World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions

Trophy and prize money at the event

The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions was an invitation-only freeroll poker tournament held four times in Las Vegas . Wins in this event did not count towards the official World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets . The winner received a large trophy in the form of the official logo and prize money.

Events

2004

Annie Duke (2007)

The first event took place on September 1, 2004 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino . Some of the most famous poker tournament players have been invited. The winner Annie Duke took home $ 2 million in prize money, the other players were left empty-handed.

space	origin	player
1		Annie Duke
2		Phil Hellmuth
3		Howard Lederer
4th		Johnny Chan
5		Greg Raymer
6th		Doyle Brunson
7th		Daniel Negreanu
8th		Phil Ivey
9		TJ Cloutier
10		David Reese

2005

Mike Matusow (2008)

Players qualified in 2005 by finishing in the top 18 spots in a WSOP circuit tournament held prior to the 2005 WSOP or by reaching the final table at the 2005 WSOP Main Event . Controversy arose when prominent players Phil Hellmuth , Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan - former main event winners and the most braceleted players at the WSOP - were given the opportunity to enter the Tournament of Champions without qualifying . These players were given free sponsorship seats by Pepsi who provided the $ 2 million prize. Despite public protests from other players, particularly Daniel Negreanu and Paul Phillips , ESPN and Harrah's Entertainment had to let the players participate.

The event was played at Caesars Palace from November 6-8, 2005 . 114 players took part.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Mike Matusow	1,000,000
2		Hoyt Corkins	0.325,000
3		Phil Hellmuth	0.250,000
4th		Tony Bloom	0.150,000
5		Steve Dannenmann	0.100,000
6th		Grant Lang	0.075,000
7th		David Levi	0.050,000
8th		Keith Sexton	0.025,000
9		Brandon Adams

2006

Mike Sexton (2006)

The field of participants in 2006 of 27 players consisted of the 9 players who had made it to the final table of the main event of the WSOP 2005 , the winners of the twelve WSOP circuit tournaments 2005/06 and some sponsorship exceptions. In addition, six players qualified via sponsor free places. The tournament was played on June 25th and 26th, 2006 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Mike Sexton	1,000,000
2		Daniel Negreanu	0.325,000
3		Mike Matusow	0.250,000
4th		Chris Reslock	0.150,000
5		Andy Black	0.100,000
6th		Darrell thick	0.075,000
7th		Chris Ferguson	0.050,000
8th		Thang Pham	0.025,000
9		Daniel Bergsdorf

2007

The field of participants should have consisted of 27 players again in 2007. These were the nine players at the final table of the main event of the WSOP 2006 , the winners of the eleven WSOP circuit tournaments in 2006/07 and some sponsorship exceptions. For reasons unknown, Harrah’s put the tournament on hold.

2010

Huck Seed (2007)

On March 15, 2010, Harrah's and the WSOP announced that on June 27, 2010, 27 players would be playing for a total of $ 1 million in prize money. From all 521 living bracelet winners, 20 participants were chosen by a public vote on the WSOP website. On June 15, 2010, the 20 participants in the vote were determined: Phil Ivey , Daniel Negreanu , Doyle Brunson , Phil Hellmuth , Chris Ferguson , Allen Cunningham , Johnny Chan , Scotty Nguyen , Barry Greenstein , John Juanda , Erik Seidel , Jennifer Harman , Huck Seed , Dan Harrington , TJ Cloutier , Sammy Farha , Howard Lederer , Greg Raymer , Joe Hachem, and Antonio Esfandiari .

Joe Cada , the winner of the WSOP Main Event 2009 , Barry Schulman , who won the Main Event of the WSOP Europe 2009 , and the three previous tournament winners Annie Duke , Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton also qualified . Two further starting places were selected by Harrah’s and went to Andrew Barton and Bertrand Grospellier .

The tournament began on June 27, 2010 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The nine-player final table was played on July 4, 2010.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Huck Seed	500,000
2		Howard Lederer	250,000
3		Johnny Chan	100,000
4th		Joe Hachem	025,000
5		Barry Greenstein
6th		Daniel Negreanu
7th		Jennifer Harman
8th		Annie Duke
9		TJ Cloutier

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions (No Limit Hold'em - Tournament of Champions) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2019 (English)
2. ↑ 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions (Tournament of Champions - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2019 (English)
3. ↑ Tournament of Champions (No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2019 (English)
4. ↑ WSOP News: Top 20 Vote-Getters for WSOP TOC Revealed on wsop.com of 16 June 2010, accessed on July 22, 2019 (English)
5. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 (Tournament of Champions) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2019 (English)