Online Qualifier
Greg Raymer
becomes
World Series of Poker Champion!
Congratulations go to Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer, the new
World Series of Poker Champion, seen here on his way to the title
and $5 million, wearing his trademark ‘spooky’ hologram
spectacles.
The 2004 World Series of Poker began with
2,576 entrants and ended on a final spellbinding day with online poker
player Raymer maintaining his dominant chip lead throughout, coolly
dispatching his opponents one by one.
In the final showdown, Greg out-gunned
fellow online qualifier, David ‘RugDoctor’ Williams, to
take home the $5 million prize.
The World Series of Poker has been held
annually ever since 1970 at the Horseshoe, Downtown, Las Vegas, though
next year, for the first time, it is going to Harrah's Rio Suites,
Las Vegas, with the final 2 days of the main event concluded at The
Horseshoe.
The youngest poker player ever to win the
WSOP main event was Phil Hellmuth, in 1989 at the age of 25. Also
known as the Poker Brat, (though only for his table persona) Phil
has won 6 WSOP bracelets and holds the record for his total of 45
cashes. Total Money Won: $3,601,410.00
The new World Champion, Greg Raymer, who
beat a record field, got his princely $5,000,000 cheque in return
for a buy-in stake of $10,000, and he won that on an online poker
site, for an original stake of just $40!
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
Greg
Raymer Prize Money $5,000,000 David
Williams, eliminated
by Greg Raymer
Prize Money $3,500,000 Josh
Arieh, eliminated
by Greg Raymer
Prize money $2,500,000 Dan
Harrington, eliminated by
Williams
Prize money $1,500,000 Glenn
Hughes, eliminated by Greg
Raymer
Prize money $1,100,000 Al
Krux, elminated by Greg
Raymer
Prize Money $800,000 Matt
Dean, elminated David Williams
Prize Money $675,000 Mattias
Andersson, eliminated by
Greg Raymer
Prize Money $575,000 Michael
McClain,
eliminated by Greg Raymer
Prize Money $470,400
It’s interesting to know that both
Greg and 2nd place David Williams won their seats in online qualifiers.
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Auba
Eric Brenes:
Winner of the 2004 UltimateBet.com Poker Classic
Eric Brenes
turned a $100 super satellite event into a $1 Million payout,
claiming the title and a big fat cheque in this No Limit Texas
Hold’em event on the tropical island paradise of Aruba!
Harry
Demetriou was crowned Champion in the inaugural Victor Poker
Cup and took home £250,000, after he held off a strong
challenge from Hendon mobster and bookies favourite, Ram Vaswani.
The key
hand came shortly after 4am when Harry raised under the gun
with a pair of pocket nines. Ram found Ace-King and moved all-in.
Harry called, and when no help came on the flop for either player
Harry took the title, the trophy and the cheque for a cool quarter
of a million.
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