daytona Beach, FL
$16,245
June 25, 2005 Event #22 No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $1,500 Number of Entries: 2,013 Total Prize Money: $2,777,940
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Mark Seif
Incline Village, NV
$611,145
2
Minh Nguyen
Lake Elsinore, CA
$329,975
3
Bill Gazes
Miami, FL
$202,790
4
Webber Kang
Dallas, TX
$175,010
5
Peter Lee
Queens, NY
$147,230
6
Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer
Stonington, CT
$119,450
7
Steve Carter
Frisco, TX
$91,670
8
Steve Rassi
Morton, IL
$63,895
9
David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott
Hull, England
$47,225
10
Farzad Rouhani
Germantown, MD
$30,555
June 24, 2005 Event #21 Omaha High-Low Split Buy-in: $2500 Number of Entries: 359 Total Prize Money: $825,700
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Todd Brunson
Las Vegas, NV
$255,945
2
Allen Kessler
Huntingdon Valley, PA
$132,110
3
Tom Fischer
Las Vegas, NV
$66,055
4
Manny Minaya
Tampa, FL
$57,800
5
Frank Reynolds
W. Hollywood, CA
$49,540
6
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
Laguna Niguel, CA
$41,285
7
Glenn Cozen
S. Pasadena, CA
$33,030
8
Ben Lang
San Diego, CA
$24,770
9
Nat Koe
Irvine, CA
$16,515
10
Lance Allred
Pasadena, CA
$9,910
June 23, 2005 Event #20 Pot-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $5000 Number of Entries: 239 Total Prize Money: $1,123,300
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Brian Wilson
Ft. Myers, FL
$370,685
2
John Gale
London, England
$204,440
3
Derek Leforte
Maple Ridge, BC (Canada)
$112,330
4
Allen Cunningham
Las Vegas, NV
$89,865
5
Tony Cousineau
Daytona Beach, FL
$67,400
6
Steven ‘Lucky’ Liu
Hong Kong
$56,165
7
Cyndy Violette
Atlantic City, NJ
$44,930
8
Joe Sebok
San Francisco, CA
$33,700
9
Burt Boutin
Las Vegas, NV
$22,465
10
Matt Lefkowitz
Carmel Valley, CA
$15,725
June 21, 2005 Event #19 Pot-Limit Omaha Buy-in: $1500 Number of Entries: 293 Total Prize Money: $426,315
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Barry Greenstein
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
$128,505
2
Paul Vinci
Shell Beach, CA
$70,680
3
Chris Lindenmayer
Pickerington, OH
$36,140
4
Toto Leonidas
Los Angeles, CA
$28,110
5
Tim Martz
Butte, MT
$24,094
6
Paul Maxfield
Stoke-on-Kent, England
$20,080
7
Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson
Pacific Palisades, CA
$16,065
8
Sam Silverman
Las Vegas, NV
$12,045
9
Eric ‘Blue’ Bloore
N. Hollywood, CA
$8,030
10
Phil Hellmuth, Jr.
Palo Alto, CA
$5,080
June 21, 2005 Event #18 Seven-Card Stud High-Low (Eight or Better) Buy-in: $2000 Number of Entries: 279 Total Prize Money: $513,360
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Denis Ethier
Charlemagne, Quebec
$160,682
2
Chad Brown
Los Angeles, CA
$89,838
3
Jennifer Harman
Las Vegas, NV
$53,903
4
Tim Fu
Beijing, China
$38,502
5
Lance Edelman
Las Vegas, NV
$31,828
6
Bonnie Rossi
Hemet, CA
$25,155
7
Phillip Penn, Sr.
