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Poker Tournament Results
35th Annual World Series of Poker
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Mike Sica |
| 1 |
Mike Sica AKA "Little Man" (North Brunswick, NJ, USA) |
$503,160 |
| 2 |
John Kabbaj (London, UK) |
$260,520 |
| 3 |
Ram Vaswani (Hendon, UK) |
$143,740 |
| 4 |
Alan Kelleher (Ireland) |
$125,780 |
| 5 |
Tobias Persson (Malmo, Sweden) |
$107,800 |
| 6 |
Paul Phillips (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$89,840 |
| 7 |
Mickey "Mouse" Mills (Downey, CA, USA) |
$71,860 |
| 8 |
Miami John Cernuto (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$53,900 |
| 9 |
Yusef Kurt (Vienna, Austria) |
$35,940 |
| 10 |
Robert Armstrong (Oaklyn, NJ, USA) |
$19,760 |
| 11 |
Michael Keiner (Braunfels, Germany) |
$19,760 |
| 12 |
Jon Friedberg (Las Vegas, NV) |
$19,760 |
| 13 |
Amir Vahedi (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) |
$16,180 |
| 14 |
Frank Callaghan (Dublin, Ireland) |
$16,180 |
| 15 |
John Juanda (Marina Del Rey, CA, USA) |
$16,180 |
| 16 |
Jonathan Fhal (Paris, France) |
$12,580 |
| 17 |
Tony Cousineau (Daytona Beach, FL, USA) |
$12,580 |
| 18 |
Stephen Suh (Alsio Viejo, CA, USA) |
$12,580 |
| 19 |
Gerald Cheatham (Philladelphia, PA, USA) |
$8,980 |
| 20 |
Bernd Stadlbauer (Austria) |
$8,980 |
| 21 |
Hilbert Shirey AKA "HILLSTREET" (Winter Haven, FL, USA) |
$8,980 |
| 22 |
Annie Duke (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$8,980 |
| 23 |
John Higgins (Gulfport, MS) |
$8,980 |
| 24 |
Donald Moseley (Houston, TX, USA) |
$8,980 |
| 25 |
Gavin Griffin (Fullerton, CA, USA) |
$8,980 |
| 26 |
Kevin Song (Diamond Bar, CA, USA) |
$8,980 |
| 27 |
Martin de Knijff (Stockholm, Sweden) |
$8,980 |
| 28 |
Stan Goldstein (North Fontana, CA, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 29 |
Johnny Chan (Cerritos, CA, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 30 |
Charles Wight (Houston, TX, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 31 |
Reggie Cordiel (Lakewood, CA, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 32 |
Scott Mayfield (Grants Pass, OR, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 33 |
Keith Lazzaro (Reedtown, OH, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 34 |
Barney Boatman (Hendon, UK) |
$6,280 |
| 35 |
Claus Nielsen (Denmark) |
$6,280 |
| 36 |
Allan Stonum (San Carlos, CA, USA) |
$6,280 |
| 37 |
Shawn Buchanan (Abbotsford, BC, Canada) |
$5,380 |
| 38 |
Surinder Sunar (Wolverhampton, UK) |
$5,380 |
| 39 |
Carlos Fuentes (Pamplona, Spain) |
$5,380 |
| 40 |
Kristy Gazes (Van Nuys, CA, USA) |
$5,380 |
| 41 |
Randy McKay (Chicago, IL, USA) |
$5,380 |
| 42 |
Kathy Keller-Kohlberg (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$5,380 |
| 43 |
Raul Oliviera (Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil) |
$5,380 |
| 44 |
Gregory Wynn (Phoenix, AZ, USA) |
$5,380 |
| 45 |
Johan Storakers (Stockholm, Sweden) |
$5,380 |
| 46 |
Michael Guttman (Melbourne, Australia) |
$4,500 |
| 47 |
Chuc Hoang (Paris, France) |
$4,500 |
| 48 |
Ronnie De Beauloux (Lingfield, UK) |
$4,500 |
| 49 |
Milt Meyers (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,500 |
| 50 |
Bill Blanda AKA "Big Daddy" (Galveston, TX, USA) |
$4,500 |
| 51 |
Captain Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA) |
$4,500 |
| 52 |
Nils Paulsen (Oslo, Norway) |
$4,500 |
| 53 |
Anthony Tran (West Covina, CA, USA) |
$4,500 |
| 54 |
Sam Grizzle (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,500 |
| 55 |
Galen Kester (Senatobia, MS, USA) |
$3,600 |
| 56 |
Abraham Tannous (Henderson, NV, USA) |
$3,600 |
| 57 |
Blair Rodman (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$3,600 |
| 58 |
Ralph Levine (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$3,600 |
| 59 |
Mike Pilkington (Yorktown, IN, USA) |
$3,600 |
| 60 |
Costa Anastasyadis (Netherlands) |
$3,600 |
| 61 |
Bradley Louder (Centennial, CO) |
$3,600 |
| 62 |
Vladimir Kovalchuk (Philadelphia, PA) |
$3,600 |
| 63 |
Shai Agassi (Los Gatos, CA, USA) |
$3,600 |
Tournament Report
| Mike Sica Wins Half-Million Dollars at World Series of Poker
Mike Sica did something truly extraordinary. He won the largest prize pool ever for the non-main event. In the 35-year history of the World Series of Poker, no event beyond the $10,000 buy-in world championship has ever awarded so much in prize money. A staggering figure – nearly $1.8 million – was split between the top 63 finishers. Standing alone at the top of the money list was Sica – who was thrilled to win his first gold bracelet.
The tournament was more of a marathon run than a poker game. It ran so long on day two (including most of the final table) that play was finally suspended as the sun was about to come up on a third day. No non-main event had ever run into a third day, but with the number of entries and ferocious competitiveness of the finalists meant that play was resumed on day three. The race concluded with Sica crossing the finish line first.
This was the first tidal wave in a series of events during the final week that are expected to push the total WSOP prize pool for 2004 to over $40 million. Poker is now bigger than ever, and anyone who doubts the game has now reached astronomical popularity is invited to watch and see what happens in a few days – when the main event of the World Series is set to begin. If last year was the “sonic boom” for poker – with 839 entries – this year’s championship may very well be a volcanic explosion that will ignite a firestorm of popularity far beyond what anyone could have ever imagined.
-- Nolan Dalla
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