2006 World Series of Poker Results
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This article is a list of results of the 2006 World Series of Poker
(WSOP) with statistics, final table results and payouts.
The total money paid out in the 2006 events was $156,409,974.
Texas hold 'em
tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada
.
High-low split
. It was a three day event with a first prize of $341,426.
This was the first of four top-three finishes for Madsen at this year's WSOP.
High-low split
. It was a two day event with a first prize of $398,560.
2005 winner, actress Jennifer Tilly
did not reach the money this year. Mimi Rogers
reached 33rd place, winning $5,132.
, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better. For the final table, the play was shifted exclusively to no limit hold'em. This event has the highest buy-in ever at the WSOP.
This was William Chen's second first place finish and fifth in-the-money finish in this year's WSOP.
Jeff Madsen became the youngest bracelet winner, defeating the record set the previous year by Eric Froehlich.
Jeff Madsen, who became the youngest bracelet winner about a week earlier, won his second bracelet and made his third final table appearance at this year's WSOP.
Event 33: $1,500 Seven Card Razz
This is a two day event.
Phil Hellmuth Jr tied legends Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the most WSOP tournament wins with his 10th bracelet.
Jeff Madsen made his fourth final table appearance and fourth top-three finish in this year's WSOP. This was also the third poker variant in which Madsen made the final table this year, as he previously made final tables in Omaha and Texas hold 'em (twice).
Event 38: $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
This is a two day event.
Jamie Gold took the bracelet, the title and the biggest ever payout in poker history, $12 million, after being the chip leader for most of the second week of the tournament. On the final table Gold eliminated seven of the eight opponents.
2006 World Series of Poker
The 2006 World Series of Poker 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...
(WSOP) with statistics, final table results and payouts.
The total money paid out in the 2006 events was $156,409,974.
Event 1: $500 No Limit Hold 'em--Casino Employees
This event kicked off the 2006 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limitBetting (poker)
In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing...
Texas hold 'em
Texas hold 'em
Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
.
- Number of buy-ins: 1,232
- Total Prize Pool: $554,400
- Number of Payouts: 101
- Winning Hand: 3♣
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chris Gros Chris Gros Chris Gros, a poker dealer Caesars Casino in Las Vegas, won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2006 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em tournament.... |
$127,496 |
| 2nd | Bryan Devonshire | $66,528 |
| 3rd | R.J. Wright | $38,531 |
| 4th | Scott Clark | $27,720 |
| 5th | Christopher Himmenger | $22,176 |
| 6th | Craig Federspiel | $19,404 |
| 7th | David Wortham | $16,632 |
| 8th | Marsha Waggoner Marsha Waggoner Marsha Waggoner is an American professional poker player who lives in Los Angeles, California.Waggoner has finished in the money at 20 World Series of Poker events as of 2010... |
$13,860 |
| 9th | Barry Goldberg | $12,474 |
Event 2: $1,500 No Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $1,500 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was the first public tournament of the 2006 WSOP.- Number of buy-ins: 2,776
- Total Prize Pool: $3,789,240
- Number of Payouts: 277
- Winning Hand: Q♠
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brandon Cantu Brandon Cantu Brandon M. Cantu is an American professional poker player. Upon winning a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2006, Cantu relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. On March 14, 2007, Cantu became one of only 27 players to ever win both a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour championship... |
$757,839 |
| 2nd | Phong "Mark" Ly | $416,816 |
| 3rd | Drew Rubin | $226,597 |
| 4th | Lee Padilla | $176,579 |
| 5th | Brent Roberts | $151,570 |
| 6th | Don Zewin | $126,940 |
| 7th | Ron Stanley | $107,614 |
| 8th | Dustin Swartz | $88,668 |
| 9th | Juan Carlos Mortensen Carlos Mortensen Juan Carlos Mortensen is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the only Hispanic Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bluffing tactics, and interesting chip-stacking style.Mortensen moved from Spain to the United States in... |
$71,617 |
Event 3: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $1,500 buy-in pot limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three day event with a first prize of $345,984.- Number of buy-ins: 1,102
- Total Prize Pool: $1,504,230
- Number of Payouts: 99
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafe Furst Rafe Furst Rafe Furst is an entrepreneur, angel investor, cancer awareness advocate and part time professional poker player. Furst currently works on and advises many projects that involve technology and social entrepreneurship. He regularly blogs about complex systems on EmergentFool... |
$345,984 |
| 2nd | Rocky Enciso | $180,508 |
| 3rd | Eric Lynch Eric Lynch Eric Lynch is a professional poker player.Lynch resides in Olathe, Kansas. In 2006, he won a PokerStars $1 million guaranteed tournament and finished 24th at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $494,000. He placed 3rd in a pot limit Hold'em WSOP event that same year... |
$104,544 |
| 4th | George Bronstein | $75,212 |
| 5th | Burt Boutin Burt Boutin Burton A. Boutin is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. He also finished in second place at the 2006 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship winning $604,765. Boutin is known for drinking "Red Bull" at the poker table and acting a little hyper... |
$60,169 |
| 6th | Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a three-time final tablest at both the World Series of Poker and on the World Poker Tour with over $2.7 million in earnings.-Career:... |
$52,648 |
| 7th | Richard Chase | $45,127 |
| 8th | John Juanda John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is a Chinese Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles.-Personal life:... |
$37,606 |
| 9th | Alan Gilbert | $33,845 |
Event 4: $1,500 Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $1,500 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three day event with a first prize of $335,289.- Number of buy-ins: 1,068
- Total Prize Pool: $1,457,820
- Number of Payouts: 100
- Winning Hand: 6♠
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kianoush Abolfathi | $335,289 |
| 2nd | Eric Buchman Eric Buchman Eric Buchman is a professional poker player from Valley Stream, New York, who finished in fourth place at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event... |
$174,938 |
| 3rd | Josh Schlein | $101,318 |
| 4th | Michele Lewis | $72,891 |
| 5th | Vipul Kothari | $58,313 |
| 6th | Hank Sparks | $51,029 |
| 7th | Patrick Maloney | $43,735 |
| 8th | Lars Hansen | $36,446 |
| 9th | Matt Elsby | $32,801 |
Event 5: $2,500 No Limit Hold 'em short-handed
This event was a $2,500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine. It was a three day event with a first prize of $475,712.- Number of buy-ins: 824
