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July 29th 2006
WSOP Roundup: The 2006 WSOP winners list
Well the main event has started now, with a mammth 2138 players hitting the Rio on day one. That means a minimum 8400 in total. But before we concentrate on that there have been a few other notable winners since my last post, so here they are, in full.
EVENT #28 - $5000 Seven-Card Stud (182 players) – Benjamin Lin (U.S.A) - $256,620
Not a bad final table this one: alongside the eventual winner were Cyndy Violette, Sean “Sheiky” Sheikhan, Mike “the Mad Genius” Caro, “Miami” John Cernuto and Allen Kesler. None of them could match the lesser known Lin though…
EVENT #29 - $2500 Pot-Limit Hold’em (562 players) – John Gale (U.K) - $374,849
Former WPT winner John Gale got his first WSOP jewellery with this win over a tough field. Joe Hachem was fourth.
EVENT #30 - $5000 NL Hold’em (Shorthanded) (507 players) – Jeff Madsen (U.S.A) - $643,381
Yes, the same Jeff Madsen! The 21-year-old WSOP wunderkind got his second bracelet after defeating the WPT star Eric Lindgren in the heads-up battle. Surely he can’t keep this up?
EVENT #31 - $2000 NL Hold’em (2,050 players) – Justin Scott (U.S.A) - $842,262
Justin began this final table with a massive chip lead and never looked back. By heads-up time he had over 12 times as many chips as his opponent, and it took just 17 hands for the bracelet to be his.
EVENT #32 - $1500 Seven-Card Razz (409 players) – James Richburg (U.S.A) - $139,576
Heads-up against 2001 WSOP champion it took till 4:44am for James to win his WSOP bracelet.
EVENT #33 - $5000 Pot Limit Hold’em (378 players) – Jason Lester (U.S.A) - $550,746
Jason had 17 cashed and a main-event final table to his name before this event, but had yet to win a bracelet. Now h just needs to snag the main-event itself and he’ll have ticked all the boxes. Well done.
EVENT #34 - $1000 NL Hold’em with Re-buys – (754 players) Phil Hellmuth Jnr (U.S.A) - $631,863
He’s done it! Hellmuth has bee hankering after this tenth bracelet pretty bad, but now it’s in the back, and not a moment too soon – there aren’t any events left this year. He now stands alongside Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson in the record books.
EVENT #35 - $1000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo (788 players) - Patrick Poels (U.S.A) - $172,091
His second WSOP bracelet (he won the Omaha Hi/Lo last year). A certain Jeff Madsen finished third. Who said he couldn’t keep it up? I didn’t, did I….
EVENT #36 - $1500 Limit Hold’em Shootout (524 players) – Victoriano Perches (U.S.A.) - $157,338
A moderate field meant a moderate financial prize, but his first bracelet will be worth more than its weight in prize money to Victoriano Perches.
EVENT #37 - $5000 2-7 Draw Lowball (81 players) – Daniel Alaei (U.S.A) - $430,698
2-7 Draw Lowball doesn’t draw the same large crowds as Hold’em, but it might be that it draws better ones! Cue the second best final table of this year’s WSOP. With David Williams, Men Nguyen, Greg Raymer and Allen Cunningham present only the final table of the H.O.R.S.E tournament cold boast a better line-up.
EVENT #38 - $1500 NL Hold’em (2,803 players) – James Gorham (U.S.A) - $765,226
A first bracelet for James Gorham - he overcame Osman Kibar heads-up.
Submitted: 29/07/2006 05:19:05
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