2005 WSOP Event #28

June 30, 2005

Limit Hold 'em
Buy-in: $5,000
Number of Entries: 134
Re-buys/Add-ons: 269
Total Prize Money: $1,264,300

Final Table Results:

1st – Dan Schmiech
2nd – Gabe Kaplan
3rd – James Kwon
4th – Annie Duke
5th – Joe Sebok
6th – Luke Neely
7th – Jeff Shulman
8th – Young Phan
9th – Greg Mueller

Memorable hand:
It’s hard to win a tournament without the benefit of a lucky suckout or tow, and Schmiech definitely got lucky when he eliminated James Kwon in third place. Kwon went all in with A-J, and Schmeich called with A-5, putting Kwon in excellent position to double up. Until the flop came, that is. The 7-5-4 flop put Schmiech in the lead, the turn was a three, and the river was a ten, giving the eventual champion a commanding chip lead entering heads-up play against the erstwhile Mr. Kotter.

Other noteworthy finishers were Amir Vahedi in 10th place; Men Nguyen in 21st and Phil Laak in 22nd.