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Mirage Poker Showdown

  • Casino: The Mirage
    The Mirage
    The Mirage is a 3,044 room hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.The Mirage is connected by a free tram to Treasure Island. The marquee in front of the Mirage is the largest free standing marquee in the world.-History:The Mirage was built by...

    , Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada
    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 4-Day Event: May 14, 2006 to May 17, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 384
  • Total Prize Pool: $3,724,800
  • Number of Payouts: 36
  • Winning Hand: K-5

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Stanley Weiss
Stanley Weiss
Stanley Weiss is an American professional poker player residing in Nashville, Tennessee.In May 2006, Weiss won the World Poker Tour fifth season Mirage Poker Showdown and earned $1,084,037. On the final hand he held K♠ 5♦ and outdrew Harry Demetriou's K♥ 6♣ on the river...

 
$1,320,255
2nd 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...

 
$673,272
3rd Devin Porter $332,937
4th 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...

 
$221,958
5th Steve Frederick $166,469
6th Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi is an American professional poker player.Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami casino...

 
$129,476

Mandalay Bay Poker Championship

  • Casino: Mandalay Bay
    Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
    Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino is a 44-story luxury hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by MGM Resorts International. Five floors of the main hotel building are occupied by the five-star and AAA Five-Diamond Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas...

    , Las Vegas
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: June 4, 2006 to June 8, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 349
  • Total Prize Pool: $3,385,300
  • Number of Payouts: 50
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Joe Tehan  $1,033,440
2nd 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...

 
$604,765
3rd Brad Booth
Brad Booth
Bradley Booth is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker and buying in for a "cool million."...

 
$319,180
4th Alex Outhred $184,745
5th Al Stonum $134,390
6th Steve Vincent $94,075

Grand Prix de Paris

  • Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

  • Buy-in: €10,000
  • 5-Day Event: June 12, 2006 to June 16, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 232
  • Total Prize Pool: €2,320,000 ($2,805,856)
  • Number of Payouts: 27

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Christian Grundtvig €712,500 ($907,066)
2nd Jani Sointula
Jani Sointula
Jani Sointula is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki.In November 2004, he won the Monte Carlo Millions, defeating fellow countryman Juha Helppi in the final heads-up confrontation to take home the $400,000 first prize...

 
€356,250 ($453,533)
3rd Thomas Wahlroos €243,750 ($310,312)
4th Henrik Witt €168,750 ($214,831)
5th Phil Yeh €131,250 ($167,091)
6th Pat Schuhl €93,750 ($119,351)

Legends of Poker

  • Casino: Bicycle Casino
    Bicycle Casino
    The Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker cardroom.Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker, panguingue and California blackjack.Financing to build the casino...

    , Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles
    Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: August 26, 2006 to August 30, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 466
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,520,200
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Joe Pelton
Joe Pelton
Joe Pelton is an American business analyst and poker tournament player, who is based in Newport Beach, California. He attended Harvey Mudd College and graduated in 1999...

 
$1,577,170
2nd Frankie O'Dell
Frankie O'Dell
Frankie O'Dell is an American professional poker player residing in Long Beach, California. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets in Omaha Hi/Lo Split. His first win came in the 2003 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 event and his second in the $2,000 event in 2007...

 
$776,385
3rd Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Bricken Corkins is an American professional poker player.He also has three children in Chelsei Corkins, Brittney Corkins, and Ashley Roundtre...

 
$381,540
4th Kevin O'Donnell $226,260
5th 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....

 
$177,460
6th Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen
Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship...

 
$133,095

Borgata Poker Open

  • Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: September 15, 2006 to September 19, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 540
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,238,000
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Mark Newhouse $1,519,020
2nd Chris McCormack $802,985
3rd David Sklansky
David Sklansky
-Life and career:Sklansky was born and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he graduated from Teaneck High School in 1966. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, but left before graduation. He returned to Teaneck and passed multiple Society of Actuaries exams by the time he was 20, and worked...

 
$419,040
4th Anthony Argila $366,660
5th Chris Bell
Chris Bell (poker player)
Christopher Bell is an American professional poker player from Raleigh, North Carolina who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. He has also made three final tables at the World Poker Tour...

 
$314,280
6th Blaise Ingoglia $261,901

Festa Al Lago

  • Casino: Bellagio
    Bellagio (hotel and casino)
    Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in the Paradise area of unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, USA and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It is owned by MGM Resorts International and was built on the site of the demolished Dunes hotel and casino.Inspired by the...

    , Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada
    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: October 16, 2006 to October 20, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 433
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,200,100
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Andreas Walnum $1,090,025
2nd Steve Wong $542,700
3rd Joe Pelton
Joe Pelton
Joe Pelton is an American business analyst and poker tournament player, who is based in Newport Beach, California. He attended Harvey Mudd College and graduated in 1999...

 
$292,220
4th Christopher Loveland $187,745
5th David Baker  $125,240
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:...

 
$83,490

Canadian Open Championship

  • Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...

    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Buy-in: C$2,500
  • 3-Day Event: October 22, 2006 to October 24, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 298
  • Total Prize Pool: C$720,533 (US$639,913)
  • Number of Payouts: 27

Final Table
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....

 
C$250,027 (US$222,524)
2nd Anthony O'Hagan C$115,285 (US$102,385)
3rd Vince Sessa C$61,245 (US$554,392)
4th Terris Preston C$43,232 (US$38,395)
5th Steven Buttery C$32,424 (US$28,796)
6th Gia Trinh C$25,219 (US$22,397)

North American Poker Championship

  • Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
  • Buy-in: C$10,000
  • 5-Day Event: October 25, 2006 to October 29, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 497
  • Total Prize Pool: C$4,829,332 (US$4,288,965)
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Soren Turkewitsch C$1,380,378 (US$1,225,920)
2nd Jason Sagle C$676,107 (US$600,456)
3rd John Lam C$352,541 (US$313,094)
4th Jim Worth C$289,760 (US$257,338)
5th 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:...

 
C$217,320 (US$193,003)
6th Marc Karam
Marc Karam
Marc Karam is a Canadian professional poker player. In addition to playing in major international poker tournaments he makes his living playing online poker at various stakes against a wide range of opponents....

 
C$169,027 (US$150,114)

World Poker Finals

  • Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 4-Day Event: November 12, 2006 to November 16, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 609
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,749,481
  • Number of Payouts: 60
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Nenad Medic
Nenad Medic
Nenad Medić is a Serbian-Canadian professional poker player with a World Series of Poker bracelet and World Poker Tour Championship title. He resides in Niagara Falls, Ontario...

 
$1,717,194
2nd EG Harvin $904,389
3rd Mimi Tran
Mimi Tran
Thithi "Mimi" Tran is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.- Biography :Tran was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. After moving to the United States in 1982, Tran found work in the electronics industry in Silicon Valley. She began playing poker in 1989, after an auto accident left her...

 
$472,228
4th Michael Omelchuk $343,439
5th Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert
Kathleen H. Liebert is an American professional poker player.- Poker :Liebert started her professional poker career as a prop player in Colorado...

 
$257,579
6th Michael Perry $200,340

Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic

  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
  • Buy-in: $15,000
  • 6-Day Event: December 14, 2006 to December 19, 2006
  • Number of Entries: 583
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,482,650
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Joseph Hachem  $2,207,575
2nd Jim Hanna $1,099,430
3rd 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...

 
$592,000
4th Mads Andersen $380,630
5th David Redlin $253,715
6th Edward Jordan $169,145

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

  • Casino: Atlantis, Paradise Island
    Paradise Island
    Paradise Island is an island in the Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence. It is best known for the sprawling 'Vegas-by-the-sea resort' Atlantis.Paradise...

  • Buy-in: $7,800
  • 6-Day Event: January 5, 2007 to January 10, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 937
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,063,842
  • Number of Payouts: 180
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Ryan Daut
Ryan Daut
Ryan Daut is a professional poker player from New Jersey. After earning a degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Richmond in 2006, Daut began work on a doctorate in mathematics at Penn State University...

 
$1,535,255
2nd Isaac Haxton $861,789
3rd Robert Ford $550,980
4th Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi is an American professional poker player.Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami casino...

 
$409,703
5th Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little is an American professional poker player who won both the World Poker Tour's Season VI Mirage Poker Showdown and Season VII Foxwoods World Poker Finals and won the WPT Season VI Player of the Year award.- Biography :Little was a student at the University of West Florida studying...

 
$317,873
6th Frank Rusnak $247,234

World Poker Open

  • Casino: Gold Strike Resort and Casino
    Gold Strike Resort and Casino
    Gold Strike Resort and Casino in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi is an MGM Resorts International resort located 20 minutes south of Memphis, Tennessee. In 2008, MGM Mirage made a large investment in Gold Strike Casino Resort and a commitment to the Tunica market with a multi-million dollar renovation...

    , Tunica
    Tunica
    Tunica may refer to:* The latin word for tunic, a type of clothing typical in the ancient world* In anatomy, tunica refers to a structure comprising a blood vessel; types include Tunica albuginea and Tunica vasculosa...

