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Monday, June 12, 2006

2005 WSOP Results The winner of each event at the 2005 World Series of Poker, and the amount won:

Winner By Year	Event	Amount Won
2005: Joe Hachem David Grey Jon Heneghan Rafi Amit Todd Witteles Paul McKinney Andre Boyer David Chiu Doyle Brunson O'Neil Longson Phil Ivey Jennifer Tilly Johnny Chan Farzad "Freddie" Bonyadi Jan Sorenson Mark Seif Todd Brunson Brian Wilson Barry Greenstein Denis Ethier Quinn Do Anthony Reategui Mark Seif Steve Hohn TJ Cloutier Josh Arieh Edward Moncada Reza Payvar Erik Seidel Cliff Josephy Mike Gracz Isaac Galazan Pat Poels Eric Froehlick Thomas Werthmann Allen Cunningham Andy Nguyen	Championship Event Deuce to Seven Lowball No Limit Holdem Pot Limit Omaha Limit Holdem Seniors No Limit No Limit Holdem Omaha High Low Split No Limit Hold'em Razz Pot Limit Omaha Ladies No Limit Holdem Pot Limit Holdem No Limit Holdem 7 Card Stud No Limit Holdem Omaha High Low Pot Limit Holdem Pot Limit Omaha Seven Card Stud High Low Limit Holdem No Limit Holdem Shootout Limit Holdem Shootout Seven Card Stud HiLo No Limit Holdem Pot Limit Omaha Pot Limit Holdem Limit Holdem No Limit Holdem Seven Card Stud No Limit Hold'em No Limit Hold'em Omaha HiLo Limit Holdem Pot Limit Holdem No Limit Holdem Employee Event	$7,500,000 $365,135 $611,015 $511,835 $347,385 $202,725 $682,810 $347,410 $367,800 $125,690 $630,685 $158,335 $303,025 $594,960 $293,275 $611,145 $255,945 $370,685 $128,505 $160,682 $265,975 $269,100 $181,330 $156,985 $657,100 $381,600 $298,070 $303,610 $611,795 $192,560 $594,460 $315,125 $270,100 $361,910 $369,535 $725,405 $83,390
2004: Greg Fossilman Raymer James Vogl Ted Forrest Aaron Katz Curtis Bibb Minh Nguyen Gerry Drehobl Chau Giang Scott Fischman Cyndy Violette Eli Balas Scott Fischman Thomas "Thunder" Keller Hassan Habib Daniel Negreanu Barry Greenstein Kathy Liebert Phi "John" Nguyen Annie Duke Huong Doan Antonio Esfandiari Brett Jungblut Ted Forrest Joe Awada Gavin Griffin TJ Cloutier Farzad "Freddie" Bonyadi Gary Gibbs John Hennigan Mike Sica Ted Lawson Norm Ketchum Carl "Coach" Nessel	Championship Event No Limit Holdem Seven Card Stud Limit Holdem Omaha High Low Pot Limit Hold'em No Limit Holdem Pot Limit Omaha No Limit Hold'em Seven Stud HiLo Limit Holdem H.O.R.S.E. No Limit Holdem Seven Card Stud8 Limit Holdem Deuce to Seven Limit Holdem Shootout No Limit Holdem Shootout Omaha High Low Women's Championship Pot Limit Holdem Omaha HiLo No Limit Hold'em Seven Card Stud Pot Limit Holdem Razz Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Seniors Championship Limit Holdem No Limit Hold'em Pot Limit Omaha Lowball Employee Event	$5,000,000 $400,000 $111,440 $234,940 $160,000 $155,420 $365,900 $187,920 $300,000 $135,900 $174,440 $100,200 $382,020 $93,060 $169,100 $296,200 $110,180 $180,000 $137,860 $58,530 $184,860 $187,720 $300,300 $221,000 $270,420 $90,500 $86,980 $136,960 $325,360 $503,160 $500,000 $84,500 $40,000
