In 2010, Esfandiari shipped his second WPT title in his career with a win in the 2010 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $870,124, or more than 20 percent of the $4,248,600 prize. The 2004 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic also witnessed another increase in entrants with a field of 376 players despite the tournament's buy-in increasing to $15,300. Big names to finish in the top 10 in that year's event included Humberto Brenes (second - $923,475), Jennifer Harman (fourth - $299,492), Nam Le (sixth - $152,468), Hasan.
Below are the results of season three of the World Poker Tour television series (2004–2005).
Results[edit]
Grand Prix de Paris[edit]
- Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris[1]
- Buy-in: €10,000
- 5-Day Event: July 17, 2004 to July 21, 2004
- Number of Entries: 205
- Total Prize Pool: €1,957,750
- Number of Payouts: 27
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Surinder Sunar | €679,860 ($828,956) |
| 2nd | Tony G | €339,930 ($414,478) |
| 3rd | Jim Overman | €203,960 ($248,689) |
| 4th | Peter Roche | €135,970 ($165,789) |
| 5th | Ben Roberts | €101,980 ($124,345) |
| 6th | Dave Colclough | €84,890 ($103,507) |
Mirage Poker Showdown[edit]
- Casino:The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada[1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: July 29, 2004 to August 1, 2004
- Number of Entries: 281
- Total Prize Pool: $2,725,200
- Number of Payouts: 27
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Eli Elezra | $1,024,574 |
| 2nd | Lee Watkinson | $513,038 |
| 3rd | Gabe Kaplan | $256,519 |
| 4th | John Juanda | $162,012 |
| 5th | Scotty Nguyen | $121,509 |
| 6th | Jim Meehan | $94,507 |
Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2004 Edition
Legends of Poker[edit]
- Casino:Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles[1]
- Buy-in: $5,000
- 4-Day Event: August 28, 2004 to August 31, 2004
- Number of Entries: 667
- Total Prize Pool: $3,335,000
- Number of Payouts: 63
- Winning Hand: Q♥9♥
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Doyle Brunson | $1,198,260 |
| 2nd | Lee Watkinson | $578,375 |
| 3rd | Pete Lawson | $272,665 |
| 4th | Grant Helling | $170,175 |
| 5th | Joe Awada | $132,200 |
| 6th | Tom Lee | $99,150 |
Borgata Poker Open[edit]
- Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City[1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: September 19, 2004 to September 22, 2004
- Number of Entries: 302
- Total Prize Pool: $3,020,000
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand: A♠A♦
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Daniel Negreanu | $1,117,400 |
| 2nd | David Williams | $573,800 |
| 3rd | Josh Arieh | $286,900 |
| 4th | Chris Tsiprailidis | $181,200 |
| 5th | Brandon Moran | $135,900 |
| 6th | Phil Ivey | $105,700 |
Ultimate Poker Classic[edit]
- Casino: Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach, Aruba[1]
- Buy-in: $6,000
- 6-Day Event: September 26, 2004 to October 1, 2004
- Number of Entries: 647
- Total Prize Pool: $3,879,000
- Number of Payouts: 200
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Eric Brenes | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | Layne Flack | $500,000 |
| 3rd | Mike Matusow | $250,000 |
| 4th | Pat McMillan | $170,000 |
| 5th | John Juanda | $130,000 |
| 6th | Vic Fey | $105,000 |
Festa Al Lago (Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship)[edit]
- Casino:Bellagio, Las Vegas [1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: October 19, 2004 to October 22, 2004
- Number of Entries: 312
- Total Prize Pool: $3,026,400
- Number of Payouts: 50
- Winning Hand: K♣10♣
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Carlos Mortensen | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | Kido Pham | $496,400 |
| 3rd | David Pham | $255,000 |
| 4th | Erik Seidel | $165,000 |
| 5th | Hung La | $120,000 |
| 6th | John Juanda | $84,000 |
World Poker Finals[edit]
- Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut[1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: November 13, 2004 to November 17, 2004
- Number of Entries: 674
- Total Prize Pool: $6,765,000
- Number of Payouts: 60
- Winning Hand: 6-7
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Tuan Le | $1,549,588 |
| 2nd | Temperance Hutter | $973,256 |
| 3rd | Humberto Brenes | $636,930 |
| 4th | Bradley Berman | $470,452 |
| 5th | J.C. Tran | $353,850 |
| 6th | David Pham | $277,014 |
Five Diamond World Poker Classic[edit]
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas [1]
- Buy-in: $15,000
- 5-Day Event: December 14, 2004 to December 18, 2004
- Number of Entries: 376
- Total Prize Pool: $5,470,800
- Number of Payouts: 50
