Poker Superstars season 2 results

Regular season results

Event Winner Runner-Up Remainder Finishing Order
Elimination Match #1 Kathy Liebert ($10,000) Johnny Chan
Elimination Match #2 Kassem "Freddy" Deeb ($10,000) David Grey
Elimination Match #3 David Sklansky ($10,000) Cyndy Violette
Elimination Match #4 Ted Forrest ($10,000) Todd Brunson
Elimination Match #5 Kathy Liebert ($10,000) Mimi Tran
  • Cyndy Violette
  • Mike Caro
  • Scotty Nguyen
  • Todd Brunson
Elimination Match #6 David Sklansky ($10,000) Huck Seed
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Johnny Chan
  • Dewey Tomko
  • Chris Moneymaker
Elimination Match #7 Juan Carlos Mortensen ($10,000) Eli Elezra
  • Tommy Wang
  • John Myung
  • Chau Giang
  • Bobby Hoff
Elimination Match #8 David Grey ($10,000) Mike Sexton
  • Freddy Deeb
  • Ted Forrest
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Doyle Brunson
Elimination Match #9 Scotty Nguyen ($10,000) Freddy Deeb
  • Dewey Tomko
  • Cyndy Violette
  • Bobby Hoff
  • Ted Forrest
Elimination Match #10 Juan Carlos Mortensen ($10,000) Kathy Liebert
  • Todd Brunson
  • Chris Moneymaker
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • David Grey
Elimination Match #11 Mimi Tran ($10,000) Doyle Brunson
  • Mike Sexton
  • David Sklansky
  • Tommy Wang
  • John Myung
Elimination Match #12 Johnny Chan ($10,000) Mike Caro
  • Chau Giang
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Huck Seed
  • Eli Elezra
Elimination Match #13 Juan Carlos Mortensen ($10,000) Todd Brunson
  • Mike Caro
  • Bobby Hoff
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Freddy Deeb
Elimination Match #14 Kathy Liebert ($10,000) Chau Giang
  • Dewey Tomko
  • Cyndy Violette
  • Tommy Wang
  • Mimi Tran
Elimination Match #15 David Grey ($10,000) David Sklansky
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Huck Seed
  • Mike Sexton
  • John Myung
Elimination Match #16 Johnny Chan ($10,000) Ted Forrest
  • Eli Elezra
  • Doyle Brunson
  • Chris Moneymaker
  • Scotty Nguyen
Elimination Match #17 Eli Elezra ($10,000) Todd Brunson
  • David Sklansky
  • Kathy Liebert
  • John Myung
  • Chris Moneymaker
Elimination Match #18 Juan Carlos Mortensen ($10,000) Scotty Nguyen
  • Cyndy Violette
  • David Grey
  • Mike Caro
  • Mike Sexton
Elimination Match #19 Ted Forrest ($10,000) Bobby Hoff
  • Dewey Tomko
  • Doyle Brunson
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Tommy Wang
Elimination Match #20 Freddy Deeb ($10,000) Johnny Chan
  • Chau Giang
  • Huck Seed
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Mimi Tran
Elimination Match #21 Ted Forrest ($10,000) Bobby Hoff
  • Tommy Wang
  • Doyle Brunson
  • Dewey Tomko
  • David Grey
Elimination Match #22 Huck Seed ($10,000) Mike Sexton
  • John Myung
  • Cyndy Violette
  • Eli Elezra
  • David Sklansky
Elimination Match #23 Mimi Tran ($10,000) Juan Carlos Mortensen
  • Chris Moneymaker
  • Chau Giang
  • Freddy Deeb
  • Mike Caro
Elimination Match #24 Scotty Nguyen ($10,000) Kathy Liebert
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Todd Brunson
  • Johnny Chan
  • Antonio Esfandiari
Super 16, Group A, Match 1 Juan Carlos Mortensen ($15,000) David Grey
  • Dewey Tomko
  • Todd Brunson
Super 16, Group A, Match 2 Todd Brunson ($15,000) Juan Carlos Mortensen
  • Dewey Tomko
  • David Grey
Super 16, Group B, Match 1 Scotty Nguyen ($15,000) Kathy Liebert
  • Chau Giang
  • Mimi Tran
Super 16, Group B, Match 2 Kathy Liebert ($15,000) Chau Giang
  • Scotty Nguyen
  • Mimi Tran
Super 16, Group C, Match 1 Ted Forrest ($15,000) Cyndy Violette
  • Freddy Deeb
  • Eli Elezra
Super 16, Group C, Match 2 Freddy Deeb ($15,000) Ted Forrest
  • Cyndy Violette
  • Eli Elezra
Super 16, Group D, Match 1 Johnny Chan ($15,000) Mike Sexton
  • David Sklansky
  • Huck Seed
Super 16, Group D, Match 2 David Sklansky ($15,000) Johnny Chan
  • Huck Seed
  • Mike Sexton
Quarter-Final 1 Todd Brunson ($30,000) Scotty Nguyen ($15,000)
  • Ted Forrest ($15,000)
  • Kathy Liebert ($15,000)
Quarter-Final 2 Johnny Chan ($30,000) Juan Carlos Mortensen ($15,000)
  • David Sklansky ($15,000)
  • Freddy Deeb ($15,000)
Semi-Final 1 Johnny Chan ($50,000) Scotty Nguyen ($30,000)
Semi-Final 2 Todd Brunson ($50,000) Juan Carlos Mortensen ($30,000)
Finals Johnny Chan ($400,000) Todd Brunson ($140,000)

Standings after regular season

  1. Juan Carlos Mortensen (47)
  2. Kathy Liebert (47)
  3. Ted Forrest (40)
  4. Johnny Chan (38)
  5. David Sklansky (35)
  6. Freddy Deeb (33)
  7. Scotty Nguyen (31)
  8. David Grey (30)
  9. Todd Brunson (29)
  10. Mimi Tran (28)
  11. Cyndy Violette (26)
  12. Mike Sexton (25)
  13. Huck Seed (24)
  14. Eli Elezra (23)
  15. Dewey Tomko (22)
  16. Chau Giang (22)
  17. Barry Greenstein (22)
  18. Doyle Brunson (21)
  19. Bobby Hoff (19)
  20. Tommy Wang (17)
  21. Mike Caro (16)
  22. John Myung (12)
  23. Chris Moneymaker (10)
  24. Antonio Esfandiari (7)

Single-table invitational

On February 5, 2006, NBC aired an 8-player single-table invitational freeroll, winner-take-all tournament for $500,000. It led into the Super Bowl and featured a countdown clock to the big game. The 8 players competing were:

Position Competitor WSOP Bracelets WPT Wins
1st Todd Brunson 1 0
2nd Ted Forrest 5 1
3rd Juan Carlos Mortensen 2 2
4th Scotty Nguyen 4 1
5th Kathy Liebert 1 0
6th David Sklansky 3 0+1
7th Freddy Deeb 1 1
8th Johnny Chan 10 0

Total winnings

  1. Johnny Chan: $515,000
  2. Todd Brunson: $235,000
  3. Juan Carlos Mortensen: $100,000
  4. Scotty Nguyen: $80,000
  5. Ted Forrest: $60,000
  6. Kathy Liebert: $60,000
  7. Freddy Deeb: $50,000
  8. David Sklansky: $50,000
  9. David Grey: $20,000
  10. Mimi Tran: $20,000
  11. Eli Elezra: $10,000
  12. Huck Seed: $10,000