2003: Chris Moneymaker Mohamed Ihrahim Toto Leonidas Chris Ferguson Jim Meehan Prahlad Friedman Minh Nguyen Erik Seidel Doyle Brunson Chris Ferguson Phi Nguyen Phil Hellmuth Michael Saltzburg O'Neil Longson Johnny Chan Eddie Scharf John Arrage Layne Flack Mickey Appleman Ron Rose John Juanda Amir Vahedi Daniel Negreanu Johnny Chan Layne Flack Tom Jacobs Huck Seed Barb Rugolo Frankie O'Dell Keith Lehr Men "The Master" Nguyen Phil Hellmuth John Juanda Carlos Mortensen Men "The Master" Nguyen David Lukaszewski	Championship Event Limit Hold'em Seven Card Stud Omaha High Low No Limit Hold'em Pot Limit Hold'em 7 Card Stud HiLo Pot Limit Omaha H.O.R.S.E Half Limit Hold'em - Half Stud No Limit Hold'em Limit Hold'em 7 Card Stud Deuce to Seven No Limit Hold'em Limit Omaha Limit Hold'em Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit Hold'em Seniors No Limit Hold'em Seven Card Stud HiLo No Limit Hold'em S.H.O.E Pot Limit Omaha Limit Hold'em Shootout Limit Hold'em Razz Women's Championship Omaha High Low Split Pot Limit Hold'em 7-Card Stud No Limit Hold'em Pot Limit Omaha Limit Hold'em Triple Draw Lowball Employees Event	$2,500,000 $290,420 $98,760 $123,680 $280,100 $109,400 $106,020 $146,100 $84,080 $66,220 $222,800 $171,400 $95,580 $147,680 $224,400 $63,600 $178,600 $119,260 $147,280 $130,060 $130,200 $270,000 $100,440 $158,100 $120,000 $163,000 $71,500 $40,700 $133,760 $225,040 $178,560 $410,860 $203,840 $251,680 $43,520 $35,800
2002: Robert Varkonyi Mike Majerus Perry Friedman Phil Ivey Layne Flack Miami John Cernuto Eskimo Clark Jack Duncan John Hennigan Jay Sipelstein Dan Torla John Hom Billy Baxter Jan Hansen Philip Ivey Fred Berger Thor Hansen Layne Flack Eddie Fishman John McIntosh Morad Qushqar Phil Ivey Jennifer Harman Joel Chaseman Catherine Brown Robert Williamson III Meng La Mike Matusow Randall Heeb Dan Heimiller Allen Cunningham Bill Swan John Juanda David Warga	Championship Event Texas Hold'em Omaha HiLo Split Seven Card Stud No Limit Texas Hold'em Limit Omaha Seven Card Stud8 Pot Limit Omaha H.O.R.S.E. Pot Limit Hold 'em 7 Card Stud Limit Holdem Razz Pot Limit Omaha Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Pot Limit Hold 'em Ace to Five Draw Lowball No Limit Hold'em Omaha8 Pot Limit Hold 'em 7 Card Stud S.H.O.E. Limit Hold 'em Limit Hold 'em Shootout Women's Championship Pot Limit Omaha Limit Hold 'em Omaha Hi Lo Split No Limit Hold 'em Half Holdem - Half Stud Deuce to Seven Seniors Championship Triple Draw Lowball Employees Event	$2,000,000 $407,120 $176,860 $132,000 $303,880 $73,320 $125,200 $192,560 $117,320 $150,240 $115,600 $174,840 $64,860 $185,000 $118,440 $197,400 $62,600 $268,020 $135,360 $177,380 $172,960 $107,540 $212,440 $96,400 $39,880 $201,160 $190,920 $148,520 $367,240 $108,300 $160,200 $134,000 $49,620 $47,300
2001: Carlos Mortensen Nani Dollison Chris Ferguson Adam Roberts Phil Hellmuth Eduard Scharf Barry Shulman Galen Kester David Pham Jim Lester Paul Darden Burt Boutin Barry Johnston Scotty Nguyen Rich Korbin Cliff Yamagawa Bob Slezak Howard Lederer Jay Heimowitz Steve Zolotow Allen Cunningham Erik Seidel Scotty Nguyen Hemish Shah Nani Dollison Travis Jonas	Championship Event Limit Texas Holdem Omaha High Low Split Seven Card Stud No Limit Texas Hold'em Limit Omaha Seven Card Stud HiLo Split Pot Limit Omaha S.H.O.E. Limit Texas Hold'em Seven Card Stud Pot Limit Texas Hold'em Razz Pot Limit Omaha Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Lowball Omaha HiLo Split Deuce to Seven Seniors No Limit Hold'em Pot Limit Texas Hold'em Seven Card Stud No Limit Texas Hold'em Omaha8 Split Limit Texas Hold'em Women's Championship Employees Event	$1,500,000 $441,440 $164,735 $164,430 $316,550 $83,810 $123,820 $167,035 $140,455 $233,490 $147,440 $193,800 $83,810 $178,480 $159,080 $73,915 $173,625 $165,870 $115,430 $243,335 $201,760 $411,300 $207,580 $312,340 $41,130 $40,200

