A Look Back at the $1,500 NLHE Event

Here is a look back at $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Champions dating back to 2005. Keep in mind this chart does not take into account the 2011 WSOP.

Year	Event	Winner	Entrants	Prize
2005	Event #2	Allen Cunningham	2,305	$725,405
2005	Event #22	Mark Seif	2,013	$611,145
2005	Event #43	Ron Kirk	758	$321,520
2006	Event #2	Brandon Cantu	2,776	$757,839
2006	Event #27	Mats Rahmn	2,126	$655,141
2006	Event #37	James Gorham	2,803	$765,226
2006	Event #41	Paul (Tashi) Kobel	1,007	$316,144
2006	Event #42	Jimmy Mitchell	362	$153,173
2006	Event #43	Kevin Nathan	420	$171,987
2006	Event #44	Kevin Cover	481	$196,968
2006	Event #45	Anders Henriksson	484	$202,291
2007	Event #3	Cairan O’Leary	2,998	$727,012
2007	Event #15	Phil Hellmuth	2,628	$637,254
2007	Event #27	David Stucke	2,315	$603,069
2007	Event #35	Ryan Young	2,541	$615,955
2007	Event #38	Robert (RCW) Cheung	2,778	$673,628
2007	Event #49	Chandrasekhar Billavara	3,151	$722,914
2008	Event #2	Grant Hinkle	3,929	$831,432
2008	Event #27	Vitaly Lunkin	2,706	$628,290
2008	Event #32	Luis Velador	2,304	$574,597
2008	Event #36	Jesper Hougaard	2,447	$610,276
2008	Event #39	David Woo	2,720	$631,550
2008	Event #49	JC Tran	2,718	$631,053
2008	Event #52	David Daneshgar	2,693	$625,244
2009	Event #24	Panayote “Pete” Vilandos	2,506	$607,256
2009	Event #28	Mike Eise	2,638	$639,331
2009	Event #32	Eric Baldwin	2,095	$521,932
2009	Event #39	Ray Foley	2,715	$657,969
2009	Event #51	Carsten Joh	2,781	$664,426
2009	Event #54	Tony Veckey	2,818	$673,276
2010	Event #5	Praz Bansi	2,092	$515,501
2010	Event #8	Pascal LaFrancois	2,341	$568,974
2010	Event #11	Simon Watt	2,563	$614,248
2010	Event #30	Mike Ellis	2,394	$581,851
2010	Event #42	Dean Hamrick	2,521	$604,222
2010	Event #45	Jesse Rockowitz	3,097	$721,373
2010	Event #49	Michael Linn	2,543	$609,493

2011 World Series of Poker