The United States Poker Championship
American poker tournament series
The United States Poker Championship (USPC) was a major annual stop on the poker tournament tour. This event was held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City , New Jersey . The series started in 1996, took one year off in 1997, and ran every year from 1998–2010. This series of poker tournaments culminated with a $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em championship tournament televised by ESPN and commentated by Lon McEachern and Norman Chad .[ 1] [ 2]
Main Event Results by Year
Year
Winner
Prize
Runner-Up
Other Finalists
1996[ 3]
Ken Flaton
$500,000
Surinder Sunar
1998[ 4]
Ray Lamoureaux
$148,000
O'Neil Longson
1999[ 5]
Daniel Negreanu
$210,000
John Bonetti
Jason Viriyayuthakorn
John Brewer
David Plastik
Don Zewin
2000[ 6]
Richard Tatalovich
$318,000
John Juanda
Eric Panayiotou
Ken Goldstein
Hemish Shah Steve Kaufman
2001[ 7]
Men Nguyen
$228,000
John Juanda
2002[ 8]
John Hennigan
$216,000
Erik Seidel
2003[ 9]
Toto Leonidas
$388,080
Erik Seidel
2004[ 10]
John Aglialoro
$691,096
Joe Cassidy
2005[ 11]
James Caporuscio
$831,532
Ralph Pecorale
2006[ 12]
Alex Jacob
$878,500
Jordan Morgan
2007[ 13]
Adam Gerber
$606,095
Louis Lee
2008[ 14]
Robert Ford
$221,936
Duane Hunton
Mike Leah
Wooyang Lin
Frank Vizza
Steve Gross
2009[ 15]
William Brindise
$261,800
Men Nguyen
Eric Ladny
Gordon Eng
Brian Lemke
Nick Binger
Anton Smolyanskiy
Eugene Katchalov Steven Wolansky
2010[ 16]
Edward Gamaitoni
$167,616
David Gillen
Patrick Carron
Mike Sica
Gerald David
David King
Trevor Savage
Eric Panayiotou
Christopher Cappell
* The final table of the 2007 tournament had only eight players, as Smith was eliminated with another player on the same hand. Smith had more chips at the time of the hand and therefore the higher finish.
References
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