The United States Poker Championship (USPC) is a major annual stop on the poker tournament “tour”. This event is held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A series of poker tournaments culminates with a $10,000 no-limit Texas hold ‘em championship tournament televised by ESPN. The 2007 event took place from September 17 through October 6.
Main event Results by Year
| Year |
Winner |
Prize |
Runner-Up |
Other Finalists |
| 1996 |
Ken Flaton |
$500,000 |
Surinder Sunar |
|
| 1998 |
Ray Lamoureaux |
$148,000 |
O’Neil Longson |
|
| 1999 |
Daniel Negreanu |
$210,000 |
John Bonetti |
- Jason Viriyayuthakorn
- John Brewer
- David Plastik
- Don Zewin
|
| 2000 |
G. Richard Tatalovich |
$318,000 |
John Juanda |
- Eric Panayiotou
- Ken Goldstein
- Hemish Shah
- Steve Kaufman
|
| 2001 |
Men Nguyen |
$228,000 |
John Juanda |
|
| 2002 |
John Hennigan |
$216,000 |
Erik Seidel |
- Eric Buchman
- Charlie Bae
- Robert Toft
- Tony Popejoy
- John Juanda
- William Shapiro
- Patrick Kelly
|
| 2003 |
Toto Leonidas |
$388,080 |
Erik Seidel |
|
| 2004 |
John Aglialoro |
$691,096 |
Joe Cassidy |
|
| 2005 |
James Caporuscio |
$831,532 |
Ralph Pecorale |
|
| 2006 |
Alex Jacob |
$878,500 |
Jordan Morgan |
|
| 2007 |
Adam Gerber |
$606,095 |
Louis Lee |
|
| 2008 |
Robert Ford |
$221,936 |
Duane Hunton |
- Mike Leah
- Wooyang Lin
- Frank Vizza
- Steve Gross
|
| 2009 |
William Brindise |
$261,800 |
Men Nguyen |
- Eric Ladny
- Gordon Eng
- Brian Lemke
- Nick Binger
- Anton Smolyanskiy
- Eugene Katchalov
- Steven Wolansky
|
- The final table of the 2007 tournament had only 8 players, as Gavin was eliminated with another player on the same hand. Gavin had more chips and therefore the higher finish.
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