World Poker Tour season 4 results
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Mirage Poker Showdown
- Casino: The MirageThe MirageThe Mirage is a 3,044 room hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.The Mirage is connected by a free tram to Treasure Island. The marquee in front of the Mirage is the largest free standing marquee in the world.-History:The Mirage was built by...
, 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: 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
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gavin Smith | $1,153,778 |
| 2nd | Ted Forrest Ted Forrest Ted Forrest is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Tournament Wins:... |
$579,386 |
| 3rd | Chris Bell Chris Bell (poker player) Christopher Bell is an American professional poker player from Raleigh, North Carolina who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. He has also made three final tables at the World Poker Tour... |
$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, 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
- 5-Day Event: July 25, 2005 to July 29, 2005
- Number of Entries: 160
- Total Prize Pool: €1,520,000
- Number of Payouts: 18
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roland de Wolfe Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.In July 2005, he... |
€479,680 ($574,419) |
| 2nd | Juha Helppi Juha Helppi Juha Helppi is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki.-Career:Juha was originally a poker dealer, but made a name for himself in the first World Poker Tour event in Aruba, where he eliminated Kathy Liebert on the way to defeating professional player Phil Gordon in a heads-up challenge... |
€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 Alan Goehring Alan Goehring is a retired American junk bond analyst and trader from Henderson, Nevada. At the age of 37, he became a professional poker player.... |
€74,950 ($89,753) |
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
- 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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex Kahaner | $1,150,900 |
| 2nd | Kenna James Kenna James Kenna James is an American professional poker player, television commentator and consultant who currently resides in Costa Mesa, California.... |
$588,210 |
| 3rd | Jake Minter | $333,600 |
| 4th | Tim Phan | $291,900 |
| 5th | Todd Phillips Todd Phillips Todd Phillips is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films Road Trip, Old School, The Hangover, and Due Date.-Early life:... |
$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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Al Ardebili | $1,498,650 |
| 2nd | Ricardo Festejo | $799,280 |
| 3rd | Kathy Liebert Kathy Liebert Kathleen H. Liebert is an American professional poker player.- Poker :Liebert started her professional poker career as a prop player in Colorado... |
$427,115 |
| 4th | 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.... |
$349,685 |
| 5th | Robert Hwang | $299,730 |
| 6th | David Singer David Singer (poker player) David Singer is an American professional poker player and former attorney.-Law career:Singer is a former environmental lawyer who worked on issues and lawsuits related to cleaning up the Long Island Sound for a non-profit organization.-Poker career:He has been playing poker professionally since... |
$249,775 |
UltimateBet Aruba 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: $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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Freddy Deeb Freddy Deeb Kassem Ibrahim "Freddy" Deeb is a professional poker player who emigrated from Lebanon to the United States at the age of 19.-Before poker:... |
$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 North American Poker Championship
- 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 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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Minh Ly Minh Ly Minh Hoang Ly is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Temple City, California. He is a regular in "The Big Game" and is married to Lu Binh.... |
$1,060,050 |
| 2nd | Dan Harrington Dan Harrington Dan Harrington is a professional poker player, best known for winning the main event world championship at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tournament cashes in his poker career... |
$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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nick Schulman Nick Schulman Nick Schulman is an American professional poker player from Manhattan, New York. Nick Schulman is also a professional-calibre pocket billiards player. He grew up playing pool at Amsterdam Billiards, in New York City... |
$2,167,500 |
| 2nd | Anthony Licastro | $1,035,000 |
| 3rd | 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.... |
$759,000 |
| 4th | Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an American professional poker player.Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally. At the age of 18, he began playing at in Indian casinos... |
$483,000 |
| 5th | Lyle Berman Lyle Berman Lyle Arnold Berman is a professional poker player and business executive.-Business:Berman grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota where he graduated in 1964 with a degree in business administration. He then went to work for his father's leather business, Berman Buckskin. ... |
$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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rehne Pedersen | $2,078,185 |
| 2nd | Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo... |
$1,046,470 |
| 3rd | Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to... |
$563,485 |
| 4th | J.J. Liu | $362,140 |
| 5th | Darrell Dicken Darrell Dicken Darrell T. Dicken is an American professional poker player from Waterloo, Iowa, who has cashed at seven world poker tour championship events, making the final 6-handed table in two of them.... |
$241,495 |
| 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:... |
$160,995 |
PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure
- Casino: Atlantis, Paradise IslandParadise IslandParadise Island is an island in the Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence. It is best known for the sprawling 'Vegas-by-the-sea resort' Atlantis.Paradise...
