Mirage Poker Showdown
Casino: The Mirage, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: May 23, 2005 to May 26, 2005
Number of Entries: 317
Total Prize Pool: $3,074,900
Number of Payouts: 27
Winning Hand: Q-Q
1st Gavin Smith $1,153,778
2nd Ted Forrest $579,386
3rd Chris Bell $289,693
4th Kido Pham $182,964
5th Eugene Todd $137,223
6th Mark Ellerbe $106,729
Grand Prix de Paris
Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris
Buy-in: €10,000
5-Day Event: July 25, 2005 to July 29, 2005
Number of Entries: 160
Total Prize Pool: €1,520,000
Number of Payouts: 18
1st Roland de Wolfe €479,680 ($574,419)
2nd Juha Helppi €254,830 ($305,160)
3rd Michel Zajdenberg €179,880 ($215,407)
4th Tim Anders €119,920 ($143,605)
5th Curt Kohlberg €89,940 ($107,704)
6th Alan Goehring €74,950 ($89,753)
Legends of Poker
Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles
Buy-in: $5,000
5-Day Event: August 27, 2005 to August 31, 2005
Number of Entries: 839
Total Prize Pool: $4,195,000
Number of Payouts: 72
Winning Hand: ‘K♥ J♣’
1st Alex Kahaner $1,150,900
2nd Kenna James $588,210
3rd Jake Minter $333,600
4th Tim Phan $291,900
5th Todd Phillips $250,200
6th Kevin O’Donnell $208,500
Borgata Poker Open
Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: September 19, 2005 to September 22, 2005
Number of Entries: 515
Total Prize Pool: $4,995,500
Number of Payouts: 45
Winning Hand: ‘A♥ 9♣’
1st Al Ardebili $1,498,650
2nd Ricardo Festejo $799,280
3rd Kathy Liebert $427,115
4th John D’Agostino $349,685
5th Robert Hwang $299,730
6th David Singer $249,775
UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic
Casino: Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach, Aruba
Buy-in: $5,000
6-Day Event: September 26, 2005 to October 1, 2005
Number of Entries: 647
Total Prize Pool: $3,235,000
Number of Payouts: 125
Winning Hand: ‘J♦ 3♦’
1st Freddy Deeb $1,000,000
2nd Josh Schlein $440,450
3rd Johan Storåkers $300,000
4th Devin Porter $200,000
5th Robert Border $150,000
6th Stacy Matuson $100,000
Doyle Brunson American Poker Championship
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: October 18, 2005 to October 21, 2005
Number of Entries: 420
Total Prize Pool: $4,074,000
Number of Payouts: 100
Winning Hand: ‘J♣ 3♥’
1st Minh Ly $1,060,050
2nd Dan Harrington $620,730
3rd Gavin Smith $327,610
4th Don Zewin $189,630
5th Jan Sorensen $137,940
6th Tony Grand $96,560
World Poker Finals
Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
Buy-in: $10,000
5-Day Event: November 13, 2005 to November 18, 2005
Number of Entries: 783
Total Prize Pool: $7,855,000
Number of Payouts: 120
Winning Hand: ‘9♠ 6♠’
1st Nick Schulman $2,167,500
2nd Anthony Licastro $1,035,000
3rd Bill Gazes $759,000
4th Allen Cunningham $483,000
5th Lyle Berman $345,000
6th Leonard Cortellino $276,000
Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $15,000
5-Day Event: December 12, 2005 to December 16, 2005
Number of Entries: 555
Total Prize Pool: $8,075,250
Number of Payouts: 100
Winning Hand: ‘8♣ 8♠’
1st Rehne Pedersen $2,078,185
2nd Patrik Antonius $1,046,470
3rd Doyle Brunson $563,485
4th J.J. Liu $362,140
