2006 World Series of Poker
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The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. Forty more events in various events including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies' and senior tournaments led up to the 10,000 USD no-limit Texas hold 'em main event starting July 28 and running through the final table on August 10.
All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which marked the first time that a casino other than Binion's Horseshoe (now "Binion's") hosted the final table of the main event. Six days reserved for the first two rounds of play for the main event were established by Harrah's Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.
The first prize in the main event was $12 million (US), the richest prize for the winner of any sports or television event in history. The top 12 players became millionaires.<ref>Main Event Payout Announced. Pokerwire.com (2006-08-01).</ref>
The 2006 World Series featured a much-anticipated HORSE tournament with a $50,000 buy-in, the highest ever for a single WSOP event.
Humberto Brenes and Phil Hellmuth, Jr. tied for the most number of cashes during the WSOP, with eight cashes each. Jeff Madsen, who won two events and made two other final tables (finishing third both times), was named the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year (POTY). He barely edged Hellmuth, who also made four final tables.
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[edit] Preliminary Events
| Event Number | Event | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 Casino Employee's No Limit Hold'em | Chris Gros | $127,616 | Bryan Devonshire | Results |
| 2 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | Brandon Cantu | $757,839 | Phong "Mark" Ly | Results |
| 3 | $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em | Rafe Furst | $345,984 | Rocky Enciso | Results |
| 4 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em | Kianoush Abolfathi | $335,289 | Eric Buchman | Results |
| 5 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed 6/Table | Russ Boyd | $475,712 | Joe Hachem | Results |
| 6 | $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | Mark Vos | $803,274 | Nam Le | Results |
| 7 | $3,000 Limit Hold'em | William Chen | $343,618 | Yueqi "Rich" Zhu | Results |
| 8 | $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or better) | Jack Zwerner | $341,426 | Rusty Mandap | Results |
| 9 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em | Jeff Cabanillas | $818,546 | Phil Hellmuth Jr | Results |
| 10 | $1,500 Seven-card stud | David Williams | $163,118 | John Hoang | Results |
| 11 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em | Bob Chalmers | $258,344 | Tam Ho | Results |
| 12 | $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or better) | Sam Farha | $398,560 | Phil Ivey | Results |
| 13 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em | Max Pescatori | $682,389 | Anthony Reategui | Results |
| 14 | $1,000+$1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/multiple rebuys | Allen Cunningham | $625,830 | David Rheem | Results |
| 15 | $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em | Mary Jones | $236,094 | Shawnee Barton | Results |
| 16 | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha | Lee Watkinson | $655,746 | Mike Guttman | Results |
| 17 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | Jon Friedberg | $526,185 | John Phan | Results |
| 18 | $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | Eric Keselman | $311,403 | Hyon Kim | Results |
| 19 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Seniors | Clare Miller | $247,814 | Mike Nargi | Results |
| 20 | $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. | David "Chip" Reese | $1,716,000 | Andy Bloch | Results |
| 21 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed 6/Table | William Chen | $442,511 | Nath Pizzolatto | Results |
| 22 | $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | Jeff Madsen | $660,948 | Paul Sheng | Results |
| 23 | $3,000 Limit Hold'em | Ian Johns | $291,755 | Jerrod Ankenmen | Results |
| 24 | $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or better) | Scott Clements | $301,175 | Thor Hansen | Results |
| 25 | $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | David Pham | $240,222 | Charlie Sewell | Results |
| 26 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | Ralph Perry | $207,817 | George Abdallah | Results |
| 26a | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys | Eric Froehlich | $299,675 | Sherkhan Farnnod | Results |
| 27 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | Mats Rahmn | $655,141 | Richard Toth | Results |
| 28 | $5,000 Seven-Card Stud | Benjamin Lin | $256,620 | Shahram Sheikhan | Results |
| 29 | $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em | John Gale | $374,849 | Maros Lechman | Results |
| 30 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed 6/Table | Jeff Madsen | $643,381 | Erick Lindgren | Results |
| 31 | $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | Justin Scott | $842,262 | Farzad Rouhani | Results |
| 32 | $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | Jason Lester | $550,746 | Alan Sass | Results |
| 33 | $1,500 Razz | James Richburg | $139,576 | Carlos Mortensen | Results |
| 34 | $1,000+$1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/multiple rebuys | Phil Hellmuth Jr. | $631,863 | Juha Helppi | Results |
| 35 | $1,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB | Patrick Poels | $172,091 | Greg Dinkin | Results |
| 36 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout | Victoriano Perches | $157,338 | Arnold Spee | Results |
| 37 | $5,000+$5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | Daniel Alaei | $430,698 | David Williams | Results |
| 38 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | James Gorham | $765,226 | Osman Kibar | Results |
| 39 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 | Paul Wasicka | |
| 40 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Praz Bansi | $230,209 | Anh Lu | Results |
| 41 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Paul Kobel | $316,144 | Tyler Andrews | Results |
| 42 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Jim Mitchell | $153,173 | Stuart Fox | |
| 43 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Kevin Nathan | $171,987 | J. C. Tran | |
| 44 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Kevin Cover | $196,968 | Joe Brandenburg | |
| 45 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Anders Henriksson | $202,291 | Maureen Feduniak |
[edit] Main Event
The Main Event (event #39) was the largest tournament and the world championship of the 2006 WSOP. The tournament, like every WSOP Main Event, is a $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em event. Due to the 8,773-player field, there were 4 separate starting days (1A-1D), each playing down to 800 people. They were later combined into one other set of separate days (2A and 2B) before becoming one whole group. The field was whittled down to 9 players on August 8th, and Jamie Gold was crowned World Champion on August 10th. The final table of the "Main Event" was offered live on Pay-Per-View.