- Winning Hand: K-7
Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2004 Full
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Daniel Negreanu | $1,770,218 |
| 2nd | Humberto Brenes | $923,475 |
| 3rd | Vinny Landrum | $462,851 |
| 4th | Jennifer Harman | $299,492 |
| 5th | Steve Rassi | $217,812 |
| 6th | Nam Le | $152,468 |
PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure[edit]
- Casino:Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas[1]
- Buy-in: $7,800
- 4-Day Event: January 8, 2005 to January 11, 2005
- Number of Entries: 461
- Total Prize Pool: $3,595,600
- Number of Payouts: 75
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | John Gale | $890,000 |
| 2nd | Alex Balandin | $484,000 |
| 3rd | Mikael Westerlund | $306,000 |
| 4th | Patrick Hocking | $207,000 |
| 5th | John Cernuto | $155,800 |
| 6th | Nenad Medic | $112,000 |
World Poker Open[edit]
- Casino:Gold Strike Resort and Casino, Tunica[1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: January 24, 2005 to January 27, 2005
- Number of Entries: 512
- Total Prize Pool: $4,832,773
- Number of Payouts: 44
- Winning Hand: A-10
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Johnny Stolzmann | $1,491,444 |
| 2nd | Chau Giang | $773,448 |
| 3rd | Daniel Negreanu | $384,322 |
| 4th | Scotty Nguyen | $336,282 |
| 5th | Michael Mizrachi | $288,241 |
| 6th | Raja Kattamuri | $240,201 |
L.A. Poker Classic[edit]
- Casino:Commerce Casino, Los Angeles [1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: February 18, 2005 to February 22, 2005
- Number of Entries: 538
- Total Prize Pool: $5,166,414
- Number of Payouts: 45
- Winning Hand: A-9
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Michael Mizrachi | $1,859,909 |
| 2nd | Haralabos Voulgaris | $904,122 |
| 3rd | Hung La | $444,312 |
| 4th | Ted Forrest | $263,487 |
| 5th | Erick Lindgren | $206,657 |
| 6th | Harley Hall | $154,992 |
Bay 101 Shooting Star[edit]
- Casino:Bay 101, San Jose, California[1]
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: March 7, 2005 to March 11, 2005
- Number of Entries: 438
- Total Prize Pool: $4,070,000
- Number of Payouts: 45
- Winning Hand: 4-3
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Danny Nguyen | $1,025,000 |
| 2nd | Jay Martens | $600,000 |
| 3rd | Gus Hansen | $320,000 |
| 4th | Shandor Szentkuti | $280,000 |
| 5th | Corey Cheresnick | $240,000 |
| 6th | Men Nguyen | $200,000 |
Party Poker Million[edit]
- Buy-in: $10,000 [1]
- 5-Day Event: March 19, 2005 to March 23, 2005
- Number of Entries: 735
- Total Prize Pool: $7,430,000
- Number of Payouts: 180
- Winning Hand: J-2
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Michael Gracz | $1,525,500 |
| 2nd | David Minto | $1,000,000 |
| 3rd | Matthew Cherackal | $700,000 |
| 4th | Adam Csallany | $500,000 |
| 5th | Paul Darden | $300,000 |
| 6th | Richard Kain | $200,000 |
- This event, which was limit hold 'em, had the largest prize pool in history for a tournament that was not played at no-limit hold 'em.
World Poker Challenge[edit]
- Casino: Reno Hilton, Reno[1]
- Buy-in: $5,000
- 4-Day Event: March 29, 2005 to April 1, 2005
- Number of Entries: 345
- Total Prize Pool: $1,725,350
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand: 4♠3♠
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Arnold Spee | $633,880 |
| 2nd | Blair Rodman | $327,815 |
| 3rd | Phil Ivey | $163,908 |
| 4th | Michael Yoshino | $103,521 |
| 5th | Russ Carlson | $77,641 |
| 6th | Mark Chapic | $60,387 |
WPT Championship[edit]
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas [1]
- Buy-in: $25,000
- 7-Day Event: April 18, 2005 to April 24, 2005
- Number of Entries: 453
- Total Prize Pool: $10,961,000
- Number of Payouts: 100
- Winning Hand: K-J
Final Table| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | Tuan Le | $2,856,150 |
| 2nd | Paul Maxfield | $1,698,390 |
| 3rd | Hasan Habib | $896,375 |
| 4th | John Phan | $518,920 |
| 5th | Rob Hollink | $377,420 |
| 6th | Phil Ivey | $264,195 |
Other Events[edit]
During season 3 of the WPT there was one special event that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings:
- The WPT Invitational - February 23-24, 2005 - Commerce Casino - postscript to Event #11: L.A. Poker Classic
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefghijklmno'World Poker Tour Season 3 results'. theHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
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Daniel has become a house-hold name among the millions of poker enthusiasts created by poker’s explosion, fueled by numerous television broadcasts teaching millions the fundamentals of the game of poker and the capture of his 2004 and 2013 Player of the Year titles.
