The United States Poker Championship
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The United States Poker Championship (USPC) is a major annual stop on the poker tournament
tour. This event is held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey
. A series of poker tournaments culminates with a $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em
championship tournament televised by ESPN
.
* The final table of the 2007 tournament had only 8 players, as Smith was eliminated with another player on the same hand. Smith had more chips and therefore the higher finish.
Poker tournament
A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. It can feature as few as two players playing on a single table , and as many as tens of thousands of players playing on thousands of tables...
tour. This event is held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
. A series of poker tournaments culminates with a $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em
Texas hold 'em
Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
championship tournament televised by 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....
.
Main Event Results by Year
| Year | Winner | Prize | Runner-Up | Other Finalists |
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| 1996 | Ken Flaton Ken Flaton Ken Flaton was an American professional poker player who was born in New York City, New York and settled in Henderson, Nevada after serving in the US Army.... |
$500,000 | Surinder Sunar Surinder Sunar Surinder Sunar is a British professional poker player based in Wolverhampton, who gained fame as a three-time finalist in the Late Night Poker television series.... |
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| 1998 | Ray Lamoureaux | $148,000 | O'Neil Longson O'Neil Longson O'Neil Longson is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker.-Poker career:... |
Dewey Tomko Duane "Dewey" Tomko is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida.... Paul McKinney Paul "Cigar" McKinney is an American poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the age of 80.- Poker Career :... |
| 1999 | Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big... |
$210,000 | John Bonetti John Bonetti John Joseph Bonetti was an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bonetti began playing at the age of 54, and won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker .... |
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| 2000 | G. Richard Tatalovich | $318,000 | John Juanda 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:... |
Hemish Shah Hemish Shah was an English stock broker before he became a professional poker player, and the winner of Late Night Poker series 4, where he beat the season 2 champion Simon "Aces" Trumper in the final heads-up confrontation.... |
| 2001 | 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... |
$228,000 | John Juanda 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:... |
Adam Schoenfeld Adam Schoenfeld is an American professional poker player and former columnist for Card Player magazine. Schoenfeld decided to quit his job as the vice president of an Internet analysis firm, Jupiter Communications, in order to play poker full-time.... Tony Ma Tony Ma is an American professional poker player.Born Hieu Ngoc Ma, he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit.... Chris Tsiprailidis "Syracuse" Christos Tsiprailidis is a professional poker player, based in Syracuse, New York.Before turning to poker as his career, Tsiprailidis worked as a chef and as a soccer player.... |
| 2002 | John Hennigan John Hennigan (poker player) John Hennigan is an American professional poker player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, in his career, has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.... |
$216,000 | Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.In 2010, he was inducted as a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
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:... |
| 2003 | Toto Leonidas Toto Leonidas Alfredo C. "Toto" Leonidas is an American Poker player with over $3,200,000 in live tournament lifetime winnings. His 24 cashes as the WSOP account for $812,218 of those winnings.... |
$388,080 | Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.In 2010, he was inducted as a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
John Hennigan (poker player) John Hennigan is an American professional poker player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, in his career, has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.... Mickey Appleman Mickey L. Appleman is an American professional poker player, sports bettor, and sports handicapper now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey... |
| 2004 | John Aglialoro John Aglialoro John Aglialoro is an American businessman and film producer. He has been profiled by Forbes and Fortune magazines and was praised in a Forbes blog post.... |
$691,096 | Joe Cassidy |
Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Bricken Corkins is an American professional poker player.He also has three children in Chelsei Corkins, Brittney Corkins, and Ashley Roundtre... John D'Agostino John D'Agostino is an American professional poker player.D'Agostino placed 5th in the second season World Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure event, winning $99,450.... Matthew Glantz Matthew "Matt" Glantz is a professional poker player from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.Glantz has had success at the World Series of Poker and other poker tournaments... |
| 2005 | James Caporuscio | $831,532 | Ralph Pecorale |
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... 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:... |
| 2006 | Alex Jacob Alex Jacob Alex Jacob is an American professional poker player.Among his biggest poker accomplishments are winning the Peter A. Fabrizio Memorial Poker Classic in 2003 and finishing runner-up at the 2006 World Poker Tour tournament in Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 9 2006, winning $655,507... |
$878,500 | Jordan Morgan |
Michael DeMichele Michael DeMichele is a professional poker player from East Haven, Connecticut.DeMichele's first major success in poker came in the 2006 United States Poker Championship Main Event, where he finished in 3rd place winning $215,194. Since then, DeMichele has cashed in some World Series of Poker... Shane Schleger Shane J. Schleger is a professional poker player. Known for online poker tournament success under the name shaniac, he has made two World Series of Poker final tables as well as a World Poker Tour final Table.Schleger finished fifth place on two separate occasions in the WSOP $1K w/ Rebuys... |
| 2007 | Adam Gerber | $606,095 | Louis Lee |
Matthew Glantz Matthew "Matt" Glantz is a professional poker player from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.Glantz has had success at the World Series of Poker and other poker tournaments... |
| 2008 | Robert Ford | $221,936 | Duane Hunton |
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| 2009 | William Brindise | $261,800 | 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... |
Eugene Katchalov Eugene Katchalov is an American professional poker player raised in Brooklyn, New York since age 10.Katchalov, a graduate with a business degree from NYU, is the winner of the largest payout for a non-championship event in the World Poker Tour , earning $2,482,605 with a win of the 2007 Doyle... |
| 2010 | Edward Gamaitoni | $167,616 | David Gillen |
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