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Encyclopedia > World Series of Poker, 2004

The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January. Harrah's announced that future WSOP tournaments will be held in a moving circuit of member casinos. The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... Johnny Moss, Chris Wills, Amarillo Slim, Jack Binion, and Puggy Pearson outside the Horseshoe at the 1974 World Series of Poker Binions Horseshoe was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience. ... Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...


There were 2,576 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments.


Results

Place Name Event Prize
1st Greg Raymer Championship Event $5,000,000
2nd David Williams Championship Event $3,500,000
3rd Josh Arieh Championship Event $2,500,000
4th Dan Harrington Championship Event $1,500,000
5th Glenn Hughes Championship Event $1,100,000
6th Al Krux Championship Event $800,000
7th Matt Dean Championship Event $675,000
8th Mattias Andersson Championship Event $575,000
9th Michael McClain Championship Event $470,400
1st Carl Nessel Employees Event $40,000
1st James Vogl No Limit Hold'em $400,000
1st Ted Forrest 7-Card Stud $111,440
1st Aaron Katz Limit Hold-em $234,940
1st Curtis Bibb Omaha Hi/Lo $160,000
1st Minh Nguyen Pot Limit Hold'Em $155,420
1st Gerry Drehobl No-Limit Hold'Em $365,900
1st Chau Giang Pot Limit Omaha $187,920
1st Scott Fischman No Limit Hold 'Em $300,000
1st Cindy Violette 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo $135,900
1st Eli Balas Limit Hold'Em $174,440
1st Scott Fischman H.O.R.S.E. $100,200
1st Thomas Keller No Limit Hold'Em $382,020
1st Hasan Habib Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo $93,060
1st Daniel Negreanu Limit Hold' Em $169,100
1st Barry Greenstein No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $296,200
1st Kathy Liebert Limit Hold 'Em Shoot Out $110,180
1st Phi Nguyen No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout $180,000
1st Annie Duke Omaha Hi/Lo $137,860
1st Huong Doan Ladies Limit Hold 'Em $58,530
1st Brett Jungblut Omaha Hi-Lo Split World Championship $187,720
1st Ted Forrest No Limit Hold'em $300,300
1st Joe Awada Seven Card Stud World Championship $221,000
1st Gavin Griffin Pot Limit Hold'Em $270,420
1st TJ Cloutier Seven Card Razz $90,500
1st Farzad Bonyadi Deuce to Seven Triple Draw $86,980
1st Gary Gibbs Seniors No-Limit Hold'em $136,960
1st John Hennigan Limit Hold 'Em $325,360
1st Mike Sica No-Limit Hold'em $503,160
1st Ted Lawson Pot Limit Omaha $500,000
1st Norm Ketchum A-5 Draw Lowball $84,500
1st Michael Kaplin Media Charity Event $10,000 and For charity


 

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