 HORSESHOE: 2004 WORLD SERIES OF POKER (WSOP)
No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Buy-in: 10,000 + 0; Entries: 2576; Prizepool: $24,224,400; Date: 2004-05-22
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| 1. |
Greg Raymer |
$5,000,000
+ World Champion Title | 20.64% |
| 2. |
David Williams |
$3,500,000 | 14.45% |
| 3. |
Josh Arieh |
$2,500,000 | 10.32% |
| 4. |
Dan Harrington |
$1,500,000 | 6.19% |
| 5. |
Glenn Hughes |
$1,100,000 | 4.54% |
| 6. |
Al Krux |
$800,000 | 3.3% |
| 7. |
Matt Dean |
$675,000 | 2.79% |
| 8. |
Mattias Andersson |
$575,000 | 2.37% |
| 9. |
Michael McClain |
$470,400 | 1.94% |
| 10. |
Marcel Luske |
$373,000 | 1.54% |
| 11. |
Dewey Archer |
$373,000 | 1.54% |
| 12. |
James Grimes |
$373,000 | 1.54% |
| 13. |
John Murphy |
$275,000 | 1.14% |
| 14. |
Kevin Bott |
$275,000 | 1.14% |
| 15. |
Eddy Scharf |
$275,000 | 1.14% |
| 16. |
William Erickson |
$175,000 | 0.72% |
| 17. |
Gary Jones |
$175,000 | 0.72% |
| 18. |
Harry Demetriou |
$147,500 | 0.61% |
| 18. |
Richard Fullerton |
$147,500 | 0.61% |
| 20. |
Robert Jarrett |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 21. |
Scott Carpenter |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 22. |
Hung La |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 23. |
Jason Sagle |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 24. |
Vinh Truong |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 25. |
Davin Anderson |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 26. |
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 27. |
Eric Van Der Burg |
$120,000 | 0.5% |
| 28. |
Marty Feijo |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 29. |
Matt Lefkowitz |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 30. |
Glen Cooney |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 31. |
Brad Berman |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 32. |
Julian Gardner |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 33. |
Matthew Hilger |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 34. |
Daniel Adelson |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 35. |
David Angel |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 36. |
Ben Johnson |
$80,000 | 0.33% |
| 37. |
Matt Treasure |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 38. |
Paddy O'Connor |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 39. |
Robert Daniel |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 40. |
Dung Nguyen |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 41. |
Mario Zeledon |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 42. |
Kevin Schaffel |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 43. |
Steve Lott |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 44. |
Desmond Portano |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 45. |
Barry Schwartz |
$60,000 | 0.25% |
| 46. |
Ahn Van Nguyen |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 47. |
Bryan Bevis |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 48. |
Jess Kaufmann |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 49. |
Ali Eslami |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 50. |
Peter Giordano |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 51. |
V.S. Senthil Kumar |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 52. |
Gavin Smith |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 53. |
Doyle Brunson |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 54. |
Blair Rodman |
$45,000 | 0.19% |
| 55. |
Tobias Persson |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 56. |
Tony Abesamis |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 57. |
Frank Russomanno |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 58. |
Henrik Olsen |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 59. |
Danny Alnei |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 60. |
Charles Pacheco |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 61. |
Niels Paulsen |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 62. |
Chris Heintschel |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 63. |
Andrew Wynn |
$35,000 | 0.14% |
| 64. |
Brett Ehart |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 65. |
Jeffrey Calkins |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 66. |
James Hoeppner |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 67. |
Edward Foster |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 68. |
Michael Zelin |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 69. |
Todd Rupert |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 70. |
Dani Pourat |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 71. |
Ayhan Alsancak |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 72. |
David 'Devilfish' Ulliott |
$30,000 | 0.12% |
| 73. |
Ken Borror |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 74. |
Gregg Turk |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 75. |
Richard Osborne |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 76. |
Sam Libicki |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 77. |
Dan Bigelow |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 78. |
Donny Ariel |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 79. |
Scott Lundberg |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 80. |
Paul Kraus |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 81. |
Kostas Angeloudis |
$25,000 | 0.1% |
| 82. |
Chuck Agnew |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 83. |
Peter Damato |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 84. |
Paul North |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 85. |
Jonathan Brooks |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 86. |
Randy Holland |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 87. |
Mike Matusow |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 88. |
Brad Pierce |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 89. |
Thomas Bohmer |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 90. |
Burt Boutin |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 91. |
Philippe Marmorstein |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 92. |
Craig Swick |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 93. |
Jacob Spelman |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 94. |
Dave Scharf |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 95. |
Michael Breault |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 96. |
Greg Duros |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 97. |