FINAL ESPN World Series of Poker Chamionship Final
The composition of the final table beginning on the second to the last day of the ESPN World Series of Poker Chamionship with seat number, chip count on arrival at the final table, and a prior tournament results, was as Follows:

SEAT 1: Doug Lee Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
Chip Count - 166,000
SEAT 2: Gabriel Thaler Las Vegas, NV
Chip Count - 278,500
Gabriel made one final table at the WSOP - a third place in the $3,000 buy-in pot-limit hold'em event, last year. Thaler has also finished in the money at the WSOP six times.
SEAT 3: Jennifer Harman Las Vegas, NV
Chip Count - 174,000
Jennifer has made seven WSOP final tables and won two gold bracelets - Deuce-to-Seven Lowball in 2000 and Limit Hold'em in 2002.
SEAT 4: Grant Lang Brookfield, CT
Chip Count - 454,500
The chip leader coming into the final table is Grant Lang. He won first place at the Costa Rican Classic in 2004.
SEAT 5: Tom Macey Chicago, IL
Chip Count - 201,000
SEAT 6: Jean-Robert Bellande Hollywood, CA
Chip Count - 315,500
SEAT 7: Kevin Keller San Diego, CA
Chip Count - 271,000
SEAT 8: Hieu 'Tony' Ma South El Monte, CA
Chip Count - 126,000
Tony holds two WSOP gold bracelets - both for Limit Hold'em -- one in 1996 and the other in 2000.
SEAT 9: Dennis Perry Williamstown, KY
Chip Count - 91,000
SEAT 10: Phil Ivey Las Vegas, NV
Chip Count - 142,500
Phil has won four WSOP gold bracelets, including three wins in 2002. He is one of only two players ever to win three events in a single year.

The order of elimination of these final ten players, amd how they were eliminated is as follows:

10th Place - Hieu 'Tony' Ma
Ma went all-in with his last 70K with A-J suited. He lost to Jean-Robert Bellande's A-K.

9th Place - Tom Macey
He went all-in with AK and lost to Jean-Robert Bellande's pocket 7-7.

8th Place - Phil Ivey
He went all_in with 9-5 which lost to Bellande's A-10.

7th Place - Dennis Perry
He went all-in with A-4 suited which lost to Gabriel Thaler's A-K.

6th Place - Kevin Keller
He went all-in with K-6 and made a pair of Sixes which lost to the A-J of Gabriel Thaler when an Ace came on the river.

5th Place - Grant Lang.
He lost to the trip deuces of Jennifer Harman

4th Place - Gabriel Thaler
His A-K lost to the KK of Bellande.

3rd Place - Jean-Robert Bellande
He moved all-in with 6-4 hoping to make a straight against Doug Lee who already had a straight.

2nd Place - Jennifer Harman
Her Q-Q lost the final hand to the 10-9 of Doug Lee when he rivered a 10 to make trips.

ESPN World Series of Poker champion for 2005 - Doug Lee who won $695,970 and a gold bracelet.

2005 world series of poker 2006 who is now the champion ?

the champion for this year's wosp is a guy from Australia!

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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Interview with Johnny Grooms, 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament Director

Interview with Johnny Grooms, 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament Director

Johnny Grooms was born in Newport, Tennessee on December 15, 1973.

Upon graduation from high school, Johnny attended East Tennessee State University. A day of fun cost Johnny his degree when his golf teacher caught him playing flag football instead of attending golf class. Johnny came up one credit short of obtaining a BA degree after his golf teacher failed him. The funny part is that Johnny was a seven handicapper which was better than his teacher.

Johnny decided to move to Memphis to finish up his one credit of golf at the University of Memphis and then intended to follow that up with law school, but poker changed all that.

He had played poker a few times at the Horseshoe in Tunica where his best friend's brother dealt poker and Johnny thought dealing would be a fun way to make money to pay his way through law school. He was hired on at Hollywood Casino in Tunica in 1999 as a poker dealer. Two months later a dealing position came up at the Horseshoe and having a reputation of being one of the best poker rooms in the country swayed Johnny to audition. His talent landed him the job.

2001 was the premier of the World Poker Open and Johnny signed on to deal. He thought it would be a fun experience with an added bonus of meeting all the well-known poker pros.

