US Poker Champion Is James Caporuscio
12th of October 2005
Sunday night, at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, the final nine poker players struggled and strived to see who would emerge as the new US Poker Championship winner. In the end it was James Caporuscio to whom the honor went, along with a hefty prize of more than eighth hundred thousand dollars. While it does not often pan out this way, Caporuscio started the day out as the big stack, and managed to parley this early advantage into the final win. The final standings, and the prizes that go along with them, are listed here:
James Caporuscio 2005 U.S. Poker Championship title, $831,532 and a gold watch
Ralph Pecorale Second place $436,500
Steve Brecher Third place $218,532
Men Nguyen Fourth place $130,950
John Juanda Fifth place $98,212
Chris Furbert Sixth place $76,387
Andrew A.K. Barta Seventh place $54,562
Frank Vizza Eighth place $43,650
Mike Santoro Ninth place $43,650