- Total Prize Pool: $1,895,200
- Number of Payouts: 90
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dutch Boyd | $475,712 |
| 2nd | Joe Hachem Joe Hachem Joseph Hachem is a Lebanese-Australian professional poker player known for winning the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker. He was the first Australian to win the main event, which earned him $7.5 million, then a record for all-time biggest tournament prize.The next year, Hachem won his... |
$256,800 |
| 3rd | Jeff Knight | $153,511 |
| 4th | Mike Goodman | $115,607 |
| 5th | Pete Hassett | $91,917 |
| 6th | David Solomon | $68,227 |
Event 6: $2,000 No Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $2,000 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three day event with a first prize of $803,274.- Number of buy-ins: 1919
- Total Prize Pool: $3,492,580
- Number of Payouts: 155
- Winning Hand: Q♣ T♣
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mark Vos Mark Vos Mark Vos , also known as 'pokerbok', is a professional poker player from Australia. Vos was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attended Waldorf High School in Constantia. He excelled at mathematics olympiads while in high school, and represented his province in the interprovincial olympiad... |
$803,274 |
| 2nd | Nam Le | $401,647 |
| 3rd | John Reiss Jr | $209,555 |
| 4th | Thomas Hunt III | $160,659 |
| 5th | Willard Chang | $136,211 |
| 6th | Kevin Peterson | $115,285 |
| 7th | Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst is an American professional poker player who has made five final tables, including two heads-up semi-finals, at the World Series of Poker and won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Selbst also won the main event of the 2010 and 2011 PokerStars.net North... |
$101,285 |
| 8th | David Wells | $87,315 |
| 9th | Juan Carlos Mortensen | $73,344 |
Event 7: $3,000 Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $3,000 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three day event with a first prize of $343,618.- Number of buy-ins: 415
- Total Prize Pool: $1,145,400
- Number of Payouts: 46
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | William Chen William Chen William "Bill" Chen is an American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer.-Biography:... |
$343,618 |
| 2nd | Yueqi Zhu | $184,409 |
| 3rd | Henry Nguyen | $91,632 |
| 4th | Karlo Lopez | $80,178 |
| 5th | Danny Ciaramella | $68,724 |
| 6th | Larry Thomas | $57,270 |
| 7th | Allan Puzantyan | $45,816 |
| 8th | Ernie Scherer III | $34,362 |
| 9th | Jeff Lisandro Jeff Lisandro Jeffrey Lisandro is an Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy. Lisandro is known by many to be a cash game specialist, but is a well-known face on the poker tournament circuit and is regarded as one of the premier Seven Card Stud players in the world... |
$22,908 |
Event 8: $2,000 Omaha Hi-low Split
This event was a $2,000 buy-in Limit OmahaOmaha hold 'em
Omaha hold 'em is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards...
High-low split
High-low split
In traditional poker games, the player with the best traditional hand wins the whole pot. Lowball variations award the pot to the lowest hand, by any of several methods...
. It was a three day event with a first prize of $341,426.
- Number of buy-ins: 670
- Total Prize Pool: $1,219,400
- Number of Payouts: 65
- Winning Hand: 7♣
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jack Zwerner | $341,426 |
| 2nd | Rusty Mandap | $176,813 |
| 3rd | Jeff Madsen Jeff Madsen Jeff Madsen is the third-youngest winner of a World Series of Poker event and the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year.... |
$97,552 |
| 4th | Cong Do | $85,358 |
| 5th | Bob Mangino | $73,164 |
| 6th | Robert Collins | $60,970 |
| 7th | Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big... |
$48,776 |
| 8th | Russell Salzer | $36,582 |
| 9th | Steven Lustig | $24,388 |
This was the first of four top-three finishes for Madsen at this year's WSOP.
Event 9: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
- Number of buy-ins: 622
- Total Prize Pool: $2,293,400
- Number of Payouts: 63
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeff Cabanillas | $818,546 |
| 2nd | Phil Hellmuth Jr Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... |
$423,893 |
| 3rd | Eugene Todd | $233,872 |
| 4th | Marcel Lüske Marcel Lüske Marcel Lüske is a Dutch professional poker player. He finished 10th in the 2004 WSOP main event and as of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,700,000 USD... |
$204,638 |
| 5th | Isabelle Mercier Isabelle Mercier Isabelle Mercier is a professional poker player.Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child, but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months... |
$175,404 |
| 6th | Thomas Schreiber | $146,170 |
| 7th | Douglas Carli | $116,936 |
| 8th | Vinny Vinh Vinny Vinh Quoc Al "Vinny" Vinh is an Vietnamese American professional poker player with over $2.4 Million in tournament winnings, who became well known at the 2007 World Series of Poker while playing in the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event, when he failed to return on the second day of play as the chip... |
$87,702 |
| 9th | Danny Smith | $58,468 |
Event 10: $1,500 7 Card Stud
- Number of buy-ins: 478
- Total Prize Pool: $652,470
- Number of Payouts: 40
- Winning Hand: K♠ 4♣ 6♠ 4♠
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Williams David Williams (card player) David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player.-Personal life:Williams was born in Arlington, Texas. He briefly attended Princeton University before switching to study economics at Southern Methodist University... |
$163,118 |
| 2nd | John Hoang | $110,920 |
| 3rd | Jack Duncan | $71,772 |
| 4th | Mitchell Ledis | $45,673 |
| 5th | John Cernuto John Cernuto "Miami" John Cernuto is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, specialising in Omaha hi-lo events.-Early years:... |
$35,886 |
| 6th | Ivan Schertzer | $29,361 |
| 7th | Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan rather than his Chinese birth name. born in Guangzhou, China in 1957) is a Chinese American professional poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, including 1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively.... |
$22,836 |
| 8th | Matt Hawrilenko Matt Hawrilenko Matthew "Matt" Hawrilenko is a professional poker player from Boston, Massachusetts who won the 2009 World Series of Poker $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed event earning $1,003,218 and is a Full Tilt Poker Pro.Hawrilenko is a 2004 graduate of Princeton University that worked for Susquehanna... |
$16,312 |
Event 11: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
- Number of buy-ins: 701
- Total prize pool: $956,865
- Number of Payouts: 72
- Winning Hand: 3♠
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bob Chalmers | $258,344 |
| 2nd | Tam Ho | $135,396 |
| 3rd | Warren Wooldridge | $76,549 |
| 4th | Thanh Nguyen | $66,981 |
| 5th | Doug Saab | $57,412 |
| 6th | Jan Sjåvik | $47,843 |
| 7th | Graham Duke | $38,275 |
| 8th | Bob Bartmann | $28,706 |
| 9th | David Calla | $19,137 |
Event 12: $5,000 Omaha Hi-low Split
This event was a $5,000 buy-in Limit OmahaOmaha hold 'em
Omaha hold 'em is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards...
