The greatest event in the poker world has ended - WSOP 2005... But few people know how many interesting facts happened during the preparation and conduct of this event. CASINOgames magazine has published a whole list of facts, some of which are simply shocking.
• This is the 36th WSOP event to break all records. The prize pool of the main no-limit poker tournament was $52,818,610. It was attended by 5619 people.
• Joseph Hashim is Lebanese by birth and now lives in Australia. Has been playing poker professionally for over 10 years. In Australia, there is now a real psychosis - Hashim has become a national hero.
• This is the first WSOP event for Joseph Hashim, who decided not to attend the tournament last year, but to wait until his four children grow up.
• In a key hand, Joseph Hashim had 7-3 offsuit against A-3 offsuit. Curiously, 7-3 in a 2-player game ranks 160th out of all 169 possible starting hands, against A-3 specifically, Hashim's chances of winning this hand were only 27%.
• The largest pot ever won by Tex Barch over Aaron Kanter. The pot was over 22 million in chips.
• The first two finalists, Hashim and Dannenmann, paid $10000 to enter in cash, Barch won the $1035 satellite, and Kanter and fifth-placed Andrew Black entered the tournament by winning satellites on PatyPoker.com
• Mike Matusow aka The Mouth, known for his talkativeness, came in at 9th place and said he was terribly unlucky. "If someone told me that I would become only the ninth, I would just laugh in his face."
• Last year's World Champion Creg "Fossilman" Raymer finished 25th.
• The tournament was opened by the daughter of the legendary player Stu Ungar.
• Two age records have been broken this year. The youngest world champion was 21-year-old Eric Froehlich, who won the limit hold'em tournament. And the oldest was 80-year-old Paul McKinney, who won the tournament for retirees.
• Several of our compatriots took part in the tournament. They showed themselves best in the limited 7-card stud tournament, where Kirill Gerasimov took 2nd place, and Evgeny Kafelnikov - 9th.
• One of the tournaments was won by Todd Brunson, son of the legendary Doyle Brunson. And my father also did not disappoint, having won himself the tenth champion bracelet.
• The winner of the limited Omaha tournament, Israeli Rafi Amit, was penalized for swearing at the table for 10 minutes, during which he lost 24,000 chips in the blinds. He lost 70% chips during this time, but still won the tournament.
• The funniest flop of the tournament was the QQQQA flop.
• "Money" got 560 people. The player who eliminated 561st received a free seat from the organizers for next year's tournament as a consolation.
• Ten participants who won a ticket to the tournament on the Internet were denied participation due to insufficient age.
• 13 participants lost money for the entrance fee somewhere along the way.
• Two people registered for the tournament, but could not participate due to death.
• During the tournament, several fake chips were found.
• The total prize pool of all WSOP events has exceeded $ 100 million.
• A group of early eliminated players organized a side-by-side rock-paper-scissors tournament. The winner, Rob Boyd, took home $10,000.
• It was the mom of Mike Graz, who won one of the tournaments and earned almost $600,000, who insisted that he become a professional player. Moral: Always listen to what your mom says.
• Cliff Josephi dropped out of the tournament in his favorite Hold'em, and out of grief decided to play 7 Card Stud, which he won the next day. It was his first serious 7-card poker game in his life.
• Joseph Hashim, before becoming a professional player, was a chiropractor, that is, set the spines.
• One of the finalists, Brad Kondraki, played 20 hours a week on the Internet to pay for his college tuition.
• Each of the 10 finalists earned over a million dollars. The final table was nicknamed the "Millionaire Club" (see top 10).
• Almost 30,000 players from over 40 countries took part in this year's World Series of Poker.
• One of the 10 finalists, Scott Lazar, is an illusionist and magician by profession.
• The number of participants and the amount of prize money this year have approximately doubled compared to last.
In addition, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the photo gallery of the most important and last championship in the 2005 WSOP.
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