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Greg “Fossilman” Raymer is the 2004 Texas Holdem world champion. In the final event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, a $10,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Holdem poker tournament with 2,576 entries, Raymer emerged victorious to take a record setting first prize of $5 million. Raymer, a 39 year old patent attorney from Stonington, Connecticut, was the chip leader going into the final table of the poker tournament. The final table included Raymer, David Williams of Dallas, Texas, Josh Arieh of Atlanta, Georgia, Dan Harrington of Santa Monica, California, Glenn Hughes of Scottsdale, Arizona, Al Krux of Syracuse, New York, Matt Dean of The Woodlands, Texas, Mattias Andersson of Boras, Sweden, and Mike McClain of Lemoore, California. Raymer and second place finisher Williams took turns knocking out the other players. Raymer first knocked out McClain and Andersson. Williams then knocked out Dean. Raymer then took out Krux and Glenn Hughes. Williams then sent 1995 World Series of Poker Champion Harrington packing. Raymer then bested Arieh. In an exciting final hand that saw both Raymer and Williams making a full house, Raymer emerged victorious with eights over twos against Williams' fours over twos. Still, Williams' second place finish was good for $3.5 million. Lowball fans witnessed an exciting poker tournament for the 32nd event of the 2004 World Series of Poker. The tournament was Ace to Five Lowball with a $1,500 buy-in. The top 16, out of 184 entries, shared a total prize pool of $253,920. Norm Ketchum of Rockford, Illinois, took first place and a prize of $84,500. Pot-Limit Omaha poker with re-buys was the game for the 31st event of the 2004 World Series of Poker. The buy-in was $5,000 and 145 players competed for a total prize pool of $1,499,800 split among the top 19 players. In the end, Ted Lawson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, took the $500,000 top prize. The 30th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker was a mammoth record setting poker tournament with the largest non-main event top prize in World Series of Poker history. The event was No-Limit Texas Holdem and 651 players bought into the poker tournament with $3,000 to bring the total prize pool to $1,796,760 split among the top 63 players. Mike Sica of North Brunswick, New Jersey, walked away the winner with $503,160 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. In a tournament filled with colorful characters, former pool hustler John Hennigan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, won the 29th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, Limit Texas Holdem. 213 players bought in for $5,000 and fought for a total prize pool of $1,001,100 split among the top 27 players. Hennigan's win was good for $325,360. When heads-up play began against runner up An Tran, Hennigan was behind in chips - $420K to Tran's $635K. At one point, Hennigan was down to about $200K. Things turned around for Hennigan when he and Tran started raising each other aggressively both looking for a flush. They both made the flush but Hennigan's ace-high flush beat Tran’s king-high flush. Fifteen minutes later it was all over and Hennigan walked away with $325,360 and his second WSOP gold bracelet. Gary Gibbs, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, won the 2004 Senior’s World Championship of Poker. This was the 28th event of the World Series of Poker. The tournament was No-Limit Texas Holdem with a $1,000 buy-in, 519 players, and a prize pool of $472,290. The senior's tournament is limited to age 50 and up. Gibbs collected $136,960 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The 27th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker was Deuce to Seven Lowball with a buy-in of $1,000. 82 players entered the poker tournament which included re-buys and a total prize pool of $223,040 split among the top 6 players. Farzad Bonyadi, of Aliso Viejo, California, won the tournament for a prize of $86,980 and his second gold bracelet. T.J. Cloutier, of Dallas, Texas, is one of the legends in poker. A poker pro for about twenty years, Cloutier has authored several poker books and is a regular on the poker tournament scene. He won his first WSOP gold bracelet in 1987 and now adds his fifth bracelet with his win of the 2004 Razz World Championship. This 26th event of the World Series of Poker had 195 entries and a total prize pool of $269,100 split among the top 16 players. Cloutier's first place prize of $90,500 put his lifetime WSOP winnings over $3 million. Cloutier has seen more final tables (35) than any player in the history of the World Series of Poker. Gavin Griffin has become the youngest player ever to win a WSOP gold bracelet. The 22 year old Griffin, of Darien, Illinois, won the 25th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, Pot Limit Texas Holdem. The $3,000 buy-in tournament