2005 World Series of Poker Circuit
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The 2005 World Series of Poker Circuit is the first annual World Series of Poker Circuit.
. The money finishers in each event qualified for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
. The buy-in for the 2005 events was $10,000.
All tournaments were broadcast as a part of the ESPN
coverage of the 2005 WSOP. The first tournament was split over two episodes.
Event schedule
The following events took place in the build-up to the 2005 World Series of Poker2005 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...
. The money finishers in each event qualified for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions is an invitational freeroll poker event. Wins in this event do not count as official WSOP bracelets, but the winner receives a large trophy in the shape of the official World Series of Poker logo. In 2010, the WSOP Tournament of Champions returned...
. The buy-in for the 2005 events was $10,000.
All tournaments were broadcast as a part of the ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
coverage of the 2005 WSOP. The first tournament was split over two episodes.
| Date | Location | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Other Finalists |
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| January 18, 2005 | Harrah's Atlantic City | Nghi Tran | $780,615 | Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and... |
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| March 2, 2005 | Harrah's Rincon Harrah's Rincon Harrah's Rincon is a casino and hotel located north of San Diego, California near I-15 in Valley Center. The hotel has 662 rooms and a 21 story tower. The casino consists of 1600 slot machines and 51 tables, including eight poker tables... |
Chris Ferguson | $655,220 | Prahlad Friedman Prahlad Friedman Prahlad S. Friedman is an American professional poker player from Los Angeles, California. He has played under the screen names "Spirit Rock" on Full Tilt Poker, "Mahatma" on Ultimate Bet, "Zweig" on Prima Network, and "Prefontaine" on PokerStars... |
Robert Williamson III Robert Williamson III is an American poker player from Dallas, Texas.Williamson grew up with three sisters and his best friend, Chris Caywood in Granbury, Texas and received B.B.A. degrees in finance and real estate from Angelo State University in San Angelo.He began playing aged 10 or 11, after... |
| March 23, 2005 | Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino The Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino is located off the Las Vegas Strip in the unincorporated area of Paradise, Nevada, USA. It is better known as The Rio and is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Inc. The Rio was the first all suite resort in the Las Vegas area... |
Doug Lee Doug Lee (poker player) Doug Lee is a Canadian poker player from Calgary, Alberta.Lee is a real estate investor from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Lee holds a college degree in marketing from the University of Calgary... |
$695,970 | Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an American professional poker player.-Early life:Harman was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. She started playing poker in 1972 at the age of eight... |
Jean-Robert Bellande Jean-Robert F. Bellande is an American nightclub owner, promoter, poker player and reality TV contestant.-Background:... Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
| May 8, 2005 | Harrah's Lake Tahoe Harrah's Lake Tahoe Harrah's Lake Tahoe, is a resort casino, in South Lake Tahoe, at Stateline, Nevada. It is branded with the name of its former owner William Fisk Harrah and owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp.. The 18-story tower and 525 rooms, plus of casino make it one of the largest resorts at South Lake... |
Jeff Lisandro Jeff Lisandro Jeffrey Lisandro is an Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy. Lisandro is known by many to be a cash game specialist, but is a well-known face on the poker tournament circuit and is regarded as one of the premier Seven Card Stud players in the world... |
$542,360 | Phil Ivey |
James Van Alstyne James Gibson Van Alstyne is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.Van Alstyne grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Ben Franklin High School... David Pham David Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :... Joe Awada Joe Awada is a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.Awada moved from Lebanon to the United States in his early teenage years, working as a juggler, eventually touring with the Harlem Globetrotters... |
| May 28, 2005 | Harrah's New Orleans Harrah's New Orleans Harrah's New Orleans is a casino located in New Orleans, Louisiana near the foot of Canal Street a block away from the Mississippi River. It is a casino with approximately 2,100 slot machines, over 90 table games and a poker room. There are several places to eat ranging from buffet style to fine... |
Walter Chambers | $787,340 | Corey Bierria |
Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player, known for his elaborate chip tricks.-Early life:When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California... |
| August 25, 2005 | Grand Casino Tunica Grand Casino Tunica Harrah's Casino Tunica, formerly Grand Casino Tunica, is a casino and resort located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. The casino offers a casino and three hotels with a total of 1,356 rooms... |
Gregg Merkow | $561,175 | Robert Law |
John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is a Chinese Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles.-Personal life:... |
| September 16, 2005 | Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The property is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp.. Harrah's has over 1,200 slot machines.... |
Chris Ferguson | $362,088 | Chade Layne |
Kevin Song Kevin Song is a Korean-American professional poker player from Hacienda Heights, California who started playing poker since 1980 and began playing in poker tournaments since 1994 where he has cashed in many of them throughout his poker career, among them are over 20 cashes at the World Series of... An Tran An Tran is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.Tran began playing poker in the mid-1970s and first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker event in 1989 in the $2,000 no limit hold 'em event... |
| November 2, 2005 | Caesars Indiana Caesars Indiana Horseshoe Southern Indiana, is a riverboat casino operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Opened in 1998, it is located outside the community of Elizabeth, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. The complex is located at the Harrison County line... |
Vinny Vinh Vinny Vinh Quoc Al "Vinny" Vinh is an Vietnamese American professional poker player with over $2.4 Million in tournament winnings, who became well known at the 2007 World Series of Poker while playing in the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event, when he failed to return on the second day of play as the chip... |
$437,760 | Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Men "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with... |
Bill Edler William Edler is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.... |
| November 22, 2005 | Paris Las Vegas Paris Las Vegas Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA, that is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp.... |
Thang Pham | $453,456 | J. C. Tran J. C. Tran J. C. Tran is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, based in Sacramento, California.... |
Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson is an American professional poker player, originally from Longbranch, Washington.At the 2004 World Series of Poker , Watkinson finished 2nd in the $5,000 pot limit Omaha event... Scotty Nguyen Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship... Joe Hachem Joseph Hachem is a Lebanese-Australian professional poker player known for winning the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker. He was the first Australian to win the main event, which earned him $7.5 million, then a record for all-time biggest tournament prize.The next year, Hachem won his... Minh Ly Minh Hoang Ly is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Temple City, California. He is a regular in "The Big Game" and is married to Lu Binh.... |
| December 9, 2005 | Showboat Casino, Atlantic City | Chris Reslock Chris Reslock Chris J. Reslock is a professional poker player from Valley City, North Dakota, who now lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Reslock was a semi-retired cab owner and operator before he began playing poker professionally, he was a highly ranked Scrabble player but went into poker because the money... |
$335,235 | John Juanda |
Nick Schulman Nick Schulman is an American professional poker player from Manhattan, New York. Nick Schulman is also a professional-calibre pocket billiards player. He grew up playing pool at Amsterdam Billiards, in New York City... John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia is an American professional poker player from Lighthouse Point, Florida.Spadavecchia has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since the 1980s, with his first finish in the money of a World Series of Poker event coming in the 1988 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 no... |