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The United States Poker Championship

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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] The last time this tournament series was run was 2010.[2]

Main Event Results by Year

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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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  2. ^ "Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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  4. ^ "1998 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "1999 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "2000 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "2001 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  8. ^ "2002 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  9. ^ "2003 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  10. ^ "2004 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  11. ^ "2005 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  12. ^ "2006 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  13. ^ "2007 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  14. ^ "2008 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  15. ^ "2009 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  16. ^ "2010 United States Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database". Hendon Mob. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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