Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2006

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2006 was the main tournament of the 37th edition of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

The main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in No Limit Hold'em started on July 28 and was on August 4, after only nine players were left, interrupted. The final table was played from August 10, 2006. The tournament was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . The total of 8773 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were 873 paid places for them. It was the biggest main event in WSOP history to date. Best woman was Sabyl Cohen-Landrum, who finished 56th for more than $ 120,000.

German-speaking participants

The following German-speaking participants were able to place themselves in the money:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
038	Switzerland	Marc Friedmann	247.399
081	Germany	Sebastian Zavarshy	065,973
239	Austria	Markus Golser	042,882
305	Germany	George Danzer	038,759
662	Germany	Tom Richter	019,050
785	Switzerland	Dominick Baud	015,504

Final table

Bracelet that received gold in addition to the prize money for victory

Jamie Gold (2006)

The final table started on August 10, 2006. In the final hand, Gold won with Q ♠ 9 ♣ against Wasicka with 10 ♥ 10 ♠ . The twelve million dollars was the highest prize money that had ever been awarded at a sporting event. That record was only broken in 2012 by the Big One for One Drop .

space	origin	player	Age ^*	Prize money (in $ )
1	United States	Jamie Gold	36	12,000,000
2	United States	Paul Wasicka	25th	06.102.499
3	United States	Michael Binger	29	04,123,310
4th	United States	Allen Cunningham	29	03,628,513
5	United States	Rhett Butler	44	03,216,182
6th	United States	Richard Lee	55	02,803,851
7th	United States	Douglas Kim	22nd	02,391,520
8th	Sweden	Erik Friberg	23	01,979,189
9	United States	Dan Nassif	33	01,566,858

^* Age at the start of the final table

Web links

Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2006 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
2006 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2006 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 8, 2015 (English).
↑ The starting lineup on espn.go.com of August 10, 2006, accessed on November 8, 2015.

[hendonmob-1] Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2006 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 8, 2015 (English).

[2] The starting lineup on espn.go.com of August 10, 2006, accessed on November 8, 2015.