Wed, 01/12/2011 – 22:58 – PokerPages Staff

The US Poker Championship series is held annually at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.  The events of the US Poker Championship attract the best professional poker players, such as Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, TJ Cloutier and John Juanda, each year.

Check out these US Poker Championship tournaments airing on ESPN:

1998 US Poker Championship
The 1998 series had six events of Hold’em, Omaha and 7 Card.  In the No Limit Hold’em event, 160 players posted the $300 buy-in, making the total prize pool $48,000.  Taking the tournament was Peter Vilandos, earning $19,200.

1999 US Poker Championship
Poker greats Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu and TJ Cloutier were participants in the 1999 US Poker Championship events.  Negreanu and Cloutier had multiple money finishes in the events in 1999.

2003 US Poker Championship
In the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, the total prize pool reached $970,200 with 99 runners.  The top three finishers were Toto Leonidas, Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth, earning $388,080, $223,146 and $116,424.

2004 US Poker Championship
With the prize pool nearly doubled from the previous year, the No Limit Hold’em – Main Event brought 177 entrants to the field vying for a piece of the 1.7M.  In the end, John Aglialoro would grab his second career 1st place finish and $691,095.

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Fri, 12/31/2010 – 21:35 – PokerPages Staff

Check out these World Series of Poker Main Event tournaments from Binion’s Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada airing on ESPN:

24th Annual World Series of Poker
In 1993, the 24th Annual World Series of Poker No Limit Hold’em Main Event had a total prize pool of $2,308,000.  There were 231 players who posted the $10,000 buy-in.  In the end, Jim Bechtel would take the top prize of $1,000,000, earning his first and only WSOP Gold Bracelet.

25th Annual World Series of Poker
The 25th Annual World Series of Poker played in 1994.  The No Limit Hold’em Main Event had 268 runners vying for a piece of the $2,680,000 prize pool.  Russ Hamilton finished on top, earning the $1,000,000 first place prize.

26th Annual World Series of Poker
Dan Harrington took down the No Limit Hold’em Main Event in 1995.  Harrington added a second WSOP Gold Bracelet to his collection.  Harrington earned his first WSOP Gold Bracelet in the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em earlier in the 1995 WSOP.

28th Annual World Series of Poker
Stu Ungar wins his fifth WSOP Gold Bracelet in the No Limit Hold’em Main Event in 1997.  Ungar bested 311 runners to finish on top, cashing for $1,000,000.

29th Annual World Series of Poker
The No Limit Hold’em Main Event had 350 entrants and a total prize pool of $3,500,000.  Outlasting the rest was Scotty Nguyen.  Nguyen was awarded the $1,000,000 first place prize and his second WSOP Gold Bracelet.

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