Along with the usual $10,000 chip stacks, a new feature to the WSOP was the "All-In" button. Tournament directors have informed the participants that the coin could be used in lieu of pushing all of one’s chips into the pot.
The beige $50,000 chips that were used in 2005 were not used in 2006. Instead, tangerine and yellow $25,000 chips, in the design of the current $25 chips, were used. And for the first time in World Series of Poker History, a $100,000 chip was introduced on day 7. The chips were mint green with black edge spots in the design of the current yellow/black $1,000 chip.
[edit] Final table
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 |
| 2nd | Paul Wasicka | $6,102,499 |
| 3rd | Michael Binger | $4,123,310 |
| 4th | Allen Cunningham | $3,628,513 |
| 5th | Rhett Butler | $3,216,182 |
| 6th | Richard Lee | $2,803,851 |
| 7th | Douglas Kim | $2,391,520 |
| 8th | Erik Friberg | $1,979,189 |
| 9th | Dan Nassif | $1,566,858 |
[edit] Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 17th | Jeff Lisandro | $659,730 |
| 20th | Prahlad Friedman | $494,797 |
| 24th | Eric Lynch | $494,797 |
[edit] Fall of World Champions
- Day 1: Dan Harrington,<ref>Mike Sexton Eliminates Dan Harrington. Pokerwire.com (2006-07-28).</ref> Phil Hellmuth Jr.,<ref>Phil Hellmuth Eliminated. Pokerwire.com (2006-07-29).</ref> Doyle Brunson,<ref>Doyle Brunson Eliminated. Pokerwire.com (2006-07-30).</ref> Bobby Baldwin,<ref>Butt, Robert. Day 1C Roundup. TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.</ref> Chris Moneymaker,<ref>Chris Moneymaker Eliminated. Pokerwire.com (2006-08-01).</ref> Johnny Chan,<ref>Johnny Chan Eliminated. Pokerwire.com (2006-08-01).</ref> "Amarillo Slim" Preston [1]
- Day 2: Berry Johnston,<ref>Luke Neely Eliminates Berry Johnston. Pokerwire.com (2006-08-01).</ref> Scotty Nguyen [2], Huck Seed [3], Greg Raymer [4], Robert Varkonyi [5]
- Day 3: Carlos Mortensen [6], Chris Ferguson, [7]
- Day 4: Tom McEvoy [8], Joe Hachem [9]
[edit] Trivia
- Celebrity players featured in the Main Event included Hank Azaria [10], Paul Azinger,<ref>What the ...? Hellmuth knocked out of WSOP. MSNBC (2006-07-30). Retrieved on 2006-11-30.</ref> Charles Barkley, Dean Cain [11], Tony Cascarino [12], Denny Crum<ref>Jordan, Jim (2006-08-21). It happened in Vegas, but it didn't stay there. Lexington Herald-Leader.</ref>, Steve Davis,<ref>Butt, Robert. Day 3 Roundup. TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.</ref> Shannon Elizabeth [13], Salvatore (Sully) Erna[14], James Garner [15], Brad Garrett [16], Michael Greco [17], Ron Jeremy [18], Joanna Krupa [19], Lennox Lewis [20], Matthew Lillard [21], Norm MacDonald [22], Tobey Maguire [23], Mekhi Phifer [24], Laura Prepon [25], Antonio Tarver,<ref>1,159 players remain in World Series of Poker. MSNBC (2006-08-03). Retrieved on 2006-11-30.</ref> Wil Wheaton [26], and Jimmy White [27].
[edit] See also
- 2006 World Series of Poker Results
- World Series of Poker circuit events
- World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
[edit] Notes and references
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