5th Darrell Dicken $241,495
6th Phil Laak $160,995
PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure
Casino: Atlantis, Paradise Island
Buy-in: $7,800
5-Day Event: January 5, 2006 to January 10, 2006
Number of Entries: 724
Total Prize Pool: $5,477,700
Number of Payouts: 130
Winning Hand: ‘Q♠ 10♣’
1st Steve Paul-Ambrose $1,388,600
2nd Brook Lyter $681,500
3rd David Singer $436,200
4th Michael Higgins $327,100
5th Anders Henriksson $239,900
6th Aurangzeb Sheikh $177,200
Gold Strike World Poker Open
Casino: Gold Strike Casino Resort, Tunica
Buy-in: $10,000
5-Day Event: January 19, 2006 to January 23, 2006
Number of Entries: 327
Total Prize Pool: $3,171,900
Number of Payouts: 50
Winning Hand: ‘A♠ Q♠’
1st Scotty Nguyen $969,421
2nd Michael Mizrachi $566,352
3rd Raul Paez $298,908
4th Gavin Smith $173,052
5th An Tran $125,856
6th Bau Le $88,099
Borgata Winter Poker Open
Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: January 29, 2006 to February 1, 2006
Number of Entries: 381
Total Prize Pool: $3,695,700
Number of Payouts: 75
Winning Hand: ‘J♥ 6♣’
1st Michael Mizrachi $1,173,373
2nd John D’Agostino $591,312
3rd Erick Lindgren $282,721
4th Amnon Filippi $184,785
5th Josh Spiegelman $147,828
6th Stuart Paterson $110,871
L.A. Poker Classic
Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
Buy-in: $10,000
6-Day Event: February 16, 2006 to February 21, 2006
Number of Entries: 692
Total Prize Pool: $6,643,200
Number of Payouts: 45
Winning Hand: ‘K♦ 8♥’
1st Alan Goehring $2,391,550
2nd Daniel Quach $1,162,560
3rd Michael Woo $571,315
4th Steve Simmons $338,803
5th J.C. Tran $265,728
6th Per Ummer $199,296
Bay 101 Shooting Star
Casino: Bay 101, San José, California
Buy-in: $10,000
5-Day Event: February 27, 2006 to March 3, 2006
Number of Entries: 518
Total Prize Pool: $4,702,800
Number of Payouts: 45
Winning Hand: ‘A♣ 7♣’
1st Nam Le $1,198,300
2nd Ravi Udayakumar $629,500
3rd Danny Smith $340,000
4th David Williams $280,000
5th Fabrice Soulier $240,000
6th Chad Brown $200,000
World Poker Challenge
Casino: Reno Hilton, Reno
Buy-in: $5,000
4-Day Event: March 27, 2006 to March 30, 2006
Number of Entries: 592
Total Prize Pool: $2,845,700
Number of Payouts: 36
Winning Hand: ‘K♥ 4♣’
1st Mike Simon $1,052,890
2nd Jason Stern $529,300
3rd Tom Schneider $256,115
4th Greg Mueller $142,285
5th Jonas Norrman $113,830
6th Barry Greenstein $85,370
Foxwoods Poker Classic
Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: April 6, 2006 to April 9, 2006
Number of Entries: 431
Total Prize Pool: $4,175,200
Number of Payouts: 40
Winning Hand: ‘A♥ J♠’
1st Victor Ramdin $1,331,889
2nd Alex Jacob $655,507
3rd Edward Jordan $417,520
4th Larry Klur $292,264
5th John Russell $208,760
6th Bruce Kater $167,008
WPT Championship
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $25,000
7-Day Event: April 18, 2006 to April 24, 2006
Number of Entries: 605
Total Prize Pool: $14,671,250
Number of Payouts: 100
Winning Hand: 9-5
1st Joe Bartholdi $3,760,165
2nd Davidson Matthew $1,903,950
3rd Roland de Wolfe $1,025,205
4th Claus Nielson $659,120
5th James Van Alstyne $439,357
6th Men Nguyen $292,915
