World Poker Tour season 2 results
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Grand Prix de Paris
- Casino: Aviation Club de France, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- Buy-in: €10,000
- 4-Day Event: July 10, 2003 to July 13, 2003
- Number of Entries: 96
- Total Prize Pool: €894,400 (US$1,028,826)
- Number of Payouts: 9
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a French professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title. Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retire because of shoulder pain. He was also a successful top ten billiards player in France. He learned poker at the age of 12 and plays... |
€357,200 ($410,886) |
| 2nd | Jan Boubli Jan Boubli Jan "Le Grand" Boubli is a French professional poker player from Paris.Jan Boubli was a dentist for 22 years before retiring.In July 2003 he finished second at the World Poker Tour second season Grand Prix de Paris.... |
€178,000 ($205,443) |
| 3rd | George Paravoliasakis | €134,000 ($154,140) |
| 4th | Jamie Posner | €80,500 ($92,599) |
| 5th | Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and... |
€53,600 ($61,656) |
| 6th | Lee Salem | €35,700 ($41,066) |
Legends of Poker
- Casino: Bicycle CasinoBicycle CasinoThe Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker cardroom.Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker, panguingue and California blackjack.Financing to build the casino...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... - Buy-in: $5,000
- 3-Day Event: September 1, 2003 to September 3, 2003
- Number of Entries: 309
- Total Prize Pool: $1,545,000
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand: 9-7
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mel Judah Mel Judah Mel Judah is an Australian professional poker player, also known as "The Silver Fox" . He learned poker at the age of 14 by watching his father play 5-card draw.... |
$579,375 |
| 2nd | Paul Phillips Paul Phillips (poker player) Paul Phillips is an American entrepreneur and poker player.-Programming:Phillips wrote the Boa web server while attending the University of California, San Diego, but no longer maintains it... |
$293,550 |
| 3rd | T.J. Cloutier | $146,775 |
| 4th | Chip Jett Chip Jett Charles McRae "Chip" Jett is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is one of the most popular players on the World Poker Tour.... |
$100,425 |
| 5th | Farzad Bonyadi Farzad Bonyadi Farzad "Freddy" Bonyadi is an Iranian professional poker player based in Aliso Viejo, California, who has won 3 World Series of Poker bracelets.... |
$69,525 |
| 6th | Phil Laak Phil Laak Philip "Phil" C. Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak holds a World Poker Tour title, a World Series of Poker bracelet and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows.-Early life:... |
$54,075 |
Borgata Poker Open
- Casino: BorgataBorgataThe Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is a luxury hotel, casino, and spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by Marina District Development, a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and a divesture trust established by MGM Resorts International...
, Atlantic City - Buy-in: $5,000
- 3-Day Event: September 20, 2003 to September 22, 2003
- Number of Entries: 235
- Total Prize Pool: $1,175,000
- Number of Payouts: 18
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Noli Francisco Noli Francisco Noli Francisco is a Filipino American poker player. He has worked as an importer, architect, and real estate entrepreneur... |
$470,000 |
| 2nd | Charlie Shoten | $235,000 |
| 3rd | David Oppenheim David Oppenheim David Oppenheim is an American professional poker player. Duringthe second season of the World Poker Tour, he placed third in the No-Limit Hold 'em Championship at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, earning $117,500 and third at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $50,000 The Players... |
$117,500 |
| 4th | Carlos Mortensen Carlos Mortensen Juan Carlos Mortensen is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the only Hispanic Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bluffing tactics, and interesting chip-stacking style.Mortensen moved from Spain to the United States in... |
$70,500 |
| 5th | Mickey Seagle | $52,875 |
| 6th | Randy Burger | $41,125 |
Ultimate Poker Classic
- Casino: Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach, ArubaPalm Beach, ArubaPalm Beach, Aruba is a city northwest of Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba, and is home to the high rise hotels such asHyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino, Aruba Marriott Resort, Occidental Grand Aruba and Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa and a new shopping district that was finished in 2009...
- Buy-in: $4,000
- 1-Day Event: October 18, 2003
- Number of Entries: 436
- Total Prize Pool: $1,697,460
- Number of Payouts: 20
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and... |
$500,000 |
| 2nd | Daniel Larsson | $300,745 |
| 3rd | Anthony Fagan | $194,230 |
| 4th | Barry Shulman Barry Shulman Barry Shulman is an American poker player who has enjoyed success in competitive poker tournaments over the past 15 years, and is the CEO of CardPlayer Magazine.-Life and career:... |
$112,780 |
| 5th | Ted Harrington | $68,920 |
| 6th | Rick Casper | $43,860 |
World Poker Finals
- Casino: Foxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. Together with the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, it is one of the largest casino complexes in the world in terms of floor space for gaming. The entire resort comprises of space. The casino has over 380 gaming tables...
