Tournament Information

Date: Jan 4 - 20, 2005
Venue: Crown Casino Melbourne, Australia
Event: Main Event - No Limit Hold'em (Jan 18 - 20, 2005)
Buy-in: AU$10,000 + AU$300
Prize: AU$2,630,000
Entries: 263

Other Events

Jan 6, 2005 No Limit Hold'em AU$200
Jan 7, 2005 Limit Hold'em AU$500 + 50
Jan 8, 2005 Pot Limit Hold'em AU$500 + 50
Jan 10, 2005 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 13, 2005 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo AU$1,500 + 100
Jan 14 - 16, 2005 WPP World Speed Poker Championship - Limit Hold'em AU$1,500 + 100
Jan 15 - 16, 2005 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em AU$5,000 + 200
Jan 15, 2005 Tag Team Limit Hold'em AU$500 + 50
Jan 17, 2005 Australian 2 Card Manila Championship AU$5,000 + 200
Jan 18 - 20, 2005 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em AU$10,000 + 300
Jan 9, 2005 Pot Limit Omaha AU$500 + 50
Jan 11, 2005 Seven Card Stud AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 12, 2005 Pot Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 16, 2005 Pot Limit Omaha AU$5,000 + 200
Jan 19, 2005 Australasian Only - Pot Limit/No Limit Speed Poker AU$20,000
Jan 19, 2005 Non-Australasian Only - Pot Limit/No Limit Speed Poker AU$20,000

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Jamil Dia $777,442 AU$1,000,000
2nd Michael Simkins $361,510 AU$465,000
3rd George "Tasmaniac" Mamacas $194,360 AU$250,000
4th Martin "The Doc" Comer $132,165 AU$170,000
5th Stephen Mclean $85,519 AU$110,000
6th Warwick Dunnett $62,195 AU$80,000
7th Jonathan Paul $54,421 AU$70,000
8th Gary Benson $46,647 AU$60,000
9th Marcel "The Flying Dutchman" Luske $38,872 AU$50,000
10th James "Welcome Back Potter" Potter $23,323 AU$30,000
11th Mike Sexton $23,323 AU$30,000
12th Sam Khoueis $23,323 AU$30,000
13th Bruce Sipe $23,323 AU$30,000
14th Johan Storakers $15,549 AU$20,000
15th Jovan Skekic $15,549 AU$20,000
16th Magnus Eklund $15,549 AU$20,000
17th Harry Borque $15,549 AU$20,000
18th Jason Steinberg $15,549 AU$20,000
19th John Delessandri $7,774 AU$10,000
20th Rukhsana Guevarra $7,774 AU$10,000
21st Billy "The Croc" Argyros $7,774 AU$10,000
22nd Joe "The Nuts" Laruffa $7,774 AU$10,000
23rd Robert Rooney $7,774 AU$10,000
24th Max Donnelly $7,774 AU$10,000
25th Richard Piper $7,774 AU$10,000
26th Dominic Italiano $7,774 AU$10,000
27th Robyn Mokvist $7,774 AU$10,000
28th Fred Ibraham $3,887 AU$5,000
29th Paul Scopetis $3,887 AU$5,000
30th Mark Mitchell $3,887 AU$5,000
31st Stein Rodseth $3,887 AU$5,000
32nd David Tarbet $3,887 AU$5,000
33rd Mark Demirjian $3,887 AU$5,000
34th Henrik Witt $3,887 AU$5,000
35th Adam Kwiecien $3,887 AU$5,000
36th Trudi Sultana $3,887 AU$5,000
37th John Dwyer $3,887 AU$5,000
38th Peter Haslam $3,887 AU$5,000
39th Donald Nyberg $3,887 AU$5,000
40th Kathy Keller-Kohlberg $3,887 AU$5,000