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 scheduled for June 28 and 29. Forty more events in various events including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies' and senior tournaments will lead 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 will be held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will mark the first time that a casino other than Binion's Horseshoe (now "Binion's") will host the final table of the main event. Six days reserved for the first two rounds of play for the main event has been established by Harrah's Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.
The estimated first prize in the main event is $10 million. If reached, this will be the richest prize for the winner of any sports or television event in history.
2006 featured a much anticipated $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event - the highest WSOP buy-in ever.
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 Kesselman | $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 | $1,500 Razz | James Richburg | $139,576 | Carlos Mortensen | Results |
| 33 | $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | Jason Lester | $550,746 | Alan Sass | |
| 34 | $1,000+$1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/multiple rebuys |
Event in Progress | $631,863 | ||
| 35 | $1,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB | Event in Progress | |||
| 36 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout | Event in Progress | |||
| 37 | $5,000+$5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | ||||
| 38 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | ||||
| No-Limit Hold'em Media Event | |||||
| 39 | $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | ||||
| 40 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | ||||
| 41 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | ||||
| 42 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | ||||
| 43 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | ||||
| 44 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | ||||
| 45 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em |
Main Event
The Main Event will be the biggest event and the world championship of the 2006 WSOP. The tournament will be a $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em event. Due to the massive fields of the tournament, the field will be split into 4 groups of up to 2700 and play on separate days. Each of the 4 groups will play down to 800 people. The field will be whittled down to the newest world champion to be crowned on August 10. The final table of the "Main Event" will be offered live on Pay-Per-View. This will mark the first time that a poker event has been broadcast live in its entirety.
See also
- 2006 World Series of Poker Results
- World Series of Poker circuit events
- World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions