2005 World Series of Poker Main Event

July 15, 2005

Event #42 No Limit Texas Hold 'em World Championship
Buy-in: $10,000
Number of Entries: 5,619
Total Prize Money: $52,818,610

Final Table:

Well folks, it's all over for another year! Joseph Hachem from Australia is the latest player to be added into the hall of Poker Legends. He beat 5,619 players for the World Champion of Poker title and $7,500,000 in prize money - not bad for a few days work! The final table was a marathon session that lasted 14 hours, on top of the six full days of poker all participants had played before it started. Hachem survived on a small stack most of the final table but made an incredible finish.

The beauty of the event is that it could be you next year; you'll be able to qualify at InterPoker for a couple of dollars and walk away with $7.5 million - so get ready for WSOP 2006!!

Here’s how the final hand went down:

Steve Dannenmann raised to $700,000 and Hachem called. The flop came 4 -5 -6 . Hachem checked and Steve bet $700,000, Hachem re-raised to $1,700,000 and Steve flat called. The turn was the A . Hachem bet $2,000,000 and Steve raised to $5,000,000. Hachem went all in and Steve instantly called. Hachem held the 7 -3 and Steve the A -3 . Hachem had flopped a straight and Steve was drawing to a tie with one of the 3 remaining sevens on the river. The river was the 4 and Joe Hachem is the new World Champion, winning $7,500,000!

Here's how the final table finished:

Joseph Hachem $7,500,000
Steven Dannenmann $4,250,000
John Barch $2,500,000
Aaron Kanter $2,000,000
Andrew Black $1,750,000
Scott Lazar $1,500,000
Daniel Bergsdorf $1,300,000
Brad Kondracki $1,150,000
Mike Matusow $1,000,000
Ayhan Alsancak $600,000

Final

Day 6

Day 6 saw both Greg Raymer and Phil Ivey exit the event. Tomorrow's final table will be quite a diverse gathering with players from four different nations. Ireland (Andrew Black), Australia (Joseph Hachem), Sweden (Oskar Silow and Daniel Bergsdorf) and the United States are all represented.
Here's how they'll start the big day:
Andrew Black - $13,100,000 (seat 2)
Aaron Kanter - $8,000,000 (seat 7)
Mike Matusow - $7,600,000 (seat 6)
Daniel Bergsdorf - $6,080,000 (seat 5)
Steve Dannenmann - $5,700,000 (seat 9)
Joseph Hachem - $4,500,000 (seat 1)
Tex Barch - $4,400,000 (seat 3)
Scott Lazar - $4,000,000 (seat 10)
Brad Kondracki - $1,500,000 (seat 8)
Ayhan Alsancak - $1,300,000 (seat 4)

Day 5

Day five has seen the 2005 World Series of Poker field cut from seventy-nine down to twenty-seven - Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, and Greg Raymer are all in the top five in chips, could it be that we have the prospect of the Big Three squaring off down at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino? After tomorrow's play we will know - what a prospect!

Day 4

Sadly Day 4 was when we had to bid fairwell to InterPoker's representatives in the WSOP 2005. "BBBB" finished 107th taking home $65,360 and our highest finisher was “Glad1ator” taking home $77,710 in 99th place. Congratulations to both - a fantastic effort considering the size of the field. The day has closed with Tim Phan as the chip leader with $3,200,000 in chips. Mike Matusow is not that far behind in second place with $2,600,000

Day 3

At the start of the day there were 569 players in with a shot of the first prize of $7,500,000. They knew that only the top 560 would be paid off so 9 people would leave disappointed.
By 3pm the field had been cut down to 539 – all the remaining players would leave with at least $12,500.
InterPoker’s Olga Varkonyi was unfortunately knocked out by back-to-back bad beats. Her first WSOP saw her come in the money and take home over $28,000. Well done Olga!!
Other InterPoker players “Glad1ator” and “BBBB” are still going strong. By the end of the day the field has been cut by another two thirds and they both have well over $100,000 in chips.
The big news at the end of the day is Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, the 2004 WSOP Champion who is the chip leader, and well on course to repeat the feats of Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, and Johnny Chan by winning back to back WSOP Championship Events.
Only 185 players remain, ready for Day 4.

Day 2

Of the original 5661 who entered the Main Event, only 1867 remain. The chip leader at the beginning of the day is Kon Waerstad f