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So how have players done in this event in the past? Here is a look at the top 7 money winners in the history of the event:
Eric Seidel: Total winnings: $1,000,000
2005: Eliminated in Round 1
2006: Eliminated in Round 1
2007: Eliminated in Round 1
2008: Eliminated in Round 1
2009: Eliminated in Round 1
2010: $250,000 (runner-up)
2011: $750,000 (1st place)
Chris Ferguson: Total winnings: $1,000,000
2005: $250,000 (runner-up)
2006: $250,000 (runner-up)
2007: Eliminated in Round 1
2008: $500,000 (1st place)
2009: Eliminated in Round 1
2010: Eliminated in Round 2
2011: Eliminated in Round 1
Huck Seed: Total winnings: $800,000
2005: $25,000
2006: $125,000
2007: $25,000
2008: $125,000
2009: $500,000 (1st place)
2010: Eliminated in Round 1
2011: Eliminated in Round 1
Phil Hellmuth: Total winnings: $575,000
2005: $500,000 (1st place)
2006: Eliminated in Round 1
2007: Did not play
2008: Eliminated in Round 1
2009: $75,000
2010: Eliminated in Round 2
2011: Eliminated in Round 1
Ted Forrest: Total winnings: $550,000
2005: $25,000
2006: $500,000 (1st place)
2007: $25,000
2008: Eliminated in Round 1
2009: Eliminated in Round 2
2010: Eliminated in Round 1
2011: Eliminated in Round 1
Paul Wasicka: Total winnings: $550,000
2005: Did not play
2006: Did not play
2007: $500,000 (1st place)
2008: Eliminated in Round 1
2009: $25,000
2010: $25,000
2011: Did not play
Annie Duke: Total winnings: $500,000
2005: Eliminated in Round 1
2006: Eliminated in Round 1
2007: Eliminated in Round 2
2008: Eliminated in Round 1
2009: Eliminated in Round 1
2010: $500,000 (1st place)
2011: Did not play
The total winnings of all other players who have cashed in this event in any year(s) are as follows:
$325,000
Andy Bloch
Chris Moneymaker
$250,000
Chad Brown
Vanessa Rousso
$200,000
Sam Farha
$175,000
T.J. Cloutier:
$150,000
David Benyamine
Scott Fischman
Barry Greenstein
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
David Oppenheim
$130,000
Doyle Brunson
$125,000
Jonathan Duhamel
Shannon Elizabeth
Antonio Esfandiari
Bertrand Grospellier
Phil Ivey
Dennis Phillips
Andrew Robl
Shawn Sheikhan
Gavin Smith
$105,000
Jason Mercier
$100,000
John Juanda
$80,000
Michael Mizrachi
$75,000
Lyle Berman
Humberto Brenes
Olivier Busquet
Peter Eastgate
Kristy Gazes
Gus Hansen
Orel Hershiser
Nam Le
Jonathan Little
James McManus
Vanessa Selbst
Mike Sexton
David Williams
Jerry Yang
$55,000
Phil Gordon
$50,000
Phil Laak
Mike Matusow
$30,000
James Bord
Phil Galfond
Eugene Katchalov
Ayaz Mahmood
$25,000
Josh Arieh
Brad Booth
David Chesnoff
Glen Chorny
Freddy Deeb
Ernie Durack
Tom Dwan
Eli Elezra
Jamie Gold
David Grey
Hasan Habib
John Hennigan
Gabe Kaplan
Erick Lindgren
Carlos Mortensen
Annette Obrestad
John Phan
Greg Raymer
David Sklansky
J.C. Tran
Kenny Tran
Mimi Tran
Amir Vahedi
Further information on the records of each of the players can be found on the player profile page by clicking here.
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