drew 316 players and a prize pool of $872,160 was split among the top 36 players. First place was $270,420. Interestingly, players age 25 and younger have won about one out of every five gold bracelets awarded so far in the 2004 WSOP. The final table was a tough cast of characters including poker pros Phil Hellmuth, Phi Nguyen, and runner up Gary Bush who was the 2003 European Poker Player of the Year. Griffin began heads up play with a large chip deficit but in less than an hour the game was over with Griffin's king pair beating Bush's pair of sevens. Joe Awada, a Las Vegas, Nevada, poker pro has won the 2004 WSOP Seven-Card Stud World Championship. This 24th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker fielded 144 players with a $5,000 buy-in. The top 16 players split a total prize pool of $676,800. Awada won the final hand with a diamond flush to beat runner up Marcel Luske's pair of queens. The win was good for $221,000 and Awada's first gold bracelet. Las Vegas poker pro Ted Forrest does it again. A few weeks ago, Forrest won the third event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, Seven Card Stud. Forrest adds another gold bracelet to his collection after winning one of the largest 2004 WSOP tournaments - event 23, No Limit Texas Holdem. 834 players bought in with $1,500 creating a prize pool of $1,150,920 which was split among the top 81 players. Forrest's first place finish was worth $300,300 and his fifth gold bracelet. 121 players tested their skills in the Omaha Poker High-Low World Championship (although there are three Omaha High-Low tournaments at the 2004 World Series of Poker, this tournament had the highest buy-in ...$5,000). This was the 22nd WSOP event and saw a total prize pool of $568,700 - the top 18 players were in the money. 25 year old Brett Jungblut, of Los Angeles, California, won the top prize of $187,720. In fact, Jungblut cashed in all three 2004 WSOP Omaha High-Low tournaments clearly exhibiting a talent for the game. This is a player to watch. The 21st event of the 2004 World Series of Poker was Pot-Limit Texas Holdem with a buy-in of $2,000 and a prize pool of $596,160 split among the top 36 players out of 324 entrants. Poker pro Antonio Esfandiari, of San Francisco, California, won this tournament. Esfandiari prevailed not only over a record number of entrants to this poker tournament, but a very tough final table which included poker pros Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Esfandiari's win was good for $184,860 but like many players, he expressed more satisfaction with the gold bracelet than the money. Huong “Crystal” Doan of San Diego, California, is the winner of the Ladies Limit Texas Holdem World Championship. This 20th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker was a $1,000 buy-in poker tournament with 201 entries and a total prize pool of $182,910 shared among the top 27 players. Doan, who just learned how to play poker three years ago, picked up her first WSOP gold bracelet and a prize of $58,530. Poker pro Annie Duke prevailed in the 19th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, Omaha High-Low with a buy-in of $2,000. There were 234 entries and the top 27 players split a total prize pool of $430,560. With this win, Duke picks up her first gold bracelet, and the first prize of $137,860 moves her to the top of the all-time WSOP Ladies Money Winners list with more than $600,000 in lifetime earnings. The 18th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout saw a massive field of 400 entries and a total prize pool of $552,000. When the dust cleared John Nguyen of El Monte, California, was the only one standing. The win was good for $180,000 with the rest of the top 40 players sharing the remaining prize pool. Las Vegas poker pro Kathy Liebert won $110,180 in the 17th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, a $1,500 buy-in Limit Texas Holdem Shootout with 240 entries. The top 24 players shared a total prize pool of $331,200. Liebert has been playing professional poker for about ten years and has has cashed 11 times in WSOP tournaments. The poker pro with the biggest heart was the winner of the 16th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball with a $5,000 buy-in. Barry Greenstein, a poker pro out of Southern California, is one of the top poker pros in the world. Why does he have the biggest heart? He gives all of his poker winnings to charity - over $1.5 Million in the last year alone. The final table of this tournament was filled with some tough poker pros including Howard Lederer, Chau Giang, Lyle Berman, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Steve Zolotow, and Wil Wilkenson. In the end, Greenstein added another $294,100 to his winnings that will go to charity. There were 46 entries to this tournament and the top seven players shared a prize pool of $740,500. A lesson in poker success. Daniel Negreanu, a 29 year old poker pro out of Las Vegas, won the 