Go back in time and check out this library of wins below.
2019 Poker Wins
- 2019 World Series of Poker
$100,000 No-Limit Hold’em: 2nd, $1,725,838 - 2019 World Series of Poker
$10,000 Seven Card Stud: 2nd, $151,700
2018 Poker Wins
- PokerGO Super High Roller Bowl
$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl: 2nd, $3,000,000
2017 Poker Wins
- WPT Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$100,000 Super High Roller: 2nd, $936,000 - 2017 Poker Masters
$50,000 No-Limit Hold’em: 8th, $102,000 - 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€50,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max: 9th, $139,203
- 2017 World Series of Poker
$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8/OB: 2nd, $241,851
$50,000 Poker Players Championship Six Max: 5th, $300,852
- 2017 Aria Summer High Roller Series
Super High Roller 18 – $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em: 8th, $211,680 - 2017 Bellagio High Roller Mix
$25,000 Ten Game Mix Game 1: 2nd, $175,000
$25,000 Ten Game Mix Game 2: 2nd, $77,500 - 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
$25,000 No-Limit Hold’em: 5th, $268,780
2015 Poker Wins
- 2015 World Series of Poker
$10K NL Main Event: 11th, $526,778 - $10K Stud Hi-Low: 3rd, $113,062
- 2015 PokerStars Shark Cage
Season 2: 1st, $966,000
- 2015 WPT Alpha8
$100K NL: 3rd, $640,000
2014 Poker Wins
- 2014 World Series of Poker
$1 Million Big One for One Drop: 2nd, $8,288,001
$10K No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball: 2nd, $156,674 - 2014 Aussie Millions
$100,000 Challenge: 5th, $550,000
- 2014 Aussie Millions
$250,000 Challenge: 4th, $1,250,000
2013 Poker Wins
- 2013 World Series of Poker Europe
High Roller Event: 1st, € 725,000 - 2013 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
High Roller: 2nd, € 263,800
- 2013 World Series of Poker
$2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball: 2nd, $107,055
- 2013 PokerStars SCOOP
$5,200 PLO 6-Max: 1st, $216,000!
- 2013 WPT $25K Championship Bellagio
Main Event: 7th, $137,085
- 2013 PokerStars EPT Grand Final Monaco
Main Event: 4th, € 321,000!
- 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
Main Event: 1st, $1,087,160
2012 Poker Wins
- 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
High Roller: 2nd, €598,600
- 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Super High Roller: 6th, €310,000
- 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Caribbean Adventure
Super High Roller: 5th, $250,900
2011 Poker Wins
- 2011 WPT Championship
Super High Roller: 3rd, $448,320
- 2011 PokerStars.com EPT Caribbean Adventure
Super High Roller: 2nd, $1,000,000
2010 Poker Wins
- 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker
Event 19 – $10,000 2-7 No-Limit Lowball Championship: 8th, $26,004
- 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker
Event 26 – $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed: 16th, $23,537
- 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker
Event 52 – $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed: 11th, $77,569
- 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker
Tournament of Champions: 6th, $25,000
- 2010 WSOP Europe – London
Event 4 – No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up: 5th, $72,576
- 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Vienna
EPT Vienna Main Event: 4th, $244,178
- 2010 PokerStars.com APPT – Sydney
APPT Main Event: 9th, $36,002
2009 Poker Wins
- 2009 WSOP Europe – London
World Series of Poker Europe Main Event: 2nd, $783,061
- 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 18 – $10,000 World Championship Omaha 8 or Better: 4th, $130,401
- 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 14 – $2,500 Limit Hold’em Six Handed: 2nd, $138,280
- 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 6 – $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud: 10th, $36,267
2008 Poker Wins
Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2004 Game
- 2008 WSOP Europe – London
WSOP Europe Main Event: 5th, $386,144
- 2008 B.C. Poker Championships
Main Event Winner: 1st, $371,910
- 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 45 – World Championship H.O.R.S.E.: 13th, $142,080.00
- 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 28 – Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys: 7th, $123,437.00