- 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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steve Paul-Ambrose Steve Paul-Ambrose Steve Paul-Ambrose is a poker player from Ontario, Canada who won the 2006 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure ,earning $1,388,600... |
$1,388,600 |
| 2nd | Brook Lyter | $681,500 |
| 3rd | David Singer David Singer (poker player) David Singer is an American professional poker player and former attorney.-Law career:Singer is a former environmental lawyer who worked on issues and lawsuits related to cleaning up the Long Island Sound for a non-profit organization.-Poker career:He has been playing poker professionally since... |
$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 Resort and CasinoGold Strike Resort and CasinoGold Strike Resort and Casino in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi is an MGM Resorts International resort located 20 minutes south of Memphis, Tennessee. In 2008, MGM Mirage made a large investment in Gold Strike Casino Resort and a commitment to the Tunica market with a multi-million dollar renovation...
, 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
- 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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 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... |
$969,421 |
| 2nd | Michael Mizrachi Michael Mizrachi Michael David Mizrachi is an American professional poker player who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship.. Mizrachi also has two World Poker Tour Titles, and finished 5th in the Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker.-Personal life:Mizrachi was born in Miami,... |
$566,352 |
| 3rd | Raul Paez | $298,908 |
| 4th | Gavin Smith | $173,052 |
| 5th | An Tran An Tran An Tran is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.Tran began playing poker in the mid-1970s and first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker event in 1989 in the $2,000 no limit hold 'em event... |
$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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Mizrachi Michael Mizrachi Michael David Mizrachi is an American professional poker player who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship.. Mizrachi also has two World Poker Tour Titles, and finished 5th in the Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker.-Personal life:Mizrachi was born in Miami,... |
$1,173,373 |
| 2nd | 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.... |
$591,312 |
| 3rd | 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... |
$282,721 |
| 4th | Amnon Filippi Amnon Filippi Amnon Eric Filippi is a professional poker player based in New York City.Filippi's significant achievement to date was his first place finish in the 2005 $10,000 No Limit Texas hold 'em Bellagio Challenge Cup poker tournament held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 18, 2005 through... |
$184,785 |
| 5th | Josh Spiegelman | $147,828 |
| 6th | Stuart Paterson | $110,871 |
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
- 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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alan Goehring Alan Goehring Alan Goehring is a retired American junk bond analyst and trader from Henderson, Nevada. At the age of 37, he became a professional poker player.... |
$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 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 José, CaliforniaSan 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: $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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nam Le | $1,198,300 |
| 2nd | Ravi Udayakumar | $629,500 |
| 3rd | Danny Smith | $340,000 |
| 4th | David Williams David Williams (card player) David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player.-Personal life:Williams was born in Arlington, Texas. He briefly attended Princeton University before switching to study economics at Southern Methodist University... |
$280,000 |
| 5th | Fabrice Soulier Fabrice Soulier Fabrice Soulier is a professional poker player with over $3.2 Million in live poker tournament winnings and won his first bracelet in the 2011 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E... |
$240,000 |
| 6th | Chad Brown Chad Brown (poker player) Chad Lewis Brown is an American actor, poker player and color commentator, based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life & acting career:... |
$200,000 |
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
- 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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Simon | $1,052,890 |
| 2nd | Jason Stern | $529,300 |
| 3rd | Tom Schneider Tom Schneider Tom Schneider is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona. Schneider was a certified public accountant and former president and chief financial officer for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002... |
$256,115 |
| 4th | Greg Mueller Greg Mueller Greg Mueller is a professional poker player from Vancouver, British ColumbiaMueller, a former professional hockey player, was drawn to poker after one of many long road trips during his hockey career... |
$142,285 |
| 5th | Jonas Norrman | $113,830 |
| 6th | 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... |
$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:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Victor Ramdin | $1,331,889 |
| 2nd | Alex Jacob Alex Jacob Alex Jacob is an American professional poker player.Among his biggest poker accomplishments are winning the Peter A. Fabrizio Memorial Poker Classic in 2003 and finishing runner-up at the 2006 World Poker Tour tournament in Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 9 2006, winning $655,507... |
$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
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joe Bartholdi | $3,760,165 |
| 2nd | Davidson Matthew | $1,903,950 |
| 3rd | Roland de Wolfe Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.In July 2005, he... |
$1,025,205 |
| 4th | Claus Nielson | $659,120 |
| 5th | James Van Alstyne James Van Alstyne James Gibson Van Alstyne is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.Van Alstyne grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Ben Franklin High School... |
$439,357 |
| 6th | Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Men "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with... |
$292,915 |