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: January 21, 2007 to January 25, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 294
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,812,000
  • Number of Payouts: 27
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Bryan Sumner $913,986
2nd 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...

 
$502,691
3rd Young Cho $257,058
4th Gary Kainer $199,934
5th Kido Pham $171,372
6th J.C. Tran  $142,810

Borgata Winter Poker Open

  • Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: January 26, 2007 to January 30, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 571
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,529,000
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st John Hennigan
John Hennigan (poker player)
John Hennigan is an American professional poker player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, in his career, has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....

 
$1,606,223
2nd Chuck Kelley $849,082
3rd 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...

 
$443,096
4th Joe Simmons $387,709
5th Michael Sukonik $332,322
6th Jon James $276,935

L.A. Poker Classic

  • Casino: Commerce Casino
    Commerce Casino
    Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world...

    , Los Angeles
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: February 24. 2007 to March 1, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 791
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,593,600
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Eric Hershler $2,429,970
2nd J.C. Tran  $1,177,010
3rd Jacobo Fernandez $607,490
4th 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....

 
$455,615
5th 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...

 
$341,710
6th 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...

 
$257,425

Bay 101 Shooting Star

  • Casino: Bay 101
    Bay 101
    Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games....

    , San José, California
    San Jose, California
    San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: March 12, 2007 to March 16, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 450
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,490,000
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Ted Forrest
Ted Forrest
Ted Forrest is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Tournament Wins:...

 
$1,100,000
2nd J. J. Liu
J. J. Liu
Joanne Jishung Liu is a professional poker player from Palo Alto, California. She is the highest placing female in a World Poker Tour Championship event, finishing runner-up to Ted Forrest at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars in 2007.As of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000...

 
$600,000
3rd Amir Shayesteh $314,500
4th James Van Alstyne
James Van Alstyne
James Gibson Van Alstyne is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.Van Alstyne grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Ben Franklin High School...

 
$250,000
5th Vince Shaw $200,000
6th Bill Edler
Bill Edler
William Edler is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley....

 
$160,000

World Poker Challenge

  • Casino: Reno Hilton, Reno
    Reno
    Reno is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, US.Reno may also refer to:-Places:Italy*The Reno River, in Northern ItalyCanada*Reno No...

  • Buy-in: $5,000
  • 4-Day Event: March 25, 2007 to March 28, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 475
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,278,250
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st J.C. Tran  $683,473
2nd Juan Carlos Alvarado
Juan Carlos Alvarado
Juan Carlos Alvarado is a famous Christian Pop singer, well recognized by his unforgettable songs, such as: Cristo no esta muerto, El Senor es mi Pastor, No Basta, Tu Mano me Sostiene, Por la fe and among others.-Biography:In 1985, musician, songwriter, singer, author, speaker and pastor, Juan...

 
$366,798
3rd 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 :...

 
$182,260
4th Mark Seif
Mark Seif
Mark Seif is an Egyptian American attorney and professional poker player.-Personal life:Seif was born in Cairo, Egypt before moving with his family at the age of two, to Southern California...

 
$159,478
5th John Hom $136,695
6th Danny Wong $113,913

Foxwoods Poker Classic

  • Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: March 30, 2007 to April 4, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 415
  • Total Prize Pool: $3,898,635
  • Number of Payouts: 40

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Raj Patel $1,298,405
2nd Paul Matteo $643,275
3rd Antonio Cavezza $370,370
4th Fred Goldberg
Fred Goldberg
Fred Goldberg is a professional poker player from Hollywood, FloridaGoldberg's first major success in poker came in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, where he finished in 10th place winning $1,154,527. He also became known for bearing a strong resemblance to Chris Moneymaker, the 2003...

 
$233,918
5th Seth Berger $175,439
6th Allen Kessler $136,452

WPT Championship

  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
  • Buy-in: $25,000
  • 7-Day Event: April 21, 2007 to April 27, 2007
  • Number of Entries: 639
  • Total Prize Pool: $15,495,750
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st 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...

 
$3,970,415
2nd Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison (poker player)
Kirk Morrison is a professional poker player originally from Wichita, Kansas, United States, but who has lived in New Zealand for a part of his life between 1999 and 2006....

 
$2,011,135
3rd Paul Lee $1,082,920
4th Guy Laliberté
Guy Laliberté
Guy Laliberté, OC, CQ is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, poker player, space tourist and the current CEO of Cirque du Soleil...

$696,220
5th Tim Phan $464,110
6th Mike Wattel $309,405
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