, Mashantucket, Connecticut - Buy-in: $10,000
- 3-Day Event: November 14, 2003 to November 17, 2003
- Number of Entries: 313
- Total Prize Pool: $3,155,000
- Number of Payouts: 27
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Bricken Corkins is an American professional poker player.He also has three children in Chelsei Corkins, Brittney Corkins, and Ashley Roundtre... |
$1,089,200 |
| 2nd | Mohamed Ibrahim | $563,400 |
| 3rd | Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... |
$281,700 |
| 4th | Chris Ackerman | $226,925 |
| 5th | Vellaisamy Senthilkumar | $164,325 |
| 6th | Brian Haveson | $117,375 |
Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- Casino: BellagioBellagio (hotel and casino)Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in the Paradise area of unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, USA and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It is owned by MGM Resorts International and was built on the site of the demolished Dunes hotel and casino.Inspired by the...
, Las VegasLas Vegas metropolitan areaThe Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: December 15, 2003 to December 18, 2003
- Number of Entries: 314
- Total Prize Pool: $3,044,750
- Number of Payouts: 36
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Phillips Paul Phillips (poker player) Paul Phillips is an American entrepreneur and poker player.-Programming:Phillips wrote the Boa web server while attending the University of California, San Diego, but no longer maintains it... |
$1,101,908 |
| 2nd | Dewey Tomko Dewey Tomko Duane "Dewey" Tomko is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida.... |
$552,853 |
| 3rd | Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament... |
$276,426 |
| 4th | Abe Mosseri Abe Mosseri Abraham Mosseri is an American professional backgammon and poker player from New York City, New York who won the 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event.... |
$174,585 |
| 5th | Tino Lechich | $130,940 |
| 6th | Mel Judah Mel Judah Mel Judah is an Australian professional poker player, also known as "The Silver Fox" . He learned poker at the age of 14 by watching his father play 5-card draw.... |
$101,842 |
PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure
- Buy-in: $7,500
- 1-Day Event: January 25, 2004
- Number of Entries: 221
- Total Prize Pool: $1,657,501
- Number of Payouts: 27
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament... |
$455,780 |
| 2nd | Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Bricken Corkins is an American professional poker player.He also has three children in Chelsei Corkins, Brittney Corkins, and Ashley Roundtre... |
$290,065 |
| 3rd | Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big... |
$192,270 |
| 4th | Michael Benedetto | $132,600 |
| 5th | John D'Agostino John D'Agostino John D'Agostino is an American professional poker player.D'Agostino placed 5th in the second season World Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure event, winning $99,450.... |
$99,450 |
| 6th | Remco Schrijvers | $74,590 |
World Poker Open
- Casino: Horseshoe Casino & Hotel, TunicaTunicaTunica may refer to:* The latin word for tunic, a type of clothing typical in the ancient world* In anatomy, tunica refers to a structure comprising a blood vessel; types include Tunica albuginea and Tunica vasculosa...
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: January 26, 2004 to January 29, 2004
- Number of Entries: 367
- Total Prize Pool: $3,455,050
- Number of Payouts: 27
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the... |
$1,278,370 |
| 2nd | Randy Jensen | $656,460 |
| 3rd | James Tippin | $328,230 |
| 4th | Chip Reese Chip Reese David Edward Reese , more commonly known as Chip Reese, was an American professional poker player and gambler from Centerville, Ohio... |
$207,304 |
| 5th | Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a three-time final tablest at both the World Series of Poker and on the World Poker Tour with over $2.7 million in earnings.-Career:... |
$155,477 |
| 6th | Tony Hartmann | $120,927 |
L.A. Poker Classic
- Casino: Commerce CasinoCommerce CasinoCommerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world...