High-low split
High-low split
In traditional poker games, the player with the best traditional hand wins the whole pot. Lowball variations award the pot to the lowest hand, by any of several methods...
. It was a two day event with a first prize of $398,560.
- Number of buy-ins: 265
- Total Prize Pool: $1,245,000
- Number of Payouts: 26
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sam Farha Sam Farha Ihsan Farha is a professional poker player. He is best known for finishing as runner up in the World Series of Poker main event in 2003 and has won three bracelets at the WSOP.-Early years:... |
$398,560 |
| 2nd | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$219,208 |
| 3rd | Kirill Gerasimov Kirill Gerasimov Kirill Gerasimov is a Russian professional poker player.Gerasimov worked as an insurance salesman in Moscow, and started entering poker tournaments throughout Europe in 2001... |
$112,095 |
| 4th | Mike Henrich | $87,185 |
| 5th | Mike Wattel | $74,730 |
| 6th | Brian Nadell | $62,275 |
| 7th | Jeff King | $49,820 |
| 8th | Jim Ferrel | $37,365 |
| 9th | Ryan Hughes | $24,910 |
Event 13: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 1.290
- Total Prize Pool: $2,967,000
- Number of Payouts: 99
- Winning Hand: J♣ 8♣
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Max Pescatori Max Pescatori Massimiliano Pescatori is an Italian professional poker player.Pescatori is a regular on the poker tournament scene, often placing high in Card Player Magazine's Player of the Year Race.... |
$682,389 |
| 2nd | Anthony Reategui Anthony Reategui Anthony Reategui is a professional poker player from Chandler, Arizona. A graduate from Chandler High School, Anthony worked at a Mesa, Arizona car washing facility before his poker career... |
$356,040 |
| 3rd | Justin Pechie | $206,207 |
| 4th | Michael Scott | $148,350 |
| 5th | Corey Cheresnick | $118,680 |
| 6th | Tri Ma | $103,845 |
| 7th | Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table... |
$89,010 |
| 8th | Terrence Chan | $74,175 |
| 9th | Matt Heinschel | $66,578 |
Event 14: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 752
- Number of rebuys: 1670
- Total Prize Pool: $2,317,887
- Number of Payouts: 74
- Winning Hand: A♣
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an American professional poker player.Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally. At the age of 18, he began playing at in Indian casinos... |
$625,830 |
| 2nd | David Rheem David Rheem Chino Rheem is a poker player from Los Angeles, California, and a reputed welcher. In November 2008, Rheem finished in seventh place at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, cashing for $1,772,650. He went out of this event on to Peter Eastgate's with Eastgate flopping a pair of queens on a... |
$327,981 |
| 3rd | Tom Franklin Tom Franklin "Captain" Tom Franklin is an American professional poker player born in Fresno, California.Franklin's poker career began in the 1970s. His first in the money cash at the World Series of Poker occurred in 1990, finishing 24th in the $10,000 no limit hold'em championship event... |
$185,431 |
| 4th | Steve Wong | $162,252 |
| 5th | John Hoang | $139,073 |
| 6th | Tim Phan | $115,894 |
| 7th | Everett Carlton | $92,715 |
| 8th | Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew Elliot Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School.-Poker:... |
$67,357 |
| 9th | Alex Jacob Alex Jacob Alex Jacob is an American professional poker player.Among his biggest poker accomplishments are winning the Peter A. Fabrizio Memorial Poker Classic in 2003 and finishing runner-up at the 2006 World Poker Tour tournament in Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 9 2006, winning $655,507... |
$46,358 |
Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event for women only.- Number of buy-ins: 1128
- Total Prize pool: $1,026,480
- Number of Payouts: 99
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mary Jones Meyer Mary Jones Meyer Mary Jones Meyer was a World Series of Poker champion in the 2006 $1,000 Ladies - No-Limit Hold'em event.As of 2008, her total WSOP tournament winnings exceed $236,094.-World Series of Poker bracelets:-References:... |
$236,094 |
| 2nd | Shanee Barton | $123,178 |
| 3rd | Beatrice Stranzinger | $71,340 |
| 4th | Reka Hallgato | $51,324 |
| 5th | Sue Luckenbaugh | $41,059 |
| 6th | Julie Allen | $35,927 |
| 7th | Devi Ortega | $30,794 |
| 8th | Laurie Scott | $25,662 |
| 9th | Ellie Ahlgren | $23,096 |
2005 winner, actress Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly is an American actress and poker player. She is an Academy Award nominee, and a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner. She is the older sister of actress Meg Tilly.-Early life:...
did not reach the money this year. Mimi Rogers
Mimi Rogers
Mimi Rogers is an American movie actress and competitive poker player.-Early life:Rogers was born Miriam Spickler in Coral Gables, Florida, the daughter of Philip C...
reached 33rd place, winning $5,132.
