World Series of Poker circuit events

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World Series of Poker circuit events are poker tournaments that take place annually from 2005 onwards as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Events are competed in no limit hold'em format.

1 2005
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[edit] 2005

The following events took place in the build-up to the 2005 World Series of Poker. The money finishers in each event qualified for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.

All tournaments were broadcast as a part of the ESPN coverage of the 2005 WSOP. The first tournament was split over two episodes.

Date	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists	Location
18-Jan-2005	Nghi Tran	$780,615	Erick Lindgren	Nick Frangos Mimi Tran Aaron Bartley Stan Goldstein Chad Brown Chris Ferguson Michael Esposito	Harrah's Atlantic City
2-Mar-2005	Chris Ferguson	$655,220	Prahlad Friedman	Chad Brown James Worth Alex Prendes Jr Keith Sexton Robert Williamson III Lonnie Alexander Mark Hanna	Harrah's Rincon
23-Mar-2005	Doug Lee	$695,970	Jennifer Harman	Jean-Robert Bellande Gabe Thaler Grant "G-Money" Lang Kevin Keller Dennis Perry Phil Ivey Tom Macey	Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas
8-May-2005	Jeff Lisandro	$542,360	Phil Ivey	James Van Alstyne Jonathan Shecter Tommy Reed Salim Batshon David Pham George Saca Joe Awada	Harrah's Lake Tahoe
28-May-2005	Walter Chambers	$787,340	Corey Bierria	Antonio Esfandiari Nick Mao Mark Cole Harry Cullen Jr Imre Leibold Marlon Labbe Cyril Gittens	Harrah's New Orleans
25-Aug-2005	Gregg Merkow	$561,175	Robert Law	Sonny Perry Jeff Wood Steve Rassi Bryant King Johnny Clements John Juanda Darrell Struck	Grand Casino Tunica
16-Sep-2005	Chris Ferguson	$362,088	Chade Layne	Kevin Song Tom Pniak An Tran Gregg Fund Mike Fetter Tom Foley Jim McCrink	Harrah's Las Vegas
2-Nov-2005	Vinny Vinh	$437,760	Men Nguyen	Ron Hargrove Sam Whitt Douglas Carli William Edler Marlowe Rowe John Smith Clinton Keown	Caesars Indiana
22-Nov-2005	Thang Pham	$453,456	J. C. Tran	Lee Watkinson Scotty Nguyen Joe Hachem John Smith Steven Hudak Doug Lee Minh Ly	Paris Las Vegas
9-Dec-2005	Chris Reslock	$335,235	John Juanda	Chad Moore Nick Schulman John Spadavecchia Daniel Tolly Eric Panayiotou Julian Studley Daniel Shak	Showboat Casino, Atlantic City

[edit] 2006

Date	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists	Location
26-Jan-2006	Daniel Negreanu	$755,525	Bryant King	Kianoosh Mohajeri Lee Markholt Brian Lamkin Brandon Adams Wendell Barnes Robert Schulze Chad Brown	Grand Casino Tunica
17-Feb-2006	Abraham Korotki	$433,008	Brian Jensen	Steven Jacobs Jody Garaventa Herbet Cheng Ed Corrado Earnest Shepherd Harry White Jianhua Zhou	Harrah's Atlantic City
7-Mar-2006	Darrell Dicken	$372,780	Weikai Chang	Kathy Liebert Gary Lent Jim Pechac Adam Kagin Andy Bloch Yosh Nakano Tom McCormick	Harrah's Rincon
31-Mar-2006	Jeffrey King	$345,708	Ralph Porter	Jamie Ligator Ben Bianco Eric Panayiotou Chris Ferguson Herbert Cheng Mickey Appleman Louie Esposito	Caesars Atlantic City
11-May-2006	John Spadavecchia	$648,320	Sean McCabe	Ralph Perry Danny Fuhs Billy Baxter Bob Bright Tom Schneider Tony Cousineau Blair Rodman	Caesars Palace
28-May-2006	Peter Feldman	$532,950	Gavin Smith	Matt Russell George Abdallah Kenny Brown Dana Diephouse Allie Prescott Benjamin Gordon David Babin	Harrah's New Orleans
19-Jun-2006	Clint Baskin	$372,240	Brian Fidler	Tony Le R. C. W. Cheung Justin Scott J. C. Tran Joseph Dubois Matt Russell Jamin Stokes	Harrah's Lake Tahoe
17-Sept-2006	Michael "Scott" Arents	$196,005	Jerrt Renfroe	Darrell Steed Randy Gil Travis Erdman Burt Boutin Brendan Lynch Scott Clements Paul Kobel	Harrah's Lake Tahoe
4-Oct-2006	Mark "Pegasus" Smith	$306,003	Manelic "Manny" Minaya	Glyn Banks Harold Mahaffey Jody Stanfill Jae Chang Hoyt Lance Ryan Lenaghan Ronald Huerkamp	Grand Casino Tunica
3-Nov-2006	Chad "Li'lholdem" Batista	$262,002	Hoyt Lance	Ed Corrado Hilbert "Hill Street" Shiley Douglas Carli Joel Casper Robert Arthur William "The Dog" Brown Thomas Fuller	Caesars Indiana