Norwalk, CA
$20,021
8
Thomas McCormick
Fargo, ND
$14,734
9
Leticia Tanhueco
Chandler, AZ
$9,240
10
Mehdi Vatan
Orange, CA
$9,240
June 20, 2005 Event #17 Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2500 Number of Entries: 373 Total Prize Money: $857,900
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Quinn Do
Seattle, WA
$265,975
2
Chi Chang
Los Angeles, CA
$137,265
3
Mike Davis
Spokane, WA
$68,630
4
Tony Nasr
Pico Rivera, CA
$60,055
5
‘Captain’ Tom Franklin
Gulfport, MS
$51,475
6
Sammy Arzoin
New York, NY
$42,895
7
Rodeen Talebi
Dallas, TX
$34,315
8
Spencer Sun
Novato, CA
$25,735
9
Noah Boeken
Amsterdam, Holland
$17,160
10
Greg Debora
Toronto, ON(Canada)
$10,295
June 20, 2005 Event #16 No-Limit Hold 'em Shootout Buy-in: $1500 Number of Entries: 780 Total Prize Money: $1,076,400
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Anthony Reategui
Chandler, AZ
$269,100
2
Paul Kroh
Battle Mountain, NV
$146,380
3
Phil Gordon
El Paso, TX
$75,350
4
Young Phan
Irvine, CA
$64,585
5
Kenny Robbins
Las Vegas, NV
$53,820
6
Ted Lawson
Plantation, FL
$43,055
7
Dariush Imani
Layton, UT
$32,290
8
Allen Goldstein
Houston, TX
$25,835
9
Erick Lindgren
Las Vegas, NV
$20,450
10
Keith Quilty
Las Vegas, NV
$16,145
June 18, 2005 Event #15 Limit Hold 'em Shootout Buy-in: $1500 Number of Entries: 450 Total Prize Money: $621,000
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Mark Seif
Incline Village, NV
$181,330
2
William Shaw
Seattle, WA
$93,770
3
Alex Borteh
Columbus, OH
$46,885
4
Robert Mizrachi
Sunny Isles, FL
$40,675
5
Quinn Do
Seattle, WA
$34,465
6
Aram Zerounian
Foothill Ranch, CA
$28,255
7
Kathy Liebert
Las Vegas, NV
$24,840
8
Sam Siharath
Toronto, ON(Canada)
$18,630
9
M.J. Partin
Maui, HI
$12,420
Tie/10.
Diane Levin
Henderson, NV
$6,830
Tie/10.
Michael Fiorito
Henderson, NV
$6,830
Tie/10.
Jim Meehan
Las Vegas, NV
$6,830
Tie/10.
Gerard Levin
Miami Beach, FL
$6,830
Tie/10.
Chad Nieboer
Grand Rapids, MI
$6,830
June 18, 2005 Event #14 Seven Card Stud High-Low Split (Eight or Better) Buy-in: $1000 Number of Entries: 595 Total Prize Money: $541,450
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Steve Hohn
Overland Park, KS
$156,985
2
Mike Wattel
Phoenix, AZ
$88,800
3
Al Ruck
Esch, Germany
$51,440
4
Jonathan Paul
Easton, PA
$39,525
5
Peter Phillips
Atlantic City, NJ
$32,485
6
Sheila St. Michael
Las Vegas, NV
$25,450
7
Men “the Master” Nguyen
Bell Gardens, CA
$20,035
8
Giacomo D’Agostino
Providence, RI
$14,080
9
Russ Salzer
Las Vegas, NV
$8,665
10
Brad Daugherty
Las Vegas, NV
$8,665
June 17, 2005 Event #13 No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $5000 Number of Entries: 466 Total Prize Money: $2,190,200
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
T.J. Cloutier
Richardson, TX
$657,100
2
Steven Zoine
Merrick, NY
$352,620
3
John Bonetti
Houston, TX
$175,215
4
Neal Wang
Los Angeles, CA
$153,315
5
Jason Berilgen
Houston, TX
$131,410
6
John ‘World’ Hennigan
Philadelphia, PA
$109,510
7
Justin Woolf
Los Angeles, CA
$87,610
8
Todd Brunson
Las Vegas, NV
$65,705
9
Hieu ‘Tony’ Ma
S. El Monte, CA
$43,805
10
Gavin Smith
Guelph, ONT(Canada)
$24,090