Event 16: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 218
- Total Prize Pool: $2,049,200
- Number of Payouts: 27
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson is an American professional poker player, originally from Longbranch, Washington.At the 2004 World Series of Poker , Watkinson finished 2nd in the $5,000 pot limit Omaha event... |
$655,746 |
| 2nd | Mike Guttman | $360,659 |
| 3rd | Mark Dickstein | $184,428 |
| 4th | Rafi Amit Rafi Amit Rafi Amit , is an Israeli professional poker player, from Holon.Amit has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker, the first in the 2005 Pot limit Omaha and the second in 2007 in the $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys event.... |
$143,444 |
| 5th | Hasan Habib Hasan Habib Hasan Habib is a Pakistani American professional poker player.During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National Tennis Champion. Habib went to America at the age of 18 to study business at the University of Redlands. He also once owned a nationwide chain of video... |
$122,952 |
| 6th | Nick Gibson | $102,460 |
| 7th | Jani Vilmunen | $81,984 |
| 8th | Thomas Wahlroos | $61,476 |
| 9th | Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman Mickey L. Appleman is an American professional poker player, sports bettor, and sports handicapper now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey... |
$40,984 |
Event 17: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 2891
- Number of Payouts: 270
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jon Friedberg Jon Friedberg Jon Friedberg is an American professional poker player and business owner. In his World Series of Poker career he has finished in the money 14 times including two Final Tables and one WSOP bracelet. As of 2010, his lifetime career tournament earnings total $1,031,447. His 14 WSOP cashes... |
$526,185 |
| 2nd | John Phan | $289,389 |
| 3rd | Mike Pomeroy | $157,322 |
| 4th | Tom Hawkingberry | $122,596 |
| 5th | Kevin O'Donnell | $105,232 |
| 6th | Corey Chaston | $88,132 |
| 7th | Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes is a professional poker player. Brenes currently resides in Miami Lakes, Florida with his wife and three children .... |
$74,715 |
| 8th | Michael Halford | $61,561 |
| 9th | Thang Luu Thang Luu Thang Luu is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and repeated as champion in the same event at the 2009 World Series of Poker... |
$49,722 |
Event 18: $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 590
- Total Prize Pool: $1,073,800
- Number of Payouts: 54
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eric Kesselman | $311,403 |
| 2nd | Hyon "Skip" Kim | $164,291 |
| 3rd | Christopher Viox | $85,904 |
| 4th | Kevin Ross | $75,166 |
| 5th | Jason Sagle | $64,428 |
| 6th | Jim McManus James McManus James "Jim" McManus is an American poker player, teacher and writer living in Kenilworth, Illinois.-Poker and Positively Fifth Street:... |
$53,690 |
| 7th | Dustin Holmes | $42,952 |
| 8th | Christopher Black | $32,214 |
| 9th | Harry Thomas | $21,476 |
Event 19: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 1184
- Total Prize Pool: $1,077,440
- Number of Payouts: 99
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Clare Miller | $247,814 |
| 2nd | Mike Nargi | $129,293 |
| 3rd | Jake Wells, Jr. | $74,882 |
| 4th | Judith Carlson | $53,872 |
| 5th | David Claiborne | $43,098 |
| 6th | Ron Rose Ron Rose Ron Rose is an American poker player from Dayton, Ohio, and a two time World Poker Tour Champion with a World Series of Poker bracelet.-Early Life and Career:... |
$37,710 |
| 7th | Doug Schuller | $32,323 |
| 8th | Stan Schrier | $26,936 |
| 9th | John Vorhaus | $24,242 |
Event 20: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
This was a three day event alternating between limit Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, RazzRazz (poker)
Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low . The object of Razz is to make the lowest possible five-card hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against the player for low, and the ace usually plays low...
, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better. For the final table, the play was shifted exclusively to no limit hold'em. This event has the highest buy-in ever at the WSOP.
- Number of buy-ins: 143
- Total Prize Pool: $6,864,000
- Number of Payouts: 16
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David "Chip" Reese Chip Reese David Edward Reese , more commonly known as Chip Reese, was an American professional poker player and gambler from Centerville, Ohio... |
$1,716,000 |
| 2nd | Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew Elliot Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School.-Poker:... |
$1,029,000 |
| 3rd | Phil Ivey | $617,760 |
| 4th | Jim Bechtel Jim Bechtel James Gary "Jim" Bechtel is an American cotton farmer and poker player, based in Gilbert, Arizona. He is best known for winning the 1993 Main Event at the World Series of Poker .- Poker career :... |
$549,120 |
| 5th | T. J. Cloutier T. J. Cloutier Thomas James "T.J." Cloutier is a professional poker player from Richardson, Texas. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006.-Early years:... |
$480,480 |
| 6th | David Singer David Singer (poker player) David Singer is an American professional poker player and former attorney.-Law career:Singer is a former environmental lawyer who worked on issues and lawsuits related to cleaning up the Long Island Sound for a non-profit organization.-Poker career:He has been playing poker professionally since... |
$411,840 |
| 7th | Dewey Tomko Dewey Tomko Duane "Dewey" Tomko is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida.... |
$343,200 |
| 8th | Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to... |
$274,560 |
| 9th | Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo... |
$205,920 |
Event 21: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded
This was a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine.- Number of buy-ins: 740
- Total Prize Pool: $1,702,000
- Number of Payouts: 72
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | William Chen | $442,511 |
| 2nd | Nath Pizzolatto | $238,280 |
| 3rd | Mike Guttman | $139,564 |
| 4th | Dan Hicks | $107,226 |
| 5th | Alex Bolotin | $78,292 |
| 6th | Harry Demetriou Harry Demetriou Charidimos Demetriou is a British poker player.-World Series of Poker:Demetriou first became known in poker circles for his 3rd place finish at the $2,000 no limit Texas hold 'em tournament at the 2002 World Series of Poker won by Layne Flack... |
$58,719 |
This was William Chen's second first place finish and fifth in-the-money finish in this year's WSOP.
