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World Series Of Poker
2006 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Result 11th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 18 (2 day event)
Entries -- 590
(540)
Buy-in -- $2,000
Prize Pool -- $2,891,000
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Eric Kesselman
(New York, NY, USA)
wins $311,403 and
his
bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Eric Kesselman
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NY |
$311,403 |
| 2 |
Hyun Kim |
CA |
$164,291 |
| 3 |
Chris Viox |
IL |
$85,905 |
| 4 |
Kevin Ross |
OH |
$75,166 |
| 5 |
Jason Sagle |
ON, Canada |
$64,428 |
| 6 |
Jim McManus |
IL |
$53,690 |
| 7 |
Dustin Holmes |
GA |
$42,952 |
| 8 |
Christopher Black
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CA |
$32,214 |
| 9 |
Harry Thomas |
OH |
$21,476 |
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| 14 |
Kirill Gerasimov (Moscow) |
$9,664 |
| 15 |
Joe Hachem (Melbourne) |
$9,664 |
| 21 |
David Poole (UK) |
$5,369 |
| 36 |
Jason Lester |
$3,758 |
| 40 |
Padraig Parkinson |
$3,221 |
| 44 |
Men "The Master" Nguyen |
$3,221 |
| 45 |
Keith Hawkins (Darlington, UK |
$3,221 |
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| Key
Facts |
54 places paid.
Former
attorney and public defender gets winning verdict in $311,403 settlement
Las Vegas, NV - Life is full of tough decisions. Success depends on the
decisions that we make. Those who make wise decisions are typically successful
in life. Those who make wrong decisions commonly fail. Of course, 'luck' makes
some of our decisions irrelevant.
Three years ago, Eric Kesselman faced
a very tough decision. He had just turned 30-years old. He had earned his
undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and graduated from New York
University Law School. He passed the bar exam in New York State and was working
as a public defender on Long Island. He enjoyed all of the trappings of a
successful life and career. The trouble was - Kesselman wasn't happy.
'Basically in law, I feel like there are jobs where you can make a lot of
money versus jobs where you may have a lot of fun and which provide an
opportunity to do something rewarding. In law, very few jobs have both,'
Kesselman explained. 'When you see the workload and experience the monotony, it
is tough. When you see legal cases you have worked hard on, and then the
defendants are back two weeks later (charged with crimes again) it gets very
depressing. That's very common in being a public defender.'
At a
personal and professional crossroads, Kesselman made a decision. He quit his
job. What he decided to do next shocked even those who knew Kesselman best. The
ex-attorney decided to become a professional poker player. 'I decided I did not
want to practice law anymore,' Kesselman said. 'I had some friends who were
gamblers and got into poker largely because of them. After losing a bit at
first, I started to learn from my mistakes and improved my game. Eventually I
started winning, turned professional and have been supporting myself through (
playing mostly online) poker ever since.'
2006 marked the third
consecutive year that Kesselman made the annual pilgrimage to the World Series
of Poker. Although he made enough money the rest of the year to pay the cost of
his buy-ins and expenses, Kesselman's tournament results up until July 12, 2006
had been a disappointment. Fact was, he had never cashed at the WSOP. That
would all change suddenly, in a very big way.
The 18th event at this
year's World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee's Best Light was the $2,000
buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em competition. The event began with 590 entries. After
two days of play, the final table included only one former gold bracelet winner
- Harry Thomas, Jr. (the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud champion in 1985). Two players
had previously cashed in the WSOP main event - writer Jim McManus (5th in 2000)
and Jason 'Big Bird' Sagle (23rd in 2004). When the first hand was dealt out,
Sagle enjoyed a slight chip lead over Kesselman, with the rest of the players
back in the pack.
by Nolan Dalla |
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