2005 World Series of Poker -- Complete Report

Over 29,000 poker players came to Las Vegas from 40
different countries all over the earth to play in the 2005
World Series of Poker tournament events. This generated a
total net prize pool of over $103,000,000 dollars, more than
twice the total prize pool amount in 2004. New records were
being made and old ones being broken so fast the challenge
was to keep up with them all. Here is a "complete report" of
what went on at this years World Series of Poker. It is
complete because it covers tournament events #1 to #45.

Records were being made from the start as 662 casino
employees entered Event #1 which was the "Casino Employee
No-limit Hold'Em" tournament. The number broke the record
set last year, which was 279 entrants. Andy Nguyen, a poker
dealer from Binion