June 16, 2005 Event #12 Pot Limit Omaha (With Rebuys) Buy-in: $2000 Number of Entries: 212 Number of Rebuys/Add-Ons: 395 Total Prize Money: $1,180,080
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Josh Arieh
Atlanta, GA
$381,600
2
Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson
Pacific Palisades, CA
$210,460
3
Ron Graham
Takoma, WA
$115,640
4
Tony Sevnsom
Houston, TX
$92,510
5
Max Pescatori
Milan, Italy
$69,385
6
Arturo Diaz
San Diego, CA
$57,820
7
David Colclough
Birmingham, England
$46,225
8
Doug Lee
Calgary, AB (Canada)
$34,690
9
Erik Seidel
Las Vegas, NV
$23,130
10
Jim Bechtel
Gilbert, AZ
$16,190
June 15, 2005 Event #11 Pot Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2000 Number of Entries: 540 Total Prize Money: $993,600
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Edward Moncada
Schenectady, NY
$298,070
2
Steven Hudak
Las Vegas, NV
$159,970
3
David Cossio
El Paso, TX
$79,490
4
Ajay Shah
Antwerp, Belgium
$69,550
5
Kassem ‘Freddy’ Deeb
Las Vegas, NV
$59,615
6
Sharbel Koumi
Birmingham, England
$49,680
7
Marco Traniello
Las Vegas, NV
$39,745
8
Elia Ahmadian
Washington, DC
$29,810
9
Yoshitaka Oku
Tokyo, Japan
$19,870
10
Mike Sexton
Las Vegas, NV
$10,930
June 13, 2005 Event #10 Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2000 Number of Entries: 569 Total Prize Money: $1,046,940
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Reza Payvar
Los Angeles, CA
$303,610
2
Toto Leonidas
Los Angeles, CA
$160,185
3
John Myung
Vienna, VA
$83,755
4
‘Miami John’ Cernuto
Miami, FL
$73,285
5
Thomas Garza
Reno, NV
$62,820
6
Rodeen Talebi
Dallas, TX
$52,350
7
Jay Helfert
Redondo Beach, CA
$41,880
8
Robert Schulze
Nederland, TX
$31,410
9
Eric Liebeler
Los Angeles, CA
$20,940
10
Michael Chow
Honolulu, HI
$11,515
June 13, 2005 Event #9 No-Limit Hold 'em Buy-in: $2000 Number of Entries: 1403 Total Prize Money: $2,581,520
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Erik Seidel
Las Vegas, NV
$611,795
2
Cyndy Violette
Atlantic City, NJ
$295,970
3
Perry Friedman
San Marcos, CA
$196,455
4
Morgan ‘the Machine’ Machina
Mission Viejo, CA
$170,380
5
Paul Sexton
San Diego, CA
$147,145
6
Harry Demetriou
London, England
$123,915
7
Soulier Fabrice
Avignon, France
$103,260
8
Chris Wunderlich
Higley, AZ
$77,445
9
Bill Blanda
Houston, TX
$51,630
10
Mark Ketteringham
Chula Vista, CA
$28,395
June 11, 2005 Event #8 Seven Card Stud Buy-in: $1500 Number of Entries: 472 Total Prize Money: $651,360
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Cliff ‘Bax’ Josephy
Syosset, NY
$192,150
2
Kirill Gerasimov
Moscow, Russia
$108,775
3
Dr. Mark Burtman
Columbus, MS
$63,180
4
Greg Mascio
Fullerton, CA
$48,200
5
Abe Almalhi
Cincinnati, OH
$39,735
6
Ardell Willis
Haines City, FL
$31,265
7
Minh Nguyen
Bell Gardens, CA
$24,750
8
Murry Reinhart
Agoura Hills, CA
$17,585
9
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Sochie, Russia
$10,745
10
Glen Engelbert
Erial, NJ
$10,745
June 11, 2005 Event #7 No-limit Hold'em with Rebuys Buy-in: $1000 Number of Entries: 826 Number of Rebuys & Add-ons: 1,495 Total Prize Money: $2,201,630
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Mike Gracz