His skillful performance landed him a position in the line up to deal the final table of the main event. The following year was a repeat and that was the beginning of a career in the world of tournament poker.

The Tournament Director of the Horseshoe at the time was Jimmy Sommerfeld but he was spending a lot of time traveling the tournament circuit for other events. Johnny asked Jimmy to teach him every thing he knew about tournaments so he could fill in when Jimmy was on the road. Johnny wanted to learn from the best in the business and he believed Jimmy's level of knowledge and professionalism was first-class. Jimmy agreed and taught Johnny every thing he knew about tournaments. What Johnny didn't learn from Jimmy he learned from Ken Lambert. Ken has a reputation of being one of the best in the business in customer service and at getting things done.

In 2004 Johnny was Ken's assistant at the WPO and admitted it was not only enjoyable but an eye opening experience. It was also Johnny's first time on staff at a world class tournament. Johnny went on to assist Ken at the World Poker Challenge in Reno and the Mid-America Poker Classic in Tunica.

In December of 2004 Jimmy Sommerfeld left Tunica and the Horseshoe for a permanent position as Tournament Director for Bonnie Damiano on the Mardi Gras Queen in Tarpon Springs, Florida. This opened up the position of tournament director at the Horseshoe and Johnny received the appointment. Prior to Jimmy leaving, Ken and Jimmy had spent a lot of time on the details of the WSOP Circuit Tour and when Jimmy had to decline the offer of tournament director, Ken recommended Johnny. Johnny accepted the position and has completed the circuit event in Atlantic City, San Diego, the Rio in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe in late April and will finish up in New Orleans in May.

Johnny took a break between the Atlantic City circuit event and the San Diego event to wed his fiancee, Rebecca Swan, on February 4, 2004 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. At present they are proud parents of two Jack Russell's, named Sally and Charlie Brown. Johnny confessed that his wife is an avid Peanuts fan and that's how Charlie Brown got his name.

It's official, 31 year old Johnny Grooms was appointed Tournament Director of the 2005 World Series of Poker.

DB: You have been appointed tournament director of the most prestigious tournament in the world and you're only 31, do you believe you have what it takes to handle the job?

JG: Yes, tournament procedures can be learned but I believe the most important necessity of a good tournament director is the ability to make a logical decision that keeps with the spirit of the game. I want players to know when I'm directing a tournament that my interest doesn't matter. The interest of all the players in the field is the most important factor. If a player does something unethical I want to make a decision that doesn't allow him to manipulate the rules.

DB: How many entrants do you predict for the main event this year?

JG: This may sound like a funny answer, but it could be as few as 4,500 or as many as 6,500.

DB: Why such a large gap in your prediction?

JG: Predicting tournaments used to be almost a science but that has all changed last year. With the overwhelming population of poker we're seeing an enormous increase in the numbers of players. It's become such a wide spectrum event that virtually anyone can become a millionaire overnight.

DB: Do you believe we will ever see a well know pro win again?

JG: Yes, we all know there is a luck factor in poker but we also know that over the course of nine days the pros are going to give themselves more chances to win then the amateurs.

DB: We'll we ever see a repeat winner?

JG: That's very unlikely. The numbers alone indicate that even though the pros give themselves more chances to win, the amount of coin tosses you need to win and the bad beats you have to avoid become overwhelming over a nine day period. The number of times a pro gets his money all-in as a three- or four-to-one favorite is going to be on the high side and chances are he's going to lose eventually.

DB: Do you believe the change of venue will have any negative effects on the WSOP?

JG: Poker has a lot of history and tradition and I respect that but over the last few years it's basically undergone a facelift in the eyes of the public from the old days of backroom gamblers, so in my opinion moving the WSOP is a good thing. The Rio is a beautiful property, we will have 200 tables in one room and with the proximity to the strip it all makes for a good location.

DB: Why was the Ladies event changed to a no-limit event this year?

JG: No-limit used to be viewed as a man's game and very few women had any experience playing the game. Now look around, we've had a no-limit ladies event at every circuit stop with no less than 150 entrants. Annie Duke won the Tournament of Champions playing against eight of the best male poker players in the world, and the game was no-limit, that's a milestone for women in poker.

DB: How many women do you predict will enter the ladies event this year?

JG: At least 300.

DB: How many women do you predict will enter the main event this year?

JG: Between 10 and 20 percent of the overall field.

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