Event 22: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 1,579
- Total Prize Pool: $2,873,780
- Number of Payouts: 156
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeff Madsen | $660,948 |
| 2nd | Paul Sheng | $330,485 |
| 3rd | Julian Gardner | $172,427 |
| 4th | Troy Parkins | $132,194 |
| 5th | Robert Cohen | $112,077 |
| 6th | Robert Bright | $94,835 |
| 7th | Michael Chow | $83,340 |
| 8th | Billy Duarte, Jr. | $71,845 |
| 9th | John Shipley John Shipley John Shipley is an English professional poker player from Solihull, West Midlands.Amongst his money finishes at the World Series of Poker are a 7th place finish in the 2002 $10,000 no limit hold'em main event, where he earned $125,000... |
$60,349 |
Jeff Madsen became the youngest bracelet winner, defeating the record set the previous year by Eric Froehlich.
Event 23: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 341
- Total Prize Pool: $941,160
- Number of payouts: 37
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ian Johns | $291,755 |
| 2nd | Jerrod Ankenman | $150,586 |
| 3rd | Javier Torresola | $75,293 |
| 4th | Theo Tran Theo Tran Theo Tran is an Vietnamese American professional poker player.- Biography :Theo Tran was born on November 4, 1981 and grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Tran loved gambling from a young age and started playing poker at age 13... |
$65,881 |
| 5th | Mark Newhouse | $56,470 |
| 6th | Tad Jurgens | $47,058 |
| 7th | Brendan Taylor | $37,646 |
| 8th | Benjamin Robinson | $28,235 |
| 9th | Fi Tran | $18,823 |
Event 24: $3,000 Omaha Hi-low Split
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 352
- Total Prize Pool: $971,520
- Number of payouts: 36
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scott Clements Scott Clements Scott Clements is a professional poker player from Mount Vernon, Washington, United States, who has won titles in both World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker events.... |
$301,175 |
| 2nd | Thor Hansen Thor Hansen Thor Harald Hansen is a professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid 1990s. He has two WSOP braclets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud, and then later in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP... |
$155,443 |
| 3rd | Brent Carter Brent Carter Brent R. Carter is an American professional poker player from Oak Park, Illinois who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. He now lives in Treasure Island, Florida.-Poker Career:... |
$77,772 |
| 4th | Martin "Dick" Corpuz | $68,006 |
| 5th | Ronald Matsuura | $58,291 |
| 6th | Phil Hellmuth, Jr. | $48,576 |
| 7th | Peter Costa Peter Costa Peter Costa to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.He is most well known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular Late Night Poker television series during his time living in the United Kingdom, where he defeated Austria's Jin Cai Lin in... |
$38,861 |
| 8th | Stephen Ladowsky | $29,146 |
| 9th | Alex Limjoco | $19,430 |
Event 25: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
This was a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 600
- Total Prize Pool: $1,092,000
- Number of payouts: 100
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Pham David Pham David Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :... |
$240,222 |
| 2nd | Charlie Sewell | $124,488 |
| 3rd | Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.In July 2005, he... |
$65,520 |
| 4th | Jerald Williamson | $49,140 |
| 5th | Chad Layne | $43,680 |
| 6th | Jason DeWitt Jason DeWitt Jason DeWitt is a professional poker player from Granger, Indiana who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event.- Live poker :... |
$38,220 |
| 7th | David Bach David Bach (poker player) David Bach is a professional poker player from Athens, Georgia, and the winner of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Bach defeated John Hanson heads-up after a marathon final table that lasted 20 hours and 492 hands.In total, Bach has 11 career WSOP... |
$32,760 |
| 8th | Dustin Woolf | $27,300 |
| 9th | Adam Kagin | $21,840 |
| 10th | Jeff Heiberg | $16,380 |
Event 26: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
This was a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 526
- Total Prize Pool: $716,625
- Number of payouts: 54
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafael Perry | $207,817 |
| 2nd | George Abdallah | $109,644 |
| 3rd | Brian Kocur | $57,330 |
| 4th | Zhang Luzhe | $50,164 |
| 5th | Ray Lynne | $42,998 |
| 6th | Spiro Mitrokostas | $35,831 |
| 7th | Frank Henderson Frank Henderson Frank Henderson is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas.Henderson was the runner-up to Johnny Chan in the 1987 World Series of Poker $10,000 no limit hold'em main event. He also finished in the money of the same event in 1996.... |
$28,665 |
| 8th | Jason Newburger | $21,499 |
| 9th | Russ Salzer | $14,333 |
Special event: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys
This was a special, non scheduled event.- Number of buy-ins: 158
- Number of rebuys: 492
- Total Prize Pool: $908,100
- Number of payouts: 18
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eric Froehlich Eric Froehlich Eric Froehlich is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of 2009, Froehlich's total live tournament winnings exceed $1,300,000. His 16 cashes at the WSOP account for $867,783 of those winnings.... |
$299,675 |
| 2nd | Sherkhan Farnood Sherkhan Farnood Sherkhan Farnood was the Chairman of Kabul Bank until late 2010, which is Afghanistan's largest private financial institution with over 1 million customers. Farnood holds 28.16% of the shares in the Kabul Bank. He also owns Pamir Airways, in partnership with Khalilullah Fruzi/Frozi, Mohammed Fahim... |
$165,274 |
| 3rd | Chau Giang Chau Giang Chau Tu Giang is an American professional poker player of Chinese descent, who is a three time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a three time final tablist of the World Poker Tour with over $3 million in live tournament winnings alone.- Biography :Giang fled Vietnam in a small boat in the... |
$90,810 |