15th event of the World Series of Poker, Limit Texas Holdem. Negreanu won his first World Series of poker gold bracelet in 1998. He endured a five year drought, won his second gold bracelet in 2003, and now picks up his third in 2004. How did he defeat the drought? Negreanu attributes his success to getting his personal life in order. The late nights and parties are out, replaced by a focus on the people close to him. There is a lesson here for every poker player. Negreanu outlasted 286 other entrants to this $2,000 buy-in poker tournament for the $169,100 win. The rest of the top 27 players shared the remaining total prize pool of $528,080. In a tribute to persistence, Southern California poker pro Hasan Habib won the 14th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, Seven Card Stud Poker High Low, after an 18 year quest. Habib credited his win to a more conservative play in which he was folding more and raising less. In the final four hours of heads up action, Habib and runner up Tommy Polk, of Mississippi, went back and forth as each struggled for dominance. Polk began with a 2 to 1 chip lead but Habib played slow and steady for the win and $93,060. The total prize pool of $293,940 was split among the top 24 players out of 213 total tournament entries. The buy-in was $1,500. To be young and playing poker. Add the name Thomas Keller to the list of young poker players to watch. Keller, 23 years old, won the 13th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, No Limit Texas Holdem with a $5,000 buy-in. Keller, of Phoenix, Arizona, walked away with $382,020 after moving through the ranks of 253 other players in this poker tournament - the total tournament prize pool of $1,193,800 was split among the top 27 players. Keller graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics and has been playing local poker in Phoenix. This was his first World Series of Poker tournament. Included among the field of players who fell to the wayside were poker pros such as Billy Baxter, Johnny Chan, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Minh Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Mike Sexton, and more. Keller credited the Internet as his great teaching tool for learning to play poker. Remember that young man Scott Fischman who won the ninth 2004 World Series of Poker event, No Limit Texas Holdem, to become the second youngest player to ever win a WSOP gold bracelet? He is now the youngest player ever to win two WSOP gold bracelets. Fischman outlasted a field of 237 players to win the twelfth 2004 World Series of Poker event, a $2,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament. As Fischman commented at the end of the tournament, he is in the zone. This second win clearly identifies Fischman as a rising star with talent. H.O.R.S.E. is an acronym for Texas Holdem, Omaha, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Stud Eight or Better. The poker games are rotated in the tournament. A H.O.R.S.E. tournament win is demonstrative of overall talent among those poker games. The top sixteen players of this twelfth WSOP tournament shared a total prize pool of $332,000. Poker pro Eli Balas of Henderson, Nevada, accomplished several milestones when he won the 11th event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, a $2,500 buy-in Limit Texas Holdem poker tournament. This victory was his third WSOP gold bracelet and Balas joined a select club of 43 other players who have won three or more gold bracelets. With the first place prize of $174,440, Balas also became the 35th player to enter the WSOP Millionaire's Club - players who have cumulatively won over $1 Million at World Series of Poker tournaments. The tournament drew 237 entries the top 27 of which shared the prize pool of $545,100. The tenth World Series of Poker event witnessed one of the most grueling heads up duels yet - over four hours of strategic play by two poker professionals. Cyndy Violette, a poker pro from Atlantic City, New Jersey, squared off against Pete Kaufman of Las Vegas, for over four hours. In the final hand of this $2,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Poker Hi-Lo Split tournament, Violette prevailed with trip 4s against Kaufman's trip 2s. Violette won the bracelet and $135,900. Kaufman walked away with $69,100 and the remaining pool of $412,160 was split among the rest of the top 24 players. Violette is the eighth female gold bracelet winner in World Series of Poker history. At 831 entries, the ninth event of the 2004 World Series of Poker, No Limit Texas Holdem, was the third largest in the WSOP's 35 year history. The $1,500 buy-in poker tournament had a prize pool of $1,147,780 to be split among the top 81 players. The final heads up play came down to two Las Vegas residents, Scott Fischman and Joe Awata, both former poker dealers. They faced each other with a substantially similar number of chips (Awata $636k, Fischman $609k) but the wind shifted and Fischman won