World Series of Poker 2005
World Series of Poker 2005 will be held June 3rd - July 15th at Harrah's Rio Suites and Horseshoe in Las Vegas.
The History of World Series of Poker
The first World Series of Poker was held in 1970 in Binion.s Horseshoes Casino in Las Vegas. 35 of America.s greatest poker players entered the tournament which was won by the legendary Johnny Moss. This original WSOP was structured in a different way than the tournament is today; five different forms of poker were played and at the end a vote were held among the players to determine the winner. Already the next year the voting was eliminated and the .freeze-out. format, in which players knock each other out until only one remain, was introduced. The winner - once again Johnny Moss. Read more
Where to quailfy online to WSOP 2005
1. PokerStars
Pokerstars has the widest range of satellites leading to the WSOP 2005 on the market. They have a great cash game satellite schedule. The range of satellites varies from low buy-in satellites to high-buy in satellites. There are also many players entering these tournaments so the pay-outs are usually big. Besides the frequent cash game satellites Pokerstars will give $1 million dollars away in WSOP buy-ins to their players by hosting frequent player point tournaments.
Multi table satellites
- Daily satellites
$2 Re-buy satellites into $33 direct satellite.
$3 Re-buy, $27 Re-buy and $80 satellites into weekly $650 direct satellite.
$5, 50 Re-buy satellites into $160 double shootout qualifier
$11 Quadruple shootouts into the WSOP 2005
$24 Triple shootouts into the WSOP 2005
- Weekly satellites
$650 direct satellite
Sit and Go satellites
$27, $42 and $86 satellites into the $650 weekly direct satellite
Promotional packages
- Daily satellites
100 FPP satellites into weekly 1,000 FPP satellites
40 FPP and 400 FPP into weekly 4,000 FPP satellites
- Weekly satellites
4 weekly 1,000 FPP satellites where the winner in each tournament gets a WSOP package
Weekly 4,000 FPP where two players get WSOP packages
2. Paradise Poker
Paradise Poker is one of the foremost competitors among the sites hosting WSOP satellites. Besides the many cash game satellites hosted by Paradise Poker they also give away WSOP packages worth $500 000 to their players. There are cash satellites ranging from low buy-ins to high buy-ins as well as various promotional satellites.
Multi table satellites
- Daily Satellites
$5 and $10 Re-buy satellites to weekly $200 direct satellite
$33 satellite to weekly $200 direct satellite
$20 Re-buy satellite to weekly $1000 direct satellite
$120 satellite to weekly $1000 direct satellite
- Weekly satellites
$200 direct satellite 3 times a week where one package awarded for every $12,000
$1000 direct satellite 3 times a week where one package is awarded for every $12,000
Promotional packages
- Daily satellites
Free-roll where top 50 enters the monthly free-roll final
- Weekly satellites
Tournament and Cash game leaderboard free-rolls where the winner wins a $12,000 package
Monthly free-roll final where the winner gets a $12,000 package
3. Ultimate Bet
Ultimate Bet is a large site with a loyal player base and their tournaments usually have a decent number of players. Ultimate Bet only hosts one satellite type into the WSOP 2005 and that is the $109 direct satellite where one WSOP package valued $11,000 is guaranteed. Players can enter these $109 satellites with loyalty points achieved by playing cash games. There are also loyalty point satellites into the $109 WSOP satellite.
Multi table satellites
- Daily satellites
750 Re-buy point satellites where 9 TEC.s are paid out
1375 point satellites where 2 TEC.s are paid out
- Weekly satellites
$109, 1 TEC or 27250 points direct satellites 3 times a week where one out of every 110 player wins a $11,000 WSOP package
4. Party Poker
Party Poker is the largest site in the world and hosts some WSOP satellites with large entrant numbers. They are big enough to host daily satellites where one out of every 45 entrant wins a WSOP package. There are both multi table satellites as well as sit and go satellites. Party Poker is the online poker room that is expected to send second most online qualifiers to the World Series of Poker. One downside is that Party Poker does not give away any promotional packages to loyal players.
Multi table satellites
- Daily Satellites
$11 satellites into daily $28 direct satellite
$33 satellites into daily $328 direct satellite
$328 direct satellites where 1 player out of every 45 wins a WSOP package
Sit and go satellites
$10 satellites into $39 sit and go satellites
$39 satellites into daily $328 direct satellites
5. Royal Vegas Poker
Royal Vegas Poker has put their effort in hosting sit and go satellites to the WSOP of poker. Players can start as low as $1.10 and climb their way to a WSOP entry. One positive thing about Royal Vegas is the competition, they have some of the loosest games on the net and the road to the WSOP 2005 might be easy here.
Multi table satellites
- Daily satellites
$49.50 to monthly $740 direct satellite
- Monthly
$740 direct satellite where 1/15 players get a WSOP package.
Sit and Go satellites
1st level: Buy-in $1 + $0.10, 2 players advance to level 2.
2nd level: Buy-in $5 + $0.50, 2 players advance to level 3.
3rd level: Buy-in $22.50 + $2.25, 2 players advance to level 4.
4th level: Buy-in: $110 + $10, 2 players advance to level 5.
5th level: Buy-in: $450 + $45, 3 players advance to level 6.
6th level: Buy-in: $1,350 + $135, winner is awarded a WSOP package valued at $12,500.
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History of WSOP -
Winners |
| Year |
Winner / Prize |
| 2004 | Greg Raymer ($5 000 000) |
| 2003 | Chris Moneymaker ($2 500 000) |
| 2002 | Robert Varkonyi ($1 500 000) |
| 2001 | Carlos Mortenson ($1 500 000) |
| 2000 | Chris Ferguson ($1 500 000) |
| 1999 | J. J. 'Noel' Furlong ($1 000 000) |
| 1998 | Scotty Nguyen ($1 000 000) |
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