Raleigh, NC
$594,460
2
Cheung Tai Law
Middlesbrough, England
$311,555
3
Chuck Thompson
Santa Cruz, CA
$176,145
4
David ‘theDragon’ Pham
Cerritos, CA
$154,125
5
Shane Schleger
New York, NY
$132,110
6
Shae Drobashevich
Moline, IL
$110,090
7
Pascal Perrault
Paris, France
$88,070
8
Phil ‘Tiltboy’ Gordon
Las Vegas, NV
$66,055
9
Meng La
Torrance, CA
$44,035
10
Eli Elezra
$24,220
June 9, 2005 No-Limit Hold 'em Shootout (Six-Handed) Buy-In: $2,500 Number of Entries: 548 Total Prize Money: $1,260,400
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Isaac‘the General’ Galazan
Bangkok, Thailand
$315,125
2
Harry Demetrion
London, England
$163,850
3
Tommy Grimes
Houston, TX
$85,705
4
David Singer
New York, NY
$75,625
5
Antonio‘the Magician’ Esfandiari
San Francisco, CA
$63,020
6
David Barnes
London, England
$50,415
June 8, 2005 Omaha High-Low World Championship Buy-In: $1,500 Number of Entries: 699 Total Prize Money: $964,620
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Pat Poels
Mesa, AZ
$270,100
2
John Lukas
Las Vegas, NV
$139,870
3
Jeff Duvall
London, England
$77,170
4
Bahram Kianfar
Palm Desert, CA
$67,525
5
Dan Heimiller
Plymouth, MI
$57,875
6
'Minneapolis Jim' Meehan
St. Paul, MN
$48,230
7
Darrell Dicken
Watterloo, IA
$38,585
8
Boris Shats
Los Angeles, CA
$28,940
9
Minh Nguyen
Lake Elsinore, CA
$19,290
10
Pascal Perrault
$10,610.00
June 7, 2005 Limit Texas Hold 'em Buy-In: $1,500 Number of Entries: 1,049 Total Prize Money: $1,477,620
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Eric Froehlich
Los Angeles, CA
$361,910
2
Jason Steinhorn
Cupertino, CA
$182,040
3
Todd Whitteles
Las Vegas, NV
$115,810
4
Adam Hersh
Agoura Hills, CA
$101,335
5
Christian Van Hees
Seattle, WA
$86,855
6
Devin Armstrong
Toronto, ON (Canada)
$72,380
7
Peter Costa
Leicester, England
$57,905
8
Wing Wong
Rowland Heights, CA
$43,430
9
Brian Mogelefsky
Huntington, NY
$28,950
10
Zelong Dong
$15,925
June 5, 2005 Pot Limit Texas Hold 'em Buy-In: $1,500 Number of Entries: 1,071 Total Prize Money: $1,477,980
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Thom Werthmann
Bloomfield Hills, MI
$369,535
2
Layne Flack
Las Vegas, NV
$185,855
3
Hieu ‘Tony’ Ma
S. El Monte, CA
$118,240
4
Martin Green
Brighton, England
$103,460
5
David ‘Gunslinger’ Bach
Athens. GA
$88,680
6
Mario Valenzuela
Temecula, CA
$73,900
7
Pierre Nasr
Vancouver, BC (Canada)
$59,120
8
Arash Ganehian
Marina Del Rey, CA
$44,340
9
Ernest Patrick
Birmingham, MI
$29,560
10
Gavin Smith
$16,260
June 5, 2005 No-Limit Texas Hold 'em Buy-In: $1,500 Number of Entries:2,305 Total Prize Money: $3,180,900
Official Results:
Rank
Player
From
Winnings
1
Allen Cunningham
Las Vegas, NV
$725,405
2
Scott Fischman
Las Vegas, NV
$352,125
3
David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott
Hull, England
$232,205
4
Can Kim Hua
Rosemead, CA
$200,395
5
Liz Lieu
Los Angeles, CA
$177,000
6
Charlie Huff
Geneva, OH
$136,780
7
An ‘the Boss’ Tran
Las Vegas, NV
$104,970
8
Randy Edmonson
Columbus, MS
$73,160
9
Heath Boutwell
Atlanta, GA
$54,075
10
Jeremy Flynn
$34,990
June 2, 2005 No-Limit Texas Hold 'em Buy-In: $500 Number of Entries: 662 Total Prize Money: $297,900