| 4th | Kevin O'Donnell | $72,648 |
| 5th | Bruno Fitoussi Bruno Fitoussi Bruno Fitoussi is a French professional poker player from Paris.Fitoussi's first televised poker outing was on the original poker show Late Night Poker... |
$54,486 |
| 6th | Matt Overstreet | $45,405 |
| 7th | Richard Freire | $36,324 |
| 8th | Rafi Amit | $27,243 |
| 9th | Ayaz Mahmood | $18,162 |
Event 27: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 2126
- Total Prize Pool: $2,901,990
- Number of payouts: 198
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mats Rahmn | $655,141 |
| 2nd | Richard Toth | $333,729 |
| 3rd | Padraig Parkinson Padraig Parkinson Padraig Parkinson is an Irish professional poker player. He is chiefly recognised as the grand final winner of Late Night Poker series 5 and as the third-place finisher of the 1999 World Series of Poker, where he lost to fellow countryman Noel Furlong.Originally, Padraig refused to play in Late... |
$203,139 |
| 4th | Chris Birchby | $145,100 |
| 5th | James Sileo | $116,080 |
| 6th | Michael Binger Michael Binger Michael W. Binger is a part-time professional poker player, based in Atherton, California. He has a brother, Nick Binger, who also has several high-profile tournament cashes.... |
$101,570 |
| 7th | Jordan Morgan | $87,060 |
| 8th | Ashwin Sarin | $72,550 |
| 9th | Billy Duarte Jr. | $58,040 |
Event 28: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
This was a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 183
- Total Prize Pool: $855,400
- Number of payouts: 16
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Lin | $256,620 |
| 2nd | Shahram Sheikhan Shahram Sheikhan Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan is a professional poker player who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and daughter. Sheikhan is the owner of a retail chain of tobacco and tattoo stores.... |
$171,080 |
| 3rd | Cyndy Violette Cyndy Violette Cyndy Violette is an American professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004.-Early life:... |
$102,648 |
| 4th | Allen Kessler | $76,986 |
| 5th | John Cernuto John Cernuto "Miami" John Cernuto is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, specialising in Omaha hi-lo events.-Early years:... |
$55,601 |
| 6th | Patrick Bueno | $38,493 |
| 7th | Lupe Munquia | $29,939 |
| 8th | Mike Caro Mike Caro Mike A. Caro is a professional poker player, pioneer poker theorist, author of poker books, and casino executive.-Author:... |
$21,385 |
Event 29: $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
This was a three day event.- Number of buyins: 562
- Total Prize Pool: $1,292,600
- Number of payouts: 54
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Gale John Gale (poker player) John Gale is an English professional poker based in Bushey, Hertfordshire.Gale is a relative newcomer to poker, having only begun playing Texas hold 'em in mid-2004. He first made a name for himself by qualifying for the World Poker Tour 2005 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure tournament in The... |
$374,849 |
| 2nd | Maros Lechman | $197,768 |
| 3rd | Kevin Ho | $103,408 |
| 4th | Joseph Hachem | $90,482 |
| 5th | Alex Jacob | $77,556 |
| 6th | Lee Grove | $64,630 |
| 7th | Jeffrey Robertson | $51,704 |
| 8th | Lee Markholt Lee Markholt Lee Markholt Jr. is a professional poker player from Eatonville, Washington. He previously worked as a meat cutter for a family business and has been playing poker professionally for more than 13 years.... |
$38,778 |
| 9th | Gregory Alston | $25,852 |
Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded
This is a three day event, with a maximum of six players per table.- Number of buy-ins: 507
- Total Prize Pool: $2,382,900
- Number of payouts: 54
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeff Madsen | $643,381 |
| 2nd | Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and... |
$357,435 |
| 3rd | Tom Franklin | $214,461 |
| 4th | Tony Woods | $150,123 |
| 5th | Jonathan Gaskell | $119,145 |
| 6th | Paul Foltyon | $83,402 |
Jeff Madsen, who became the youngest bracelet winner about a week earlier, won his second bracelet and made his third final table appearance at this year's WSOP.
Event 31: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
This is a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 2050
- Total Prize Pool: $3,731,000
- Number of payouts: 198
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Justin Scott | $842,262 |
| 2nd | Freddy Rouhani Freddy Rouhani Farzad "Freddy" Rouhani is an American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better event.... |
$429,065 |
| 3rd | Robert Bright | $261,170 |
| 4th | Gregory Glass | $186,550 |
| 5th | Nathan Templeton | $149,240 |
| 6th | Carl Olson | $130,585 |
| 7th | Josh Wakeman | $111,930 |
| 8th | Jason Johnson | $93,275 |
| 9th | Bryan Micon | $74,620 |
Event 32: $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
This is a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 378
- Total Prize Pool: $1,776,600
- Number of payouts: 37
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jason Lester Jason Lester Jason Lester is a professional poker player who has lived in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami. He is also an exceptional backgammon player and has won many tournaments in the past, but now he focuses on poker. He came in 4th at the 2003 World Series of Poker , the year Chris Moneymaker won the... |
$550,746 |
| 2nd | Alan Sass | $284,256 |
| 3rd | Stuart Fox | $142,128 |
| 4th | Tony Hartman | $124,362 |
| 5th | Michael Tedesco | $106,596 |
| 6th | Greg Turk | $88,830 |
| 7th | Emad Tamtouth | $71,064 |
| 8th | Tommy Smith | $53,298 |
| 9th | Kirill Gerasimov Kirill Gerasimov Kirill Gerasimov is a Russian professional poker player.Gerasimov worked as an insurance salesman in Moscow, and started entering poker tournaments throughout Europe in 2001... |
$35,532 |
Event 33: $1,500 Seven Card RazzRazz (poker)Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low . The object of Razz is to make the lowest possible five-card hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against the player for low, and the ace usually plays low...