Tri Van |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 98. |
Rose Richie |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 99. |
Steve Bartlett |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 100. |
Danny Rogers |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 101. |
Mark Wilds |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 102. |
Yee Chung |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 103. |
Bo Sehlstedt |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 104. |
Peter Sterns |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 105. |
Charles Buffalo |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 106. |
Saleem Tawil |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 107. |
Yarom Limor |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 108. |
John Esposito |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 108. |
Daniel Larsson |
$20,000 | 0.08% |
| 110. |
Robert Boyd |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 111. |
Jan Sjavik |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 112. |
Markus Feurle |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 113. |
Lee Watkinson |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 114. |
David Weisberger |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 115. |
Peter Moore |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 116. |
Curt Kohlberg |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 117. |
Justin Cuong Van Tran |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 118. |
Billy Duarte |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 119. |
Tod Skarecky |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 120. |
Abe Mosseri |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 121. |
Tommy Grimes |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 122. |
Dayne Baverman |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 123. |
Arthur Loring |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 124. |
Casey Kastle |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 125. |
Greg Geller |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 126. |
Yaser Al-Keliddar |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 127. |
Craig Crivello |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 128. |
Kenneth Maust |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 129. |
Andy Church |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 130. |
Jesse Jewell |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 131. |
Mark Weitzman |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 132. |
John Sheckherd |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 133. |
William Brindise |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 134. |
Larry Anderson |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 135. |
Frank Brabek |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 136. |
Orjan Gronmo |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 137. |
Melven Phillips |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 138. |
George Huber |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 139. |
Russ Hamilton |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 140. |
Rene Oliveras |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 141. |
Don Moseley |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 142. |
Jordan Siegel |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 143. |
John Pires |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 144. |
Jeff Freedman |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 145. |
Raymond Davis |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 146. |
Kevin O'Connell |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 147. |
Carl Quinton |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 148. |
Robert Hartmann |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 149. |
Jeffrey Burdsall |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 150. |
Gus Hansen |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 151. |
Daniel Griffith |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 152. |
Zakeri Behman |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 153. |
Robert Fogarty |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 154. |
Derek Tomko |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 155. |
Patrick Hanley |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 156. |
Garth Weeks |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 157. |
Emmanuel Moraitis |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 158. |
Aviv Shahaf |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 159. |
Lucy Rokach |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 160. |
Mojtaba Seyedin |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 161. |
Richie Tomman |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 162. |
Sargon Ruya |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 163. |
Thomas Hammond |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 164. |
John Wheeler |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 165. |
Patri Friedman |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 166. |
Andy Cracchiolo |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 167. |
Juha Helppi |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 168. |
Gabriel Thaler |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 169. |
Timothy White |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 170. |
Eli Elezra |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 171. |
Gregory Sawka |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 172. |
Paul Nobles |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 173. |
Ken Evanowski |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 174. |
Howard Andrew |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 175. |
Jeff Bull |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 176. |
Greg Blau |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 177. |
William Krackomberger |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 178. |
George Youkhanna |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 179. |
Thom Werthmann |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 180. |
Antonio Salorio |
$15,000 | 0.06% |
| 181. |
Al Korson |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 182. |
Jan V. Sorensten |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 183. |
Paul Jackson |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 184. |
Erik Villand |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 185. |
