2005 WSOP Event #12

June 16, 2005

Pot Limit Omaha (With Rebuys)
Buy-in: $2000
Number of Entries: 212
Number of Rebuys/Add-Ons: 395
Total Prize Money: $1,180,080

Final Table Results:

1st – Josh Arieh
2nd – Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson
3rd – Ron Graham
4th – Tony Sevnsom
5th – Max Pescatori
6th – Arturo Diaz
7th – David Colclough
8th – Doug Lee
9th – Erik Seidel

Memorable Hand:
The final hand was interesting because the two players’ hole cards were so similar. Arieh held K-9-3-2 and ‘Jesus’ held K-10-9-3. The flop came 7-5-2, giving Arieh a mighty pair of deuces, and Ferguson suddenly needed a 10 or a runner-runner straight to win. Instead he got two blanks and a second-place finish.

Other noteworthy finishers were Michael Mizrachi in 15th place and John Juanda in 17th place.

Running Numbers:

395: Total number of re-buys in this event
$2,118,400: Difference between Arieh’s earnings for finishing third in the 2004 Main Event and finishing first in this event
14: Number of previous bracelets won by the nine men at the final table