a pot of almost one million when the board paired 9s and 7s and Fischman had a high card A in the pocket. Awata never recovered and the 23 year old Fischman picked up the first place prize of $300,000. He also became the second youngest player to ever win a WSOP gold bracelet. The eighth event of the 2004 World Series of Poker was a battle between two poker pros, Chau Giang of Las Vegas and Robert Williamson III of Dallas, Texas. This was a Pot Limit Omaha poker tournament with a $2,000 buy-in and rebuys. There were 145 players and a prize pool of $569,440 split among the top eighteen players. At the final table, Giang and Williamson went head to head for about three hours. Williamson was ahead most of the time and at one point Giang was down to $60k in chips against Williamson's $642k. In the final hour of play, Giang won two big pots to put him in the chip lead for the first time. In the final hand, Williamson went all in with two pair, 9s and 7s, but Giang picked up a flush on the river for the win. This was a good day for Gerry Drehobl. The 49 year old poker amateur, who just started playing poker six months ago, prevailed over 537 other players to win the seventh World Series of Poker event, a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Holdem poker tournament with rebuys. The total prize pool of $1,261,700, was split among the top 54 players with Drehobl picking up a cool $365,900. Among the defeated were a host of poker pros including Scotty Nguyen, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Tom McEvoy, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, and others. In the last hand of the tournament, Drehobl defeated runner up John Juanda, a poker pro, with a pair of pocket Kings as Juanda went all in hoping for a flush on the river which didn't materialize. A $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Texas Holdem tournament was just the ticket for Minh Nguyen to pick up his second WSOP bracelet and a prize of $155,420. 363 poker players competed for a prize pool of $500,940 in this sixth event of the 2004 World Series of Poker. Nguyen pulled a flush on the river to close out the tournament. Nguyen, a card room manager in Spokane, Washington, finished seventh just last week in the WSOP seven card stud poker tournament. He finished eleventh in the 2003 WSOP main event and has now been in the money in eight World Series of Poker tournaments. It's time for Omaha poker Hi-Lo Split with a $1,500 buy-in for the fifth event of the 2004 World Series of Poker. The poker tournament was the largest Omaha tournament in World Series Poker history with 374 players. Las Vegas poker pro Curtis Bibb outlasted a number of top poker personalities including Scotty Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Sexton, Paul Phillips, and others to capture the $160,000 first prize. In the fourth event of the World Series of Poker, a $1,500 buy-in Limit Texas Holdem tournament, 608 players battled for a prize pool of $839,040. 30 year old Los Angeles poker pro Aaron Katz picked up the win. The $234,940 first prize was a personal best tournament cash winning for Katz. His secret? A greyhound cocktail after a particularly bad streak turned his luck around. The third event of the 2004 World Series of Poker was Seven Card Stud Poker with a buy-in of $1,500. A total of 258 players vied for a prize pool of $356,040. In the end, Ted Forrest, a Las Vegas poker pro, prevailed for a top prize of $111,440. This is Forrest's fourth WSOP bracelet having won three others at the 1993 WSOP. The final heads-up confrontation with runner up Chad Brown lasted over four hours. Forrest won with an A-5 straight in the final hand. In the second World Series of Poker event, No Limit Texas Holdem with a $2,000 buy-in, London economist James Vogl outlasted 833 other players to win the $400,000 prize. The total prize pool was $1,534,560 paid out to the top 81 players. Vogl humbly credited the luck of the cards for his victory. The 2004 World Series of Poker is off and running. Carl "Coach" Nessel, a 57 year old former firefighter and chip runner at the 2004 World Series of Poker is the winner of the Casino Employee's Limit Texas Holdem poker tournament. Nessel walked away with $40,000 (the total prize pool was $125,550 spread over the top 27 players). The tournament had 279 entries and lasted 15 hours and 45 minutes. In the final hand, Nessel overcame runner-up Cory Pockat with a pair of Queens. The day before the start of the 2004 World Series of Poker tournaments excitement is building at Binion's Horseshoe Casino. Today Binion's is starting daily $50 satellite poker tournaments - the winner gets their entry fee paid ($225) into one of the super satellite tournaments. The $225 super satellites begin April 22, 2004, and will run daily through May 21, 2004 - the winner gets a $10,000 seat in the 2004 Poker Series World Championship (no limit Texas Holdem).
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