This is a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 409
- Total Prize Pool: $558,285
- Number of payouts: 40
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Richburg James Richburg James Richburg is an American professional poker player from Long Beach, California.Richburg has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. The first came in the razz championship in 2006. He won his second in the $2500 HORSE event in 2007.... |
$139,576 |
| 2nd | Juan Carlos Mortensen | $94,908 |
| 3rd | Steven Diano | $61,411 |
| 4th | Cliff Josephy Cliff Josephy Cliff D. Josephy is an American professional poker player from Syosset, New York.At the 2005 World Series of Poker , Josephy won a bracelet in the $1,500 seven-card stud event, defeating Kirill Gerasimov in the final heads-up confrontation... |
$39,080 |
| 5th | Ron Ritchie | $30,706 |
| 6th | Richard Sklar | $25,123 |
| 7th | John Cernuto | $19,540 |
| 8th | Jamie Brooks | $13,957 |
Event 34: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys
This is a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 754
- Number of rebuys:
- Total Prize Pool: $2,340,238
- Number of payouts: 73
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Phil Hellmuth Jr Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... |
$631,863 |
| 2nd | Juha Helppi Juha Helppi Juha Helppi is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki.-Career:Juha was originally a poker dealer, but made a name for himself in the first World Poker Tour event in Aruba, where he eliminated Kathy Liebert on the way to defeating professional player Phil Gordon in a heads-up challenge... |
$331,144 |
| 3rd | Daryn Firicano | $187,219 |
| 4th | John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia is an American professional poker player from Lighthouse Point, Florida.Spadavecchia has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since the 1980s, with his first finish in the money of a World Series of Poker event coming in the 1988 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 no... |
$163,817 |
| 5th | Terris Preston | $140,414 |
| 6th | Elio Cabrera | $117,012 |
| 7th | David Plastik | $93,610 |
| 8th | Ralph Perry Ralph Perry (poker player) Rafael "Ralph" Perry is a professional poker player originally from Russia. He has been playing professionally since 1992.In 2006, Perry represented Russia at the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship and reached the semi-finals, during which he was the target of some much-publicised... |
$70,207 |
| 9th | Tony G Tony G Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman and professional poker player. As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played poker since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and... |
$46,805 |
Phil Hellmuth Jr tied legends Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the most WSOP tournament wins with his 10th bracelet.
Event 35: $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Low Split
This is a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 788
- Total Prize Pool: $717,080
- Number of payouts: 72
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pat Poels Pat Poels Patrick Poels is an American professional poker player from Mesa, Arizona and a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.... |
$172,091 |
| 2nd | Greg Dinkin | $102,542 |
| 3rd | Jeff Madsen | $65,971 |
| 4th | Mark Bershad | $49,479 |
| 5th | William Edler | $39,439 |
| 6th | Hoyt Verner | $32,269 |
| 7th | Rodney H. Pardey Rodney H. Pardey Rodney Herm Pardey is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Seattle, WA. Pardey is the father of professional poker player and singer/songwriter Rodney E. Pardey and Ryan J. Pardey.... |
$25,098 |
| 8th | Leo Fasen | $17,927 |
Jeff Madsen made his fourth final table appearance and fourth top-three finish in this year's WSOP. This was also the third poker variant in which Madsen made the final table this year, as he previously made final tables in Omaha and Texas hold 'em (twice).
Event 36: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
This is a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 524
- Total Prize Pool: $715,260
- Number of payouts: 54
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Victoriano Perches | $157,338 |
| 2nd | Arnold Spee | $78,679 |
| 3rd | Anders Henriksson | $50,068 |
| 4th | Rep Porter Rep Porter Ralph "Rep" Porter is an American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event.Porter graduated from the University of Washington and worked as an equity options trader prior to becoming a professional poker player.- World Series of Poker... |
$39,339 |
| 5th | Tom Schneider Tom Schneider Tom Schneider is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona. Schneider was a certified public accountant and former president and chief financial officer for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002... |
$28,610 |
| 6th | Marianno Garcia | $17,882 |
Event 37: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This is a three day event.- Number of buy-ins: 2803
- Number of payouts: 270
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Gorham | $765,226 |
| 2nd | Osman Kibar | $420,870 |
| 3rd | Mohamad Ilyas | $228,800 |
| 4th | Åge Spets | $178,296 |
| 5th | Nicholas Ronyecz | $153,044 |
| 6th | Miff Fagerlie | $128,174 |
| 7th | Jason Strasser | $108,661 |
| 8th | George Christian | $89,531 |
| 9th | Peter Dalhuijsen | $72,313 |
Event 38: $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw LowballLowball (poker)Some forms of poker, often called lowball, sometimes called low poker, reward poor poker hands . There are four common variations on this idea, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether or not straights and flushes are used. The methods are:* Ace-to-five low:...
with rebuys
This is a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 81
- Number of rebuys:
- Total prize pool: $1,164,048
- Number of payours: 7
- Winning hand: 8-6-5-3-2
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Alaei Daniel Alaei Siblings=Devon VafaiDaniel Christopher Alaei is a professional poker player from Santa Fe Springs, California. He is of Assyrian Iranian descent.... |
$430,698 |
| 2nd | David Williams | $256,091 |
| 3rd | Phillipe Rouas | $162,967 |
| 4th | Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Men "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with... |
$128,045 |
| 5th | Greg Raymer Greg Raymer Gregory Raymer nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event.-Early life:... |
$93,124 |
| 6th | Allen Cunningham | $58,202 |
| 7th | Eliyahu Levy | $34,921 |
Event 39: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event
This is the "Main Event". It started on July 28 and the final table took place on August 10.Jamie Gold took the bracelet, the title and the biggest ever payout in poker history, $12 million, after being the chip leader for most of the second week of the tournament. On the final table Gold eliminated seven of the eight opponents.
