The United States Poker Championship

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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.


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[edit] Main Event Results by Year

[edit] 1996

Winner: Ken Flaton

2nd Place: Surinder Sunar

3rd Place: Phil Hellmuth

4th Place: Jamie Ligator

5th Place: Paul McKinney

6th Place: Jerry Cusack

[edit] 1998

Winner: Ray Lamoureaux

2nd Place: O'Neil Longson

3rd Place: Micchael Piari

4th Place: Dewey Tomko

5th Place: Maureen Feduniak

6th Place: Paul McKinney

[edit] 1999

Winner: Daniel Negreanu

2nd Place: John Bonetti

3rd Place: Jason Viriyayuthakorn

4th Place: John Brewer

5th Place: David Plastik

6th Place: Don Zewin

[edit] 2000

Winner: Richard Tatalovich

2nd Place: John Juanda

3rd Place: Eric Panayiotou

4th Place: Kenny Goldstein

5th Place: Hemish Shah

6th Place: Steve Kaufman

[edit] 2001

Winner: Men "The Master" Nguyen

2nd Place: John Juanda

3rd Place: Adam Schoenfeld

4th Place: T.J. Cloutier

5th Place: Satish Vitha

6th Place: John Urpsis

[edit] 2002

Winner: John Hennigan

2nd Place: Erik Seidel

3rd Place: Eric Buchman

4th Place: Hyun Bae

5th Place: Robert Toft

6th Place: Tony Popejoy

[edit] 2003

Winner: Toto Leonidas

2nd Place: Erik Seidel

3rd Place: Phil Hellmuth

4th Place: Frank Russomanno

5th Place: John Hennigan

6th Place: Bau Le

[edit] 2004

Winner: John Aglialoro

2nd Place: Joe Cassidy

3rd Place: Hoyt Corkins

4th Place: Walter Hollander

5th Place: Dean Schultz

6th Place: John D'Agostino

7th Place: Matthew Glantz

8th Place: Alan Colon

9th Place: Brian Haveson

[edit] 2005

Winner: James Caporuscio

2nd Palce: Ralph Pecorale

3rd Place: Steve Brecher

4th Place: Men "The Master" Nguyen

5th Place: John Juanda

6th Place: Chris Furbert

7th Place: Andrew Barta

8th Place: Frank Vizza

9th Place: Michael Santoro

[edit] 2006

Winner: Alex Jacob

2nd Palce: Jordan Morgan

3rd Place: Michael Demichele

4th Place: Daniel Shak

5th Place: Stephen Feraca

6th Place: Dale Pinchot

7th Place: Jeff King

8th Place: Augustin Mendez

9th Place: Shane Schleger