World Series of Poker circuit events

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World Series of Poker circuit events are poker tournaments that take place annually from 2005 onwards as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Events are competed in no limit hold'em format.

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The following events took place in the build-up to the 2005 World Series of Poker. The money finishers in each event qualified for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.

All tournaments were broadcast as a part of the ESPN coverage of the 2005 WSOP. The first tournament was split over two episodes.

Date Winner Prize Runner-up Other Finalists Location
18-Jan-2005 Nghi Tran $780,615 Erick Lindgren Harrah's Atlantic City
2-Mar-2005 Chris Ferguson $655,220 Prahlad Friedman Harrah's Rincon
23-Mar-2005 Doug Lee $695,970 Jennifer Harman Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas
8-May-2005 Jeff Lisandro $542,360 Phil Ivey Harrah's Lake Tahoe
28-May-2005 Walter Chambers $787,340 Corey Bierria
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Nick Mao
  • Mark Cole
  • Harry Cullen Jr
  • Imre Leibold
  • Marlon Labbe
  • Cyril Gittens
Harrah's New Orleans
25-Aug-2005 Gregg Merkow $561,175 Robert Law
  • Sonny Perry
  • Jeff Wood
  • Steve Rassi
  • Bryant King
  • Johnny Clements
  • John Juanda
  • Darrell Struck
Grand Casino Tunica
16-Sep-2005 Chris Ferguson $362,088 Chade Layne
  • Kevin Song
  • Tom Pniak
  • An Tran
  • Gregg Fund
  • Mike Fetter
  • Tom Foley
  • Jim McCrink
Harrah's Las Vegas
2-Nov-2005 Vinny Vinh $437,760 Men Nguyen
  • Ron Hargrove
  • Sam Whitt
  • Douglas Carli
  • William Edler
  • Marlowe Rowe
  • John Smith
  • Clinton Keown
Caesars Indiana
22-Nov-2005 Thang Pham $453,456 J. C. Tran Paris Las Vegas
9-Dec-2005 Chris Reslock $335,235 John Juanda Showboat Casino, Atlantic City

Date Winner Prize Runner-up Other Finalists Location
26-Jan-2006 Daniel Negreanu $755,525 Bryant King
  • Kianoosh Mohajeri
  • Lee Markholt
  • Brian Lamkin
  • Brandon Adams
  • Wendell Barnes
  • Robert Schulze
  • Chad Brown
Grand Casino Tunica
17-Feb-2006 Abraham Korotki $433,008 Brian Jensen
  • Steven Jacobs
  • Jody Garaventa
  • Herbet Cheng
  • Ed Corrado
  • Earnest Shepherd
  • Harry White
  • Jianhua Zhou
Harrah's Atlantic City
7-Mar-2006 Darrell Dicken $372,780 Weikai Chang Harrah's Rincon
31-Mar-2006 Jeffrey King $345,708 Ralph Porter
  • Jamie Ligator
  • Ben Bianco
  • Eric Panayiotou
  • Chris Ferguson
  • Herbert Cheng
  • Mickey Appleman
  • Louie Esposito
Caesars Atlantic City
11-May-2006 John Spadavecchia $648,320 Sean McCabe Caesars Palace
28-May-2006 Peter Feldman $532,950 Gavin Smith
  • Matt Russell
  • George Abdallah
  • Kenny Brown
  • Dana Diephouse
  • Allie Prescott
  • Benjamin Gordon
  • David Babin
Harrah's New Orleans
19-Jun-2006 Clint Baskin $372,240 Brian Fidler
  • Tony Le
  • R. C. W. Cheung
  • Justin Scott
  • J. C. Tran
  • Joseph Dubois
  • Matt Russell
  • Jamin Stokes
Harrah's Lake Tahoe
17-Sept-2006 Michael "Scott" Arents $196,005 Jerrt Renfroe
  • Darrell Steed
  • Randy Gil
  • Travis Erdman
  • Burt Boutin
  • Brendan Lynch
  • Scott Clements
  • Paul Kobel
Harrah's Lake Tahoe
4-Oct-2006 Mark "Pegasus" Smith $306,003 Manelic "Manny" Minaya
  • Glyn Banks
  • Harold Mahaffey
  • Jody Stanfill
  • Jae Chang
  • Hoyt Lance
  • Ryan Lenaghan
  • Ronald Huerkamp
Grand Casino Tunica
3-Nov-2006 Chad "Li'lholdem" Batista $262,002 Hoyt Lance
  • Ed Corrado
  • Hilbert "Hill Street" Shiley
  • Douglas Carli
  • Joel Casper
  • Robert Arthur
  • William "The Dog" Brown
  • Thomas Fuller
Caesars Indiana
19-Dec-2006 Rick Rossetti $368,096 Alex Gomez
  • John Racener
  • Feming Chan
  • Ken Goldin
  • Michael Bernstein
  • Ray Lin
  • Drew Gliem
  • Tam Ly
Harrah's Atlantic City


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