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World Series Of Poker
2006 $1,000 No Limit Holdem Result 10th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 17 (3 day event)
Entries -- 2891
(New)
Buy-in -- $1,000
Prize Pool -- $2,891,000
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Jon Friedberg
(Las Vegas, NV, USA)
wins $526,185 and
his
bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Jon Friedberg |
NV |
$526,185 |
| 2 |
John Phan |
CA |
$289,389 |
| 3 |
Michael Pomeroy
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MI |
$157,322 |
| 4 |
Tom Hawkingberry
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PA |
$122,596 |
| 5 |
Kevin O'Donnell
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AZ |
$122,952 |
| 6 |
Corey Chaston |
ON, Canada |
$88,132 |
| 7 |
Humberto Brenes
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FL |
$74,715 |
| 8 |
Michael Halford
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TN |
$61,561 |
| 9 |
Thang Luu |
NV |
$49,772 |
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| 10 |
Juan Carlos Mortensen |
$38,939 |
| 32 |
John Shipley (Solihull, UK) |
$7,892 |
| 180 |
Ross Boatman (London, UK) |
$2,368 |
| 193 |
Roy Vandersluis (London, UK) |
$2,368 |
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| Key
Facts |
270 places paid.
Mammoth 2006 WSOP attracts second-largest live poker tournament in history
Las Vegas, NV - Janis Joplin once sang, 'freedom is just another word
for - nothing left to lose.' What the 1969 song lyric meant was that it's far
easier to be daring and take chances when there is not so much at stake. Jon
Friedberg, winner of the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship certainly
understands this. He won the second-largest live poker tournament in history at
the 2006 World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light. Friedberg
overcame a field of 2,891 players to win over half-a-million dollars in prize
money. Only the main event of the 2005 WSOP attracted more entries. A whopping
270 players finished in-the-money.
Friedberg, who won his first-ever
gold bracelet, is a 31-year-old MBA graduate from Pepperdine University. He is
a businessman and investor with a number of ongoing start-up ventures.
Freidberg lives in Las Vegas. It took two very long days to eliminate 2,882
participants. That left the final nine players, who returned for Day Three.
When the final table started, Michael Pomeroy looked to be the player to beat.
He enjoyed a sizable chip advantage. In fact, Pomeroy possessed one-third of
the total chips in play. Only one former gold bracelet winner was present --
two-time champion Humberto Brenes. He won two WSOP titles in 1993, for
Pot-Limit Omaha and Limit Hold'em.
by Nolan Dalla |
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