The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner. ESPN's broadcast began July 19 with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11 and ended November 15.Preliminary eventsMain Event
There were 5,619 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 won their seat in online poker tournaments.Final tableOther High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.Fall of World Champions
- Day 1: Jim Bechtel, Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson, Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Tom McEvoy, Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, Robert Varkonyi
- Day 2: "Action" Dan Harrington, Chris Moneymaker, Huck Seed
- Day 3: (none)
- Day 4: Russ Hamilton
- Day 5: (none)
- Day 6: Greg "Fossilman" Raymer
Trivia
- 5661 entrants registered for the event, although only 5619 played
- 1116 entrants qualified through PokerStars
- 13 qualifiers had their buy-in "lost in transit"
- 10 online qualifiers were not permitted to play as it emerged they were underage
- 2 online qualifiers died before the event started
- Mike Matusow was given a 40 minute penalty for four uses of an obscene word
- Tamao Sato won her entry on a Japanese game show
- Celebrity players included Shannon Elizabeth, Brad Garrett, Stephen Hendry, Oliver Hudson, Tobey Maguire, Rocco Mediate, Barry Paskin, Mimi Rogers, Shannon Sharpe, Jennifer Tilly, Wil Wheaton and James Woods
- Greg Raymer became the first defending champion to survive into Day 2 of the Main Event since 1999 champion Noel Furlong made it to Day 2 in 2000
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