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World Series Of Poker
2006 $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Result 22nd July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 32 (3 day event)
Entries -- 378 (239)
Buy-in -- $5,000
Prize Pool -- $1,776,618
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Jason Lester
(Miami, FL, USA)
wins $550,764 and
his
bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Jason Lester |
FL |
$550,764
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| 2 |
Alan Sass |
NV |
$284,256 |
| 3 |
Stuart Fox |
Birmingham, GB |
$142,128 |
| 4 |
Tony Hartmann |
MN |
$124,362 |
| 5 |
Michael Tedesco
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CA |
$106,596 |
| 6 |
Gregg Turk |
VA |
$88,830 |
| 7 |
Emad Tamtouh |
Melbourne |
$71,064 |
| 8 |
Tommy Smith |
MN |
$53,298 |
| 9 |
Kirill Gerasimov
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Moscow |
$35,532 |
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| 14 |
John Shipley (Solihull, GB) |
$17,766 |
| 16 |
Cyndy Violette |
$14,213 |
| 23 |
Jeff Buffenbarger (Sandy, GB) |
$10,660 |
| 25 |
Gareth Derbyshire (London) |
$10,660 |
| 27 |
Joe Beevers (London) |
$10,660 |
| 33 |
Mark Tehscher (London) |
$7,106 |
| 34 |
Erik Seidel |
$7,106 |
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37 places paid.
Jason
Lester Finally Wins a WSOP Gold Bracelet
Las Vegas, NV - When Jason
Lester walks into any poker room, everyone seems to recognize him. He's been
playing in poker tournaments for twenty years. He's cashed 16 times at the
World Series of Poker, and made six final table appearances. He was part of
poker's biggest story ever when Chris Moneymaker rocked the world and won the
2003 championship event. Lester finished fourth that year. Had a few key hands
gone the other way, perhaps it would have been Lester's day and he'd be a world
champion. But alas, that's poker.
In fact, it's more of a surprise to
learn that Lester did not have a gold bracelet - at least not until the
midnight hour on June 24, 2006. The Miami-based investor finally accomplished
his breakthrough victory when he topped a highly-competitive field of 378
players and won the $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series
of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light.
Lester added his name to
this year's memorable list of tournament winners -- players who had previously
been members of the WSOP's supporting cast, while others got the starring
roles. Sammy Farha, David Williams, Chip Reese, Mike Sexton, John Gale, and now
Jason Lester have all slain the poker demons of years past with gold bracelet
victories. The Pot-Limit Hold'em championship was played over a three-day
period. It took two long days to eliminate 369 players. The nine finalists
returned to the Rio poker stage on Day Three. The final table consisted of
several players with high-stakes experience. However, none had previously won a
WSOP title.
Lester collected $550,746 in prize money. 'My background in
game theory is really what got me here,' Lester answered when asked to assess
his reasons for victory. 'It's my strategic skills. I play backgammon, chess,
and other games and I eventually got into poker because it became so big. My
win here really is the summation of all those things that came together - from
experience, knowing the math, from my own style.' 'I will be playing the main
event next week,' Lester concluded. 'Now, when I sit down, I am going to have
more confidence and a renewed table presence. That's what winning (a WSOP gold
bracelet) does for you.'
Report by Nolan Dalla |
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