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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. ...
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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 | |