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World Series Of Poker
2006 $1,500 Limit Hold'em - Shootout Result 24th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 36 (3 day event)
Entries -- 524 (450)
Buy-in -- $1,500
Prize Pool -- $715,638
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Victoriano Perches
(Las Vegas, NV, USA)
wins $157,338 and
his bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Victoriano
Perches |
NV |
$157,338 |
| 2 |
Arnold Spee |
CA |
$78,697 |
| 3 |
Anders Henriksson
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Stockholm |
$50,068 |
| 4 |
Ralph E Porter
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WA |
$39,339 |
| 5 |
Tom Schneider |
AZ |
$28,610 |
| 6 |
Marianno Garcia
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CA |
$17,882 |
| 7 |
Chris McCormack
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NV |
$7,153 |
| 8 |
Peter Fischer |
Silkeborg,
Denmark |
$7,153 |
| 9 |
Pedro Rios |
TX |
$7,513 |
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| 22 |
Kevin Daly (London) |
$7,153 |
| 26 |
Andrew Bloch |
$7,153 |
| 28 |
Chris Moneymaker |
$7,153 |
| 33 |
Howard Lederer |
$7,153 |
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| Key
Facts |
54 places paid.
High-limit cash game player takes first place in Hold'em Shootout
Las Vegas, NV - Victoriano Perches came to this country as many good
people do - to seek a better life. The native of Chihuahua, Mexico arrived in
the United States 25 years ago and began working inside a food processing plant
in Oregon. He eventually moved to Las Vegas and started playing in local poker
games for fun. Along the way, Perches discovered he had a hidden talent for the
game and progressively started playing for higher-stakes. He now plays
regularly in big cash games - frequently as high as $200-400 limit.
It's not the typical Mexican-American success story. But Perches
demonstrates that every person's path to the promised land takes a different