Dennis Colletti |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 186. |
Troy Reed |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 187. |
Scott Marks |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 188. |
Jamie O'Sullivan |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 189. |
Jacob Battenberg |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 190. |
Tomer Benvenisti |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 191. |
Abraham Gray |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 192. |
Bryan Dillon |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 193. |
Rob Hollink |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 194. |
Andrew Goetsch |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 195. |
Michael Mexal |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 196. |
Robert Skutelsky |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 197. |
Alex Brenes |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 198. |
Michael Fillat |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 199. |
Shreeniwas Kelkar |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 200. |
Robert Fikac |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 201. |
Herman Grimes |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 202. |
Margatoi Belinovich |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 203. |
Leon Garcia |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 204. |
Gene Timberlake |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 205. |
Neil Channing |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 206. |
George Abdallah |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 207. |
Erin Ness |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 208. |
Samir Zoudo |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 209. |
Richard Cordani |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 210. |
Vincent Napolitano |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 211. |
Adam Garfinkle |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 212. |
Earl Odom |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 213. |
Steven Greenberg |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 214. |
Aaron Ogus |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 215. |
O'Neil Longson |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 216. |
Matt Stodola |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 217. |
Shawn Silber |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 218. |
Dan Soda |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 219. |
David Cupps |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 220. |
Ivon Crewse |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 221. |
Michael Pino |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 222. |
Peter Hedlund |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 223. |
Ron Faltinsky |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 224. |
Phillip Tom |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 225. |
Dewey Tomko |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
| 225. |
Dave Combs |
$10,000 | 0.04% |
 The final hand at the final table of the final event of the World Series of Poker was won by Greg 'Fossil Man'Â Raymer this evening at the Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas. The 2004 'Mother of all Poker Tournaments,'Â the World Series of Poker, is now history. The champion receives the platinum bracelet and $5 million in cash after his pocket eights bested David William's A-4. The board brought three deuces giving Raymer deuces full of eights while William had deuces full of fours when a four paired one of his hole cards. David received $3.5 million for second place.
Following his win Greg answered questions from the press and praised the competition in the week long final event. He said,'Â The tournament started out with 2,576 players and at least sixteen hundred of them are better players than me'Â. Not this year, Greg, none better. When asked about luck he said he didn't really believe in luck and compared it to what you see in your rear view mirror. 'Luck is what's in your rear view mirror and my rear view mirror for this week was good. He said that during the week he had very few bad beats and considering the total hours of poker played he was somewhat 'lucky'Â and could only remember having aces cracked early on for a $160,000 loss. When asked about the glasses he said they came from Disney World in Florida. During a family vacation he purchased them on an impulse while waiting for his wife to buy souvenirs. When questioned about his stare down ability he said that he had not developed his to the extent of a Howard Lederer and that was the primary reason for the glasses since they hide his eyes completely while allowing him to easily see his hole cards. Some of the spectators and fellow players had renamed Greg 'Sillyman'Â instead of the 'Fossilman'Â. Greg said the glasses not only hid his eyes but made it difficult for the other players to stare him down since looking at a man with reptillian eyes is really disconcerting.
Greg 'Fossilman'Â Raymer is a 39 year old patent attorney from Stonington, Connecticut where he lives with his wife, Cheryl, and their daughter. He is originally from North Dakota but moved around the country after receiving his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. His love of fossils and his ever growing collection gave rise to the nickname fossilman which can be found on Usenet posts going back to '99. A search of the Internet revealed Greg to be a prolific writer and net user with some posts going back almost a decade so it is not surprising that he qualified for this year's World Series of Poker through an Internet casino tournament. Like last year's winner, Chris Moneymaker, Greg is a regular Internet player but the similarity ends there. While Moneymaker had never played with real people in live games Greg has considerable live game experience. Greg's best previous finish in a major poker tournament was a final table appearance at the 2001 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods where he finished third. The soft spoken, witty Raymer represents the next generation of players in the high stakes poker tournament world. He is intelligent, observant, calculating, and aggressive. Combine these attributes with a little bit of luck and his 'student of the game'Â philosophy and we will probably see a lot of Greg over the coming years. We congratulate the Fossilman for his record setting 2004 win. |
