2004 - This Year in WSOP History

April 22

$500 Casino Employee's Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, began 4/22)

Winner: Carl Nessel ($40,000)

Entries: 279 (27 paid)

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April 24

$2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, began 4/23)

Winner: James Vogl ($400,000)

Entries: 834 (81 paid)

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April 25

Ted Forrest Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 258, including Chad Brown heads up, for $111,440,.

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #3, began 4/24)

Winner: Ted Forrest ($111,440)

Entries: 258 (24 paid)

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April 26

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, began 4/25)

Winner: Aaron Katz ($234,940)

Entries: 608 (63 paid)

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April 27

$1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split (Event #5, began 4/26)

Winner: Curtis Bibb ($160,000)

Entries: 374 (36 paid)

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April 28

$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, began 4/27)

Winner: Minh "San Diego" Nguyen ($155,420)

Entries: 363 (36 paid)

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April 29

Daniel Negreanu Rebuys 27 Times in $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em
Needs to reach 8th place to make a profit and does, finishing third for $100,940. The rebuy period was only two hours long.

$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, began 4/28)

Winner: Gerry Drehobl ($365,900)

Entries: 538$ (796 rebuys) (54 paid)

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April 30

$2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #8, began 4/29)

Winner: Chau Giang ($187,920)

Entries: 145$ (156 rebuys) (18 paid)

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May 1

Mike Caro's Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets Released
Good stories, including Baldwin in the 1978 WSOP Main Event. [Approximate date]

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em PSO Invitational (Event #9, began 4/30)

Winner: Scott Fischman ($300,000)

Entries: 831 (81 paid)

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May 2

Cyndy Violette Wins $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for First Bracelet
Defeats field of 224 for $135,900.

$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split (Event #10, began 5/1)

Winner: Cyndy Violette ($135,900)

Entries: 224 (24 paid)

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May 3

$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, began 5/2)

Winner: Eli Balas ($174,440)

Entries: 237 (27 paid)

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May 4

Scott Fischman Wins $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. for Second Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 166 for $100,200 just three days after winning $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em PSO Invitational for $300,000 (PSO = PokerSchoolOnline.com).

$2,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #12, began 5/3)

Winner: Scott Fischman ($100,200)

Entries: 166 (16 paid)

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May 5

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, began 5/4)

Winner: Thomas Keller ($382,020)

Entries: 254 (27 paid)

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May 6

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split (Event #14, began 5/5)

Winner: Hasan Habib ($93,060)

Entries: 213 (24 paid)

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May 7

Daniel Negreanu Wins $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 287 for $169,100.

$2,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, began 5/6)

Winner: Daniel Negreanu ($169,100)

Entries: 287 (27 paid)

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May 8

Kathy Liebert Wins $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet.
Defeats field of 240 for $110,180.

$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #16, began 5/7)

Winner: Barry Greenstein ($296,200)

Entries: 46$ (107 rebuys) (7 paid)

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$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout (Event #17, began 5/7)

Winner: Kathy Liebert ($110,180)

Entries: 240 (24 paid)

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May 9

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout (Event #18, began 5/8)

Winner: Phi Nguyen ($180,000)

Entries: 400 (40 paid)

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May 10

Annie Duke Wins $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo for First Bracelet
Defeats field of 234 for $137,860 and joins Violette and Liebert as record third woman to win an open event in one year.

Huong Doan Wins First Limit Hold 'Em Ladies Championship
Defeats field of 201 for $58,530 as event switches to straight Limit Hold 'Em for the only time.

$2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split (Event #19, began 5/9)

Winner: Annie Duke ($137,860)

Entries: 234 (27 paid)

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$1,000 Ladies Limit Hold 'Em (Event #20, began 5/9)

Winner: Huong Doan ($58,530)

Entries: 201 (27 paid)

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May 11

$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, began 5/10)

Winner: Antonio Esfandiari ($184,860)

Entries: 324 (36 paid)

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May 12

$5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split World Championship (Event #22, began 5/11)

Winner: Brett Jungblut ($187,720)

Entries: 121 (18 paid)

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May 13

Ted Forrest Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fifth Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 834, including Susan Pritchett heads up, for $300,300.

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #23, began 5/12)

Winner: Ted Forrest ($300,300)

Entries: 834 (81 paid)

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May 14

$5,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship (Event #24, began 5/13)

Winner: Joe Awada ($221,000)

Entries: 144 (16 paid)

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May 15

$3,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #25, began 5/14)

Winner: Gavin Griffin ($270,420)

Entries: 316 (36 paid)

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May 16

T.J. Cloutier Wins $1,500 Razz for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 195 for $90,500.

Farzad Bonyadi Wins $1,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 82 (153 rebuys) for $86,980.

$1,500 Seven-Card Razz (Event #26, began 5/15)

Winner: T.J. Cloutier ($90,500)

Entries: 195 (16 paid)

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$1,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw (Event #27, began 5/16)

Winner: Farzad Bonyadi ($86,980)

Entries: 82$ (153 rebuys) (6 paid)

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May 17

$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #28, began 5/16)

Winner: Gary Gibbs ($136,960)

Entries: 519 (55 paid)

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May 18

John Hennigan Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 213 for $325,360.

$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #29, began 5/17)

Winner: John Hennigan ($325,360)

Entries: 213 (27 paid)

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May 19

$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #30, began 5/18)

Winner: Mike Sica ($503,160)

Entries: 651 (63 paid)

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May 20

$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #31, began 5/19)

Winner: Ted Lawson ($500,000)

Entries: 145$ (167 rebuys) (18 paid)

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$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw (Event #32, began 5/20)

Winner: Norm Ketchum Jr. ($84,500)

Entries: 184 (16 paid)

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May 24

Rose Richie Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
Finishes 98th for $20,000.

May 26

Daniel Negreanu Is WSOP Player of the Year
Wins one bracelet and reaches five final tables to beat out Ted Forrest.

May 27

Dan Harrington Reaches Second Straight Main Event Final Table
Reaches final table fifth in chips and finishes fourth as Last Champ Standing for $1,500,000 one year after placing third. Harrington also ties Stu Ungar for second longest span between Main Event final tables (17 years, two fewer than Dewey Tomko).

May 28

Greg Raymer Wins 2004 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 2,576, including David Williams heads up, for record $5,000,000.

Berry Johnston Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
Johnston is a 5-time bracelet winner who won the 1986 WSOP Main Event and reached three other WSOP Main Event final tables.

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #33, began 5/22)

Winner: Greg Raymer ($5,000,000)

Entries: 2576 (226 paid)

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September 1

Annie Duke Wins Tournament of Champions
Defeats field of ten, including Phil Hellmuth heads up, to win $2,000,000 in the non-bracelet event.

September 7

Dody Roach d. 2004 [age 67] (b. 5/3/1937)
1982 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($41,600). Two bracelets: 1981 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($81,000) & 1996 $1,500 Limit Omaha ($102,600).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

October 26

Phil Hellmuth's Bad Beats and Lucky Draws Released
Almost 100 important and interesting hands from 1974 to 2004, with several from WSOP preliminary tournaments and the Main Event.

November 7

Ken Flaton d. 2004 [age 64] (b. 6/28/1940)
Won 1983 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud ($62,000). 11 final tables. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1998.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon