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Casino News: Jamie Gold, World Champion, WSOP 2006, Paul |
August 11, 2006.
Jamie Gold Beats Paul Wasicka And Wins 2006 WSOP Main Event And First Prize Of $12 Million.
Friday, August 11, 03:45 PDT.
It was the last hand of the tournament... Jamie Gold was a chip leader. Jamie raises to $1,700,000 and Paul Wasicka makes
the Call. The flop comes
Q 8 5.
Paul Wasicka bets $1,500,000 and
Jamie Gold moves all-in. Wasicka calls and shows
1010 .
However, Gold turns over Q9
for a pair of queens. The turn is the A
and the river is the 4.
With the highest pair Jamie Gold wins this exciting battle.
Paul Wasicka is eliminated from the tournament in second place and earns $6,102,499.
Jamie Gold Wins The Main Event of the 2006 World Series of Poker with buy-in of $10,000, as well as the title, Gold bracelet
and $12,000,000 First Prize in cash.
The third finalist was Michael Binger who earned $4,123,310 3rd prize. Here is how it happened:
Jammie Gold limps from the button and Paul Wasicka limps from the small blind. Michael Binger raises to $1,500,000 from
the big blind. Both Gold and Wasicka call and the flop comes
1065.
Wasicka checks, Binger bets $3,500,000 and Gold moves all-in.
Wasicka folds and Binger calls. Binger shows A10
and Gold turns over 43
for an open ended straight draw. The turn is the 7
and Gold makes a straight. The river is the Q
and Michael Binger is eliminated in 3rd place on the main event of 2006 WSOP.
Official Results:
RANK PLAYER PRIZE MONEY
1 Jamie Gold $12,000,000
2 Paul Wasicka $6,102,499
3 Michael Binger $4,123,310
4 Allen Cunningham $3,628,513
5 Rhett Butler $3,216,182
6 Richard Lee $2,803,851
7 Doug Kim $2,391,520
8 Erik Friberg $1,979,189
9 Dan Nassif $1,566,858
10 Fred Goldberg $1,154,527
11 Leif Force $1,154,527
12 John Magill $1,154,527
13 William Thorsson $907,128
14 Luke Chung $907,128
15 Kevin Aaronson $907,128
16 Sirous Jamshidi $659,730
17 Jeffrey Lisandro $659,730
18 David Einhorn $659,730
19 Dustin Holmes $494,797
20 Prahlad Friedman $494,797
21 Kevin O'Donnell $494,797
22 Lee Kort $494,797
23 Rob Roseman $494,797
24 Eric Lynch $494,797
25 Mark Garner $494,797
26 Siddharth Jain $494,797
27 Richard Wyrick $494,797
Source: www.worldseriesofpoker.com
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