WSOP 2005 - The Final Events
World Series Of Poker is one of the greatest events in the poker industry and every year the contest gathers thousands of players competing for the huge prize money and for the title World Champion. As usual, the tournament was held six days and players from all over the world took part.
Day 1
Are you curious what happened in the first day of the great poker event. The competition this year was the thirty-sixth in the history of World Series Of Poker. The poker game started in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. The number of the participants in this event was 5,661. All they competed for the great prize of $7,500,000. But the money is not the only thing, which attracted the players. Who would not be proud and happy to take the bracelet of WSOP. The first day of the competition was broken into three parts, one held on Tuesday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. 1867 participants left the tournament after the Saturday event.
Day 2
From the 1867 participants left after the first day, the player with the greatest number of chips was a player from Oslo, Norway, called Kon Waerstad. His chips counted $164,000. Maybe it is surprise, but many of the biggest names in the poker , such as Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negranu, Chris Jesus Ferguson and Phil Helmuth grow weak from the competition, although Chris Moneymaker and Greg Fossilman Raymer were still in the game. The number of the players, remained after day 2 finished was 567 and Chris Moneymaker also drop off. Very important thing to know for this tournament is that it gives awards to the best 560 players, so if you are among them, you will not go home with empty pocket.
Day 3
The competition in Day 3 was severe, because all the players knew that the only 560 players will be given award, so this day had also to determine the names of the nine players, which had to leave without receiving an award. The rest of them took $12,500 each. The player with greatest amount of chips at the end of the day was Greg Fossilman Raymer.
Day 4
Only 185 players remained in the competition for the Day 4. After the big fight during the day, the person with the chips was Tim Phan holding chips for $3,200,000. The following in the chips number was Mark Matusow.
Day 5
The World Series Of Poker tournament met the dawn of the fifth event with seventy - nine players. After the games, in the competition were Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, and Greg Raymer and they were part of the twenty - seven players remained in the event. Of course, they were in top five number of chips chart.
Day 6
Although Greg Raymer and Phil Ivey left the event in the Day 6, it was outlined very interesting and varied final table, including players from four different nations. The representatives of United States were most of the players, also for Ireland attended Andrew Black, for Sweden Oskar Silow and Daniel Bergsdorf and for Australia Joseph Hachem. Day 6 started in the following way:
Andrew Black with $13,100,000
Aaron Kanter with $8,000,000
Mike Matusow with $7,600,000
Daniel Bergsdorf with $6,080,000
Steve Dannenmann with $5,700,000
Joseph Hachem with $4,500,000
Tex Barch with $4,400,000
Scott Lazar with $4,000,000
Brad Kondracki with $1,500,000
Ayhan Alsancak with $1,300,000
Final Table
Probably it is very interesting to you to guess who became the world Champion for this year. Maybe, little surprisingly, the newest name in the list of the poker legends for all the times is the Australian poker player Joseph Hachem. He overcame 5,619 players and deservedly put $7,500,000 in his pocket. Fourteen hours strengthened contest was the final table.
The players on the final table of World Series Of Poker 2005 finished with the following amounts.
Joseph Hachem with $7,500,000
Steven Dannenmann with $4,250,000
John Barch with $2,500,000
Aaron Kanter with $2,000,000
Andrew Black with $1,750,000
Scott Lazar with $1,500,000
Daniel Bergsdorf with $1,300,000
Brad Kondracki with $1,150,000
Mike Matusow with $1,000,000
Ayhan Alsancak with $600,000
Day 1
Are you curious what happened in the first day of the great poker event. The competition this year was the thirty-sixth in the history of World Series Of Poker. The poker game started in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. The number of the participants in this event was 5,661. All they competed for the great prize of $7,500,000. But the money is not the only thing, which attracted the players. Who would not be proud and happy to take the bracelet of WSOP. The first day of the competition was broken into three parts, one held on Tuesday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. 1867 participants left the tournament after the Saturday event.
Day 2
From the 1867 participants left after the first day, the player with the greatest number of chips was a player from Oslo, Norway, called Kon Waerstad. His chips counted $164,000. Maybe it is surprise, but many of the biggest names in the poker , such as Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negranu, Chris Jesus Ferguson and Phil Helmuth grow weak from the competition, although Chris Moneymaker and Greg Fossilman Raymer were still in the game. The number of the players, remained after day 2 finished was 567 and Chris Moneymaker also drop off. Very important thing to know for this tournament is that it gives awards to the best 560 players, so if you are among them, you will not go home with empty pocket.
Day 3
The competition in Day 3 was severe, because all the players knew that the only 560 players will be given award, so this day had also to determine the names of the nine players, which had to leave without receiving an award. The rest of them took $12,500 each. The player with greatest amount of chips at the end of the day was Greg Fossilman Raymer.
Day 4
Only 185 players remained in the competition for the Day 4. After the big fight during the day, the person with the chips was Tim Phan holding chips for $3,200,000. The following in the chips number was Mark Matusow.
Day 5
The World Series Of Poker tournament met the dawn of the fifth event with seventy - nine players. After the games, in the competition were Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, and Greg Raymer and they were part of the twenty - seven players remained in the event. Of course, they were in top five number of chips chart.
Day 6
Although Greg Raymer and Phil Ivey left the event in the Day 6, it was outlined very interesting and varied final table, including players from four different nations. The representatives of United States were most of the players, also for Ireland attended Andrew Black, for Sweden Oskar Silow and Daniel Bergsdorf and for Australia Joseph Hachem. Day 6 started in the following way:
Andrew Black with $13,100,000
Aaron Kanter with $8,000,000
Mike Matusow with $7,600,000
Daniel Bergsdorf with $6,080,000
Steve Dannenmann with $5,700,000
Joseph Hachem with $4,500,000
Tex Barch with $4,400,000
Scott Lazar with $4,000,000
Brad Kondracki with $1,500,000
Ayhan Alsancak with $1,300,000
Final Table
Probably it is very interesting to you to guess who became the world Champion for this year. Maybe, little surprisingly, the newest name in the list of the poker legends for all the times is the Australian poker player Joseph Hachem. He overcame 5,619 players and deservedly put $7,500,000 in his pocket. Fourteen hours strengthened contest was the final table.
The players on the final table of World Series Of Poker 2005 finished with the following amounts.
Joseph Hachem with $7,500,000
Steven Dannenmann with $4,250,000
John Barch with $2,500,000
Aaron Kanter with $2,000,000
Andrew Black with $1,750,000
Scott Lazar with $1,500,000
Daniel Bergsdorf with $1,300,000
Brad Kondracki with $1,150,000
Mike Matusow with $1,000,000
Ayhan Alsancak with $600,000