2005 World Series of Poker results explained

This list of 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) results includes statistics, final table results and payouts.^[1]

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		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$725,405
2nd		$352,125
3rd		$232,205
4th		$200,395
5th		$177,000
6th	Charlie Huff	$136,780
7th		$104,970
8th	Randy Edmonson	$73,160
9th	Richard Boutwell	$54,075

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		$185,855
3rd		$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		$361,910
2nd	Jason Steinhorn	$182,040
3rd		$115,810
4th	Adam Hersh	$101,335
5th	Christian Van Hees	$86,855
6th	Devin Armstrong	$72,380
7th		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$270,100
2nd	John Lukas	$139,870
3rd	Jeff Duvall	$77,170
4th	Bahram Kianfar	$67,525
5th		$57,875
6th		$48,230
7th		$38,585
8th	Boris Shats	$28,940
9th		$19,290

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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Isaac Galazan	$315,125
2nd		$163,850
3rd	Tommy Grimes	$85,705
4th		$75,625
5th		$63,020
6th	Anthony Esposito	$52,250

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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$594,460
2nd	Cheung Tai Law	$311,555
3rd	Chuck Thompson	$176,145
4th		$154,125
5th		$132,110
6th	Shae Drobushevich	$110,090
7th		$88,070
8th		$66,055
9th	Meng La	$44,035

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		$192,150
2nd		$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		$611,795
2nd		$295,970
3rd		$196,455
4th	Morgan Machina	$170,380
5th	Paul Sexton	$147,145
6th	Harry Demetriou	$123,915
7th		$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		$59,615
6th	Sharbel Koumi	$49,680
7th		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$381,600
2nd		$210,460
3rd	Ronald Graham	$115,640
4th	Tony Seunson	$92,510
5th		$69,385
6th	Arturo Diaz	$57,820
7th		$46,225
8th	Doug Lee	$34,690
9th	Erik Seidel	$23,130

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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$657,100
2nd	Steven Zoine	$352,620
3rd		$175,215
4th	Neal Wang	$153,315
5th	Jason Berilgen	$131,410
6th		$109,510
7th	Dustin Woolf	$87,610
8th		$65,705
9th		$43,805

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		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$181,330
2nd	William Shaw	$93,770
3rd		$46,885
4th		$40,675
5th		$34,460
6th	Aram Zeroumian	$28,255
7th		$24,840
8th	Sam Siharath	$18,630
9th	M.J Partin	$12,420

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		$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		$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		$265,975
2nd	Chi Chang	$137,265
3rd	Mike Davis	$68,630
4th	Tony Nasr	$60,055
5th		$51,475
6th	Sam Arzoin	$42,895
7th	Rodeen Talebi	$34,315
8th	Spencer Sun	$25,735
9th		$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		$128,505
2nd	Paul Vinci	$70,680
3rd	Chris Lindenmayer	$36,140
4th		$28,110
5th	Tim Martz	$24,095
6th		$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		$89,838
3rd		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Brian Wilson	$370,685
2nd		$204,440
3rd	Derek Leforte	$112,330
4th	Allen Cunningham	$89,865
5th		$67,400
6th	Steven Liu	$56,165
7th		$44,930
8th		$33,700
9th		$22,645

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		$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		$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		$611,145
2nd	Minh Nguyen	$329,975
3rd		$202,790
4th	Webber Kang	$175,010
5th	Peter Lee	$147,230
6th		$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		$293,275
2nd	Keith Sexton	$162,430
3rd		$99,265
4th		$72,190
5th		$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		$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		$303,025
2nd	Phil Laak	$156,400
3rd	Richard Osborne	$78,200
4th		$68,425
5th	Jerri Thomas	$58,650
6th	Tony Hartmann	$48,875
7th	Richard Harroch	$39,100
8th	Ashok Surapaneni	$29,325
9th		$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		$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		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$635,603
2nd		$353,115
3rd	Davood Mehrmand	$194,210
4th		$141,245
5th	Surinder Sunar	$123,590
6th	Sigi Stockinger	$105,935
7th		$88,280
8th		$70,625
9th	E.C. Cohen	$52,965

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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Dan Schmiech	$404,585
2nd		$222,515
3rd	James Kwon	$113,785
4th		$88,500
5th		$75,860
6th	Luke Neely	$63,215
7th		$50,570
8th	Young Phan	$37,930
9th		$25,285

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		$118,350
6th	Tony Rila	$98,625
7th	Alan Purdy	$78,900
8th		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$367,800
2nd		$203,715
3rd		$106,105
4th		$99,030
5th	Ayaz Mahmood	$82,055
6th		$67,905

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		$125,690
2nd		$70,275
3rd	Al Barbieri	$42,165
4th		$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		$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		$42,110
8th	Patrick Bueno	$31,585
9th		$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		$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		$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		$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		$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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$511,835
2nd		$282,280
3rd	Jeff Rine	$155,100
4th	Derex Baxter	$124,080
5th		$93,060
6th		$77,550
7th	Ferit Gabriellson	$62,040
8th		$46,530
9th	Istvan Novak	$31,020

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		$78,440
5th		$67,235
6th	Craig Crivello	$56,030
7th		$44,820
8th	Mike Nargi	$33,615
9th		$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		$117,500
7th		$94,000
8th	John Kim	$70,500
9th	Les Amoils	$47,000

Event 38: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

WSOP Satellite

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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$365,135
2nd		$217,110
3rd		$138,160
4th	Mark Weitzman	$108,555
5th	Doug Booth	$78,950
6th	Russ Salzer	$49,345
7th		$29,605

Event 40: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

WSOP Satellite

Event 41: No Limit Hold'em Media

WSOP Charity event

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		$7,500,000
2nd		$4,250,000
3rd		$2,500,000
4th		$2,000,000
5th		$1,750,000
6th	Scott Lazar	$1,500,000
7th	Daniel Bergsdorf	$1,300,000
8th	Brad Kondracki	$1,150,000
9th		$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		$71,445
6th		$59,545
7th	Magnus Betnér	$47,640
8th		$35,730
9th	Hasan Harajli	$23,820

Event 44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

July 12, 2005^[2]

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		$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^[3]

Number of buy-ins: 758
Total Prize Pool: $697,360
Number of Payouts: 72

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st		$188,355
2nd	Matthew Smith	$98,675
3rd		$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

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005 . 2024-11-15 . . en.
Web site: 2005 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. 2024-11-25 . World Series of Poker.
Web site: 2005 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. 2024-11-25 . World Series of Poker.