2005 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker was the main event of the 36th staging of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

The main tournament of the World Series of Poker in No Limit Hold'em started on July 7th and ended with the final table on July 15th, 2005. The tournament was held for the first time at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . The total of 5619 participants had to pay a buy-in of US $ 10,000 each, and there were 560 paid places for them. Best woman was Tiffany Williamson, who took 15th place for $ 400,000.

German-speaking participants

The following German-speaking participants were able to place themselves in the money:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
122		Alexander Dietrich	54,965
218		Jens Voertmann	33,197
258		Norbert Hoelting	28,375
306		Tim Gillig	21,070
449		Henning Frick	16,055
499		Eduard Scharf	14,135
505		Bernd Rygol	12,500

Final table

Bracelet that Hachem received in addition to the prize money for the victory

Joe Hachem (2006)

The final table was played on July 15, 2005. In the final hand, Hachem won with 7 ♣ 3 ♠ against Dannenmann with A ♦ 3 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Joe Hachem	7,500,000
2		Steve Dannenmann	4,250,000
3		John Barch	2,500,000
4th		Aaron Kanter	2,000,000
5		Andy Black	1,750,000
6th		Scott Lazar	1,500,000
7th		Daniel Bergsdorf	1,300,000
8th		Brad Kondracki	1,150,000
9		Mike Matusow	1,000,000

Web links

• Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2005 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2005 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 8, 2015 (English).