, Los Angeles - Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: February 21, 2004 to February 24, 2004
- Number of Entries: 382
- Total Prize Pool: $3,781,500
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand: A-A
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player, known for his elaborate chip tricks.-Early life:When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California... |
$1,399,135 |
| 2nd | Vinnie Vinh | $718,485 |
| 3rd | Mike Keohan | $359,245 |
| 4th | Bill Gazes Bill Gazes William G. "Bill" Gazes is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who in his career has made over $2.2 Million in live tournament earnings and is a sponsored player on Full Tilt Poker known as a Full Tilt Pro.... |
$226,890 |
| 5th | Adam Schoenfeld Adam Schoenfeld Adam Schoenfeld is an American professional poker player and former columnist for Card Player magazine. Schoenfeld decided to quit his job as the vice president of an Internet analysis firm, Jupiter Communications, in order to play poker full-time.... |
$170,170 |
| 6th | David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a French professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title. Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retire because of shoulder pain. He was also a successful top ten billiards player in France. He learned poker at the age of 12 and plays... |
$132,355 |
Bay 101 Shooting Star
- Casino: Bay 101Bay 101Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games....
, San JoséSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... - Buy-in: $5,000
- 3-Day Event: March 3, 2004 to March 5, 2004
- Number of Entries: 243
- Total Prize Pool: $1,125,000
- Number of Payouts: 27
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Phil Gordon Phil Gordon Philip Stewart Gordon is an American professional poker player, commentator and author.-Personal life:Gordon was born in El Paso, Texas. He spent his formative years in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Gordon began attending Georgia Tech at the age of 15 while still attending high school... |
$360,000 |
| 2nd | Chris Moneymaker Chris Moneymaker Christopher Bryan Moneymaker is an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker . His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion by qualifying at an online poker site... |
$200,000 |
| 3rd | Masoud Shojaei | $103,300 |
| 4th | Scott Wilson | $79,800 |
| 5th | Susan Kim | $68,400 |
| 6th | Mark Mache | $57,000 |
PartyPoker Million
- Buy-in: $7,000 (Limit Hold'em)
- 5-Day Event: March 13, 2004 to March 18, 2004
- Number of Entries: 546
- Total Prize Pool: $3,822,000
- Number of Payouts: 90
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and... |
$1,000,000 |
| 2nd | Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big... |
$675,178 |
| 3rd | Chris Hinchcliffe | $441,463 |
| 4th | Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an American businessman and professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club while he lived in New York City.-New York Years:... |
$259,684 |
| 5th | Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the... |
$194,763 |
| 6th | Scotty Nguyen Scotty Nguyen Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship... |
$129,842 |
World Poker Challenge
- Casino: Reno Hilton, RenoRenoReno is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, US.Reno may also refer to:-Places:Italy*The Reno River, in Northern ItalyCanada*Reno No...
- Buy-in: $5,000
- 3-Day Event: March 30, 2004 to April 1, 2004
- Number of Entries: 342
- Total Prize Pool: $1,658,700
- Number of Payouts: 27
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Kinney | $629,469 |
| 2nd | Paul Clark Paul Clark (poker player) Paul "Eskimo" Clark is an American professional poker player, living in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Life and career:Before turning to poker, Paul Clark was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he worked as a medic.... |
$310,403 |
| 3rd | Harry Knopp | $155,202 |
| 4th | Peter Muller | $98,022 |
| 5th | Tony Bloom Tony Bloom Anthony Grant "Tony" Bloom is a football club chairman and successful poker player.-Poker and betting:Bloom made a name for himself as a successful sports bettor and property investor... |
$73,517 |
| 6th | Young Phan | $57,180 |
WPT Championship
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
- Buy-in: $25,000
- 5-Day Event: April 19, 2004 to April 23, 2004
- Number of Entries: 343
- Total Prize Pool: $8,342,000
- Number of Payouts: 50
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martin De Knijff Martin De Knijff Martin de Knijff is a professional sports bettor and high-stakes poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden.His last name is from his Dutch father. His mother is Swedish... |
$2,728,356 |
| 2nd | Hasan Habib Hasan Habib Hasan Habib is a Pakistani American professional poker player.During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National Tennis Champion. Habib went to America at the age of 18 to study business at the University of Redlands. He also once owned a nationwide chain of video... |
$1,372,223 |
| 3rd | Matt Matros Matt Matros Matthew "Matt" Matros is a professional poker player and author from Brooklyn, New York who has won two World Series of Poker events.... |
$706,903 |
| 4th | Richard Grijalva | $457,408 |
| 5th | Russell Rosenblum | $332,660 |
| 6th | Steve Brecher Steve Brecher Steve Brecher is an American professional poker player.-Poker career:In 1999, Brecher placed 8th in the World Series of Poker $2.5K No-Limit Hold'em event for $15K. In 2004, he reached the final table of the World Poker Tour $25K No Limit Championship, finishing in 6th place and winning $232K... |
$232,862 |