- 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 20 – Limit Hold’em: 1st, $204,863.00
- 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 14 – World Championship Seven Card Stud: 11th, $33,417.00
- 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 5 – No-Limit Hold’em with Rebuys: 22nd, $16,496.00
2007 Poker Wins
- 2007 Five Diamond World Poker Classic (WPT)
Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Event 13 WPT: 14th, $96,355.00
- 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker
Event 21 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout: 3rd, $101,351.00
- 2007 World Poker Open (WPT))
No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event 20: 2nd, $502,691.00
- 2007 Pokerstars.com Caribbean Adventure (WPT)
No-Limit Hold’em Championship: 130th, $11,797.00
2006 Poker Wins
- 2006 Five Diamond World Poker Classic WPT
Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic No-Limit Hold’em Event 1: 3rd, $592,000.00
- 2006 World Poker Finals
No Limit Hold’Em Championship: 27th, $25,757.00
- 2006 37th Annual World Series of Poker
Omaha High-Low
8/OB: 7th Place, $48,776.00
- 2006 37th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table: 8th Place, $38,852.00
- 2006 Tournament of Champions
No-Limit Hold’em: 2nd Place, $325,000.00
- 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship
No-Limit Hold’em: 5th Place, $75,000.00
- 2006 Jack Binion WSOP Tournament Circuit-Grand Tunica
No-Limit Hold’em Championship: 1st Place, $755,525.00
2005 Poker Wins
- 2005 L.A. Poker Classic – No-Limit Hold’em Professional Poker Tour Final Day: 3rd place, $60,000
- The Sixth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open – No-Limit Hold’em Championship Final Day: 3rd place, $384,322
2004 Poker Wins
- World Poker Tour Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic II – No-limit Hold’em: 1st Place, $1,770,218
- World Poker Tour Borgata – No-limit Hold’em: 1st place, $1,117,400
- Championship at the Plaza – No-limt Hold’em: 1st place, $310,000
- World Series of Poker – No-limit hold’em shootout: 9th place, $5,000
- World Series of Poker – Limit Hold’em: 1st place, $169,100
- World Series of Poker – Limit Hold’em: 7th place, $21,800
- World Series of Poker – No-limit Hold’em: 3rd place, $100,940
- PartyPoker Million III – Limit Hold’em championship: 2nd place, $675,178
- Caribbean Adventure – No-limit Hold’em: 3rd place, $192,270
2003 Poker Wins
- $2,000 S.H.O.E, World Series of Poker
2002 Poker Wins
- $500 pot-limit hold’em, L.A. Poker Classic
- $1,000 Omaha eight-or-better, L.A. Poker Classic
- $300 stud eight-or-better, Legends of Poker
- $500 Omaha eight-or-better, Legends of Poker
- $1,000 no-limit hold’em, Legends of Poker
- $500 no-limit hold’em, Linda Johnson Challenge
- $1,000 limit hold’em, Hall of Fame
- $2,500 limit hold’em, Hall of Fame
2001 Poker Wins
- $300 stud eight-or-better, World Poker Challenge
- $300 no-limit hold’em, L.A. Poker Classic
- $1,000 seven-card stud, Legends of Poker
- $1,000 Omaha eight-or-better, Four Queens Classic
1999 Poker Wins
- $200 Omaha eight-or-better, L.A. Poker Classic
- $500 Omaha eight-or-better, Legends of Poker
- $200 Omaha eight-or-better, Winnin’ o’ the Green
- $300 limit hold’em, California State Poker Championship
- $7,500 no-limit hold’em, United States Poker Championship
1998 Poker Wins
- $300 limit hold’em, L.A. Poker Classic
- $500 limit hold’em, California State Poker Championship
- $2,000 pot-limit hold’em, World Series of Poker
- $200 stud/hold’em, Orleans Open
1997 Poker Wins
- $200(RB) limit hold’em, Heavenly Hold’em
- $100 limit hold’em, World Poker Finals
- $100 limit hold’em, World Poker Finals
Notable Poker Accomplishments
- Best all-around player award at Foxwoods in 1997 with back-to-back wins in limit hold’em
- Best all-around player award at the L.A. Poker Classic in 2002, cashing eight times
- Finished 11th in Nolan Dalla’s 1998 Player of the Year Standings
- Finished third in Nolan Dalla’s 1999 Player of the Year Standings, making six final tables in Omaha eight-or-better and winning three
- Finished eighth in the 2001 Card Player Player of the Year Standings
- 12 major wins from 1997 through 1999 were the most by any player on the tournament circuit