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. The last time this tournament series was run was 2010.
Main Event Results by Year
Year Winner Prize Runner-Up Other Finalists1996Ken Flaton$500,000Surinder SunarPhil Hellmuth Jamie Ligator Paul McKinney Jerry Cusack1998Ray Lamoureaux$148,000O'Neil LongsonMichael Piari Dewey Tomko Maureen Feduniak Paul McKinney1999Daniel Negreanu$210,000John BonettiJason Viriyayuthakorn John Brewer David Plastik Don Zewin2000Richard Tatalovich$318,000John JuandaEric Panayiotou Ken Goldstein Hemish Shah Steve Kaufman2001Men Nguyen$228,000John JuandaAdam Schoenfeld T. J. Cloutier Satish Vitha John Urpsis Tony Ma Chris Tsiprailidis Scott Byron2002John Hennigan$216,000Erik SeidelEric Buchman Charlie Bae Robert Toft Tony Popejoy John Juanda William Shapiro Patrick Kelly2003Toto Leonidas$388,080Erik SeidelPhil Hellmuth Frank Russomanno John Hennigan Trong Le Kenneth Jacoby Ray Ho Lin Mickey Appleman2004John Aglialoro$691,096Joe CassidyHoyt Corkins Walter Hollander Dean Schultz John D'Agostino Matthew Glantz Alan Colon Brian Haveson2005James Caporuscio$831,532Ralph PecoraleSteve Brecher Men Nguyen John Juanda Chris Furbert Andrew Barta Frank Vizza Michael Santoro2006Alex Jacob$878,500Jordan MorganMichael DeMichele Daniel Shak Stephen Feraca Dale Pinchot Jeffrey King Augustin Mendez Shane Schleger2007Adam Gerber$606,095Louis LeeMatthew Glantz Edward Brogdon Victor Ramdin Jared Okun Svetlana Gromenkova Tommy Wang Gavin Smith*2008Robert Ford$221,936Duane HuntonMike Leah Wooyang Lin Frank Vizza Steve Gross2009William Brindise$261,800Men NguyenEric Ladny Gordon Eng Brian Lemke Nick Binger Anton Smolyanskiy Eugene Katchalov Steven Wolansky2010Edward Gamaitoni$167,616David GillenPatrick 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
Further reading