In the 2005 World Series of Poker, 5,619 players paid the $10,000 buy-in creating a total prize money pool of $52,818,610. Here are the top 50 finishers and the prize money they took home.
| 1
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Joseph Hachem
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$7,500,000
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| 2
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Steve Dannenmann
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$4,250,000
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| 3
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Tex Barch
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$2,500,000
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| 4
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Aaron Kanter
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$2,000,000
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| 5
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Andrew Black
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$1,750,000
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| 6
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Scott Lazar
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$1,500,000
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| 7
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Daniel Bergsdorf
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$1,300,000
|
| 8
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Brad Kondracki
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$1,150,000
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| 9
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Mike Matusow
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$1,000,000
|
| 10
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Ayhan Alsancak
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$600,000
|
| 11
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Shawn Sheikhan
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$600,000
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| 12
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Conor Tate
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$600,000
|
| 13
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Bernard Lee
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$400,000
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| 14
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Oskar Silow
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$400,000
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| 15
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Tiffany Williamson
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$400,000
|
| 16
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Johnny Howard
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$350,000
|
| 17
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Michael Kessler
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$350,000
|
| 18
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John McGrane
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$350,000
|
| 19
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Minh Ly
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$304,680
|
| 20
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Phil Ivey
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$304,680
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| 21
|
Bryant King
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$304,680
|
| 22
|
Tommy Vu
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$304,680
|
| 23
|
Joe Connor
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$304,680
|
| 24
|
Tim Phan
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$304,680
|
| 25
|
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer
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$304,680
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| 26
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Tom Santori
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$304,680
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| 27
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Per Hildebrand
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$304,680
|
| 28
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Gregory Rice
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$274,090
|
| 29
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Russell "The Muscle" Salzer
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$274,090
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| 30
|
Radu Butan
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$274,090
|
| 31
|
John Juanda
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$274,090
|
| 32
|
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf
|
$274,090
|
| 33
|
Karlo Lopez
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$274,090
|
| 34
|
Bing Wang
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$274,090
|
| 35
|
Steven Marx
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$274,090
|
| 36
|
Will "Mr. Lucky" O'Brien
|
$274,090
|
| 37
|
Roland Israel
|
$235,390
|
| 38
|
Terence Burt
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$235,390
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| 39
|
Franklin Caldwell
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$235,390
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| 40
|
Tony Abesamis
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$235,390
|
| 41
|
Farzad Bonyadi
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$235,390
|
| 42
|
Raymi Sanchez
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$235,390
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| 43
|
Adam Friedman
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$235,390
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| 44
|
Kenna James
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$235,390
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| 45
|
Lee Watkinson
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$235,390
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| 46
|
David Richardson
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$173,880
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| 47
|
Kevin Kaikko
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$173,880
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| 48
|
Patrick Hayden
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$173,880
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| 49
|
Hung La
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$173,880
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| 50
|
Joseph Stillman
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$173,880
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