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World Series Of Poker
2006 $1,000 Ladies - No Limit Holdem Result 9th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 15 (2 day event)
Entries -- 1128
(601)
Buy-in -- $1,000
Prize Pool -- $1,128,000
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Mary Jones
(Henderson, NV, USA)
wins $236,094 and
her
bracelet |
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Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Mary Jones |
NV |
$236,094 |
| 2 |
Shawnee Barton
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IL |
$123,178 |
| 3 |
Beatrice
Stranzinger |
Vienna |
$71,340 |
| 4 |
Reka Hallgato |
CA |
$51,324 |
| 5 |
Sue Luckenbaugh
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NY |
$41,095 |
| 6 |
Julie Allen |
MI |
$35,927 |
| 7 |
Devi Ortega ( |
NY |
$30,794 |
| 8 |
Laurie Scott |
TX |
$25,662 |
| 9 |
Lorinda Ahlgren
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NV |
$23,096 |
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Facts |
101 places paid.
Local
Henderson woman plays poker for fun, decides to enter WSOP ladies championship,
and wins $236,094
Las Vegas, NV -All good people inevitably come to
realize that there is more joy in seeing a loved one accomplish something big
than succeeding for oneself. When Bob Meyer proudly watched his wife Mary Jones
Meyer win the 2006 Ladies World Poker Championship late on a Monday night at
the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, it was as though he personally had won poker's
world championship.
Meyer rushed to the stage and hugged his wife in a
whirlwind dance immediately after witnessing her first major poker tournament
win and $236,094 in prize money in the most dramatic fashion. ';I definitely
owe this tournament to my husband and his training,' Mary Jones Meyer said
immediately following her victory. ';He taught me many things about poker and
we play together all the time. It was definitely a team win.' All Mary Jones
Meyer did was win the biggest and richest women's poker tournament in history.
A whopping 1,128 players -nearly twice as many participants as last year
-competed in the Ladies World Poker Championship at the World Series of Poker.
Last year's ladies event was most memorable having been won by former Academy
Award-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly.
Unfortunately, the defending
champ and several other major Hollywood and television stars went out earlier
in the event, along with 1,119 others. That left a final table of nine players
that was no less short on talent or enthusiasm. A huge crowd flooded into the
ESPN arena to witness the championship finale, which lasted four very exciting
hours. The final table was comprised of women of all ages and backgrounds. Ages
ranged from 24 to 50. Players were from Nevada, Texas, New York, Michigan,
Oklahoma, California, Illinois, and Austria. Two of the players admitted to
being expectant mothers (very likely a WSOP first).
by Nolan
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