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Encyclopedia > World Poker Tour season 2 results

Below are the results of season 2 of the World Poker Tour television series. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

Season Event Winner Prize Other Finalists
2 Grand Prix de Paris 2003 French David Benyamine $410,886
2 Legends of Poker 2003 Australian Mel Judah $579,375
2 WPT Ladies' Night I American Clonie Gowen (1) $25,000
2 Borgata Poker Open 2003 American Noli Francisco $470,000
2 Ultimate Poker Classic II American Erick Lindgren $500,000
  • Swedish Daniel Larsson
  • Irish Anthony Fagan
  • American Barry Shulman
  • American Ted Harrington
  • American Rick Casper
2 World Poker Finals 2003 American "Cowboy" Hoyt Corkins $1,089,200
2 Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2003 American Paul Phillips $1,101,980
2 Bad Boys of Poker Danish Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen (1) $25,000
2 Battle of Champions - Season 1 American Ron Rose (1) $125,000
2 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2004 Danish Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen (2) $455,780
2 World Poker Open 2004 American Barry Greenstein $1,278,370
2 LA Poker Classic 2004 Iranian Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari $1,399,135
  • American Vinny Vinh
  • American Michael Keohan
  • American Bill Gazes
  • American Adam Schoenfeld
  • French David Benyamine
2 WPT Invitational - Season II Irish Phil "Unabomber" Laak $100,000
2 Bay 101 Shooting Star 2004 American Phil "Tiltboy" Gordon $360,000
2 PartyPoker Million III American Erick Lindgren $1,000,000
2 World Poker Challenge IV American Mike Kinney $629,469
2 WPT Championship - Season 2 Swedish Martin "The Knife" De Knijff $2,728,356
  1. Clonie Gowen, Gus Hansen and Ron Rose won single-table invitational tournaments, giving them entry into the season 2 WPT championship, but not into the season 2 Battle of Champions (to be held during season 4)
  2. Gus Hansen's second win gives him entrance into the season 2 Battle of Champions
  3. Daniel Negreanu gets $25,000 entry into season 2 WPT Championship as Erick Lindgren has already qualified


Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... David Benyamine (born July 5 in Paris) is a French professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Erick Lindgren is a poker professional who won his first ever major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour (WPT) win just ten months later. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Professional Australian poker player, also known as The Silver Fox, with several noticable finished in the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Paul Phillips is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... T.J. Cloutier (born October 13, 1939 in Albany, California) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Chip Jett (born Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Farzad Freddy Bonyadi (born 1959? in Tehran, Iran) is an American professional poker player based in Aliso Viejo, California. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Phil Laak in the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational event Phil Laak (pronounced lake; born 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player known widely in the poker scene as the Unabomber because of the hooded sweatshirt (given to him by Gus Hansen) and sunglasses that he wears at... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Clonie Gowen at the 2004 World Series of Poker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Evelyn Evybabee Ng (born in 1975 in Toronto, Canada) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Annie Duke Annie Duke (born September 13, 1965) is a professional poker player and author. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Kathy Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Jennifer Harman is an American professional poker player with a reputation as a cash game player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Juan Carlos The Matador Mortensen (born April 13, 1972 in Ambato, Ecuador) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Cowboy Hoyt Corkins (born Glenwood, Alabama) is an American professional poker player, known for his softly-spoken voice and his aggressive style. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Dewey Tomko, a former kindergarten teacher, is an American professional poker player with over 35 years of experience. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Gustav (Gus) The Great Dane Hansen (born February 13, 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Antonio The Magician Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Dave Devilfish Ulliott (born January 4, 1954 in Hull, England) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Ron Rose is an American poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... General info: Large state flag of Costa Rica (the civil flag omits the arms) Dimensions: 503x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Howard Lederer, The Professor (born in Concord, New Hampshire), is a professional poker player and brother of poker pro Annie Duke. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Juha Helppi is a poker player from Helsinki, Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lebanon. ... Chris Karagulleyan (born 1968 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a professional gambler now living in Glendale, California, USA. Before becoming a gambler, he worked as a taxi driver and as a baker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... PokerStars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Daniel Negreanu at the WPT. Daniel Kid Poker Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... John DAgostino is a young and talented professional poker player with great potential. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... David Edward Chip Reese (born 1951?) a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... General info: Large state flag of Costa Rica (the civil flag omits the arms) Dimensions: 503x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have... // Profile Humberto Brenes, Professional Poker Player Born: San Jose, Costa Rica in 1951 Resides: San Jose, Costa Rica Marital Status: Married, with 3 children Career: Professional poker player Poker Career Background Humberto began a career in gambling by playing baccarat but later made his way into poker, starting to play... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ... John Juanda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Charidimos (Harry) Wise Owl Demetriou is an English professional poker player, based in London. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... This article is about the professional poker player Phil Gordon, not Phil Gordon, mayor of Phoenix, AZ. Phil Gordon is a professional poker player who played his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Championship Event in 2001 and finished 4th winning $400,000 and a spot on the Travel Channel... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Chris Moneymaker Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born 1976 in Tennessee) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... General info: Large state flag of Costa Rica (the civil flag omits the arms) Dimensions: 503x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Steve Zolotow (also known as Stevie Z) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Vietnam. ... Image:Scotty1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Tony The Lizard Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is a professional poker player from London, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Martin The Knife De Knijff (born 2 October 1972) is a professional sports better and high-stakes poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Pakistan. ... Hasan Habib (born 19 April 1962 in Karachi, Pakistan) is an American professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...

Major poker tournaments and series
World Series of Poker ('70 - '71 - '72 - '73 - '74 - '75 - '76 - '77 - '78 - '79 - '80 - '81 - '82 - '83 - '84 - '85 - '86 - '87 - '88 - '89 - '90 - '91 - '92 - '93 - '94 - '95 - '96 - '97 - '98 - '99 - '00 - '01 - '02 - '03 - '04 - '05 - '06CircuitTOC)
World Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3 - 4) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2) --- Late Night Poker (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6)
Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- High Stakes Poker --- Poker Superstars (1 - 2) --- Poker Royale
World Heads-Up --- National Heads-Up --- World Speed Poker Open --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3) --- VC Cup --- Grand Prix

  Results from FactBites:
 
World Poker Tour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (792 words)
The tour had its debut season in the latter part of 2002 and early part of 2003, climaxing with the WPT Championship in April 2003 at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The first season aired on the Travel Channel on American cable television in the spring of 2003.
The World Poker Tour is a collection of Texas hold 'em poker tournaments held internationally and on board cruise ships, but mainly in the United States.
Bellagio Poker Tour World (852 words)
"World Poker Tour" (2003) -bellagio poker tour world
World Poker Tour (WPT) - Season 2 -bellagio poker tour world
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