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World Series Of Poker
2006 $1,500 7 Card Stud Result
5th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 10 (3 day event)
Entries -- 487
(472)
Buy-in -- $1,500
Prize Pool -- $652,470
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David Williams
(Las Vegas, NV, USA)
wins $163,189 and
WSOP bracelet |
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Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
David Williams
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NV |
$163,189 |
| 2 |
John Hoang |
CA |
$110,920 |
| 3 |
Jack Duncan |
WA |
$71,772 |
| 4 |
Michael Ledis |
CA |
$45,673 |
| 5 |
Miami John
Cernuto |
NV |
$35,886 |
| 6 |
Ivan Swertzer |
CA |
$29,361 |
| 7 |
Johnny Chan |
NV |
$22,836 |
| 8 |
Matthew Hawrilenko
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PA |
$16,312 |
| 9 |
Mark Dickstein
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NY |
$8,482 |
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| 14 |
Jim McManus |
$8,482 |
| 18 |
John Hennigan |
$5,220 |
| 19 |
Humberto Brenes |
$5,220 |
| 37 |
David Sklansky |
$2,610 |
| 37 |
O'Neil Longson |
$2,610 |
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40 places paid.
2004 main event runner-up earns well-deserved top prize in Seven-Card Stud
championship .
Las Vegas, NV - Aside from the multi-million dollar
financial boon of a second-place finish in the championship event at the World
Series of Poker, the runner-up position may very well be poker's most
frustrating end-result. Just imagine - day after day, week after week, month
after month, year after year - suffering through the torment of poker
flashbacks. If I would have played that hand this way, or done something
different, maybe I would have been the world champion. Instead, the name of the
WSOP runner-up often becomes lost. Years later, it is little more than the
answer to a trivia question rather than a revered figure inside the poker
world. Just ask Julian Gardner, Alan Goehring, Kevin McBride, Dr. Bruce Van
Horn and several other top-quality poker players how many celebrity contracts
they have signed lately. All of these would-be champions were just one big hand
away from poker immortality.
David Williams finished second in the main
event at the 2004 World Series of Poker at a time when the popularity of poker
was soaring. Like Sammy Farha before him and Steve Dannenmann the following
year, Williams became something of a cult figure in poker circles following his
countless appearances on ESPN's multitude of poker broadcasts. Williams'
natural charisma made him the perfect pitchman to a new, hipper, more energetic
generation than the one previous. And although Williams has made the most of
his fame, the one thing that had still eluded the 26-year-old poker pro, thus
far, was winning a WSOP gold bracelet.
Recognizing that all glory is
fleeting, on July 7, 2006, David Williams erased two years of uncertainty and
conjecture by winning his first-ever WSOP title. To everyone's surprise,
Williams won his poker prize in a game for which he is not particularly known -
seven-card stud.
"I play a lot of the mixed games against some very
good players," Williams later explained. "I play with Chau Giang, David Singer,
Mike Wattel, and top players who really know the game. I picked up on some of
the things they do, and that really helped me. I also talked to (noted sports
handicapper) Alan Boston who is a very solid stud player and got some very good
advice from him."
Whatever the stud specialists shared with Williams
must have worked. Williams topped a field of 474 players in the $1,500 buy-in
Seven-Card Stud championship and won $163,118 for first place. With all due
respect to the other competitors, Williams' victory almost looked too easy. On
the scale of tough final tables, this one was certainly high up on the list.
Three of the eight finalists were former gold bracelet winners - including
Johnny Chan (with 10 wins), Miami John (with three wins), and Jack Duncan (with
one). David Williams arrived as the chip leader.
by Nolan
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