- Number of buy-ins: 8,773
- Total Prize Pool: $82,512,162
- Number of payouts: 873
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jamie Gold Jamie Gold Jamie M. Gold is an American television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company,... |
$12,000,000 |
| 2nd | Paul Wasicka Paul Wasicka Paul J. Wasicka is a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada who was the runner-up at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and the winner of the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.... |
$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 Douglas Kim Douglas Kim is a Korean-American poker player and 2006 economics graduate of Duke University. Kim learned poker through a home game in college and through posting as 'technologic' on the internet forum hosted by Two Plus Two Publishing.Kim, who was eliminated by Paul Wasicka, finished in seventh... |
$2,391,520 |
| 8th | Erik Friberg | $1,979,189 |
| 9th | Dan Nassif | $1,566,858 |
Event 40: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 1,100
- Total Prize Pool: $1,001,000
- Number of payouts: 102
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Praz Bansi Praz Bansi Pramesh 'Praz' Bansi is a 32 year-old professional poker player from London, England, who has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker and is part of the London based poker group The Hitsquad.... |
$230,209 |
| 2nd | Anh Lu | $120,120 |
| 3rd | Baktash Gulzarzada | $63,570 |
| 4th | Fabrice Soulier Fabrice Soulier Fabrice Soulier is a professional poker player with over $3.2 Million in live poker tournament winnings and won his first bracelet in the 2011 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E... |
$50,050 |
| 5th | Earl Coggin | $40,040 |
| 6th | John Buttifant | $35,035 |
| 7th | Mark Petrillo | $30,030 |
| 8th | Nick Memeti | $25,025 |
| 9th | Vijayan Nagarajan | $22,523 |
Event 41: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event.- Number of buy-ins: 1,007
- Total prize pool: $1,374,555
- Number of payouts: 102
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Kobel | $316,144 |
| 2nd | Tyler Andrews | $164,947 |
| 3rd | Ralph Perry Ralph Perry (poker player) Rafael "Ralph" Perry is a professional poker player originally from Russia. He has been playing professionally since 1992.In 2006, Perry represented Russia at the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship and reached the semi-finals, during which he was the target of some much-publicised... |
$95,532 |
| 4th | Shayam Stinivasan | $68,728 |
| 5th | Eric Deregt | $54,982 |
| 6th | Chris Solomon | $48,109 |
| 7th | Shreeniwas Kelkar | $41,237 |
| 8th | Jonathan Stamm | $34,364 |
| 9th | James Henson | $30,927 |
Event 42: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event.- Number of buyins: 352
- Total prize pool: $494,130
- Number of payouts: 38
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Mitchell | $153,173 |
| 2nd | Stuart Fox | $79,061 |
| 3rd | Oter Stevn | $39,530 |
| 4th | Todd Witteles Todd Witteles Todd Witteles is an American professional poker player. A former computer scientist, Witteles made poker his full-time pursuit in 2003.-Poker career:... |
$34,589 |
| 5th | Andrew Dean | $29,648 |
| 6th | Robert Wing | $24,707 |
| 7th | Koble West | $19,765 |
| 8th | Terry Leger | $14,824 |
| 9th | Mark McCluskey | $9,883 |
Event 43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a two-day event.| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Nathan | $171,987 |
| 2nd | J. C. Tran J. C. Tran J. C. Tran is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, based in Sacramento, California.... |
$92,301 |
| 3rd | Marc Naalden | $45,864 |
| 4th | Joel Devries | $40,131 |
| 5th | Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua Can Kim Hua is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a three-time final tablest at both the World Series of Poker and on the World Poker Tour with over $2.7 million in earnings.-Career:... |
$34,398 |
| 6th | Juan Alvarado | $28,665 |
| 7th | William Chen | $22,932 |
| 8th | Randy Holland Randy Holland Randy Holland is a Canadian poker player.Holland has won two World Series of Poker titles: razz in 1996 and seven card stud high low in 2000. In addition he was won other events, including at the Bicycle Casino, Commerce Casino and Foxwoods casino.... |
$17,199 |
| 9th | Kevin Koch | $11,466 |
Event 44: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a two day event.- Number of buyins: 481
- Total prize pool: $656,565
- Number of payouts: 46
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Cover | $196,968 |
| 2nd | Joe Brandenburg | $105,707 |
| 3rd | Josh Tiernan | $52,525 |
| 4th | Jim Nguyen | $45,960 |
| 5th | Marcus Collins | $39,394 |
| 6th | Eric Baldwin Eric Baldwin Eric Baldwin is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada who won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event earning $521,991 and was the runner-up in the World Poker Tour $25,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT Championship Event, earning $1,034,715 and is the 2009 Winner of the... |
$32,828 |
| 7th | Tommy Chaney | $26,263 |
| 8th | Matthew Hilger Matthew Hilger Matthew Hilger is an American professional poker player and author from Atlanta, Georgia. He also operates his own poker-related website.-Early years:... |
$19,697 |
| 9th | Robert Perry | $13,131 |
Event 45: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
This was a one day event.- Number of buyins: 494
- Total Prize Pool: $674,310
- Number of payouts: 47
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Anders Henriksson | $202,291 |
| 2nd | Maureen Feduniak | $108,564 |
| 3rd | Phil Hellmuth | $53,945 |
| 4th | Michael Mateo | $47,202 |
| 5th | Lee Markholt Lee Markholt Lee Markholt Jr. is a professional poker player from Eatonville, Washington. He previously worked as a meat cutter for a family business and has been playing poker professionally for more than 13 years.... |
$40,459 |
| 6th | Esteban Urena | $33,716 |
| 7th | Joshua Ryan | $26,972 |
| 8th | Tan Nguyen | $20,229 |
| 9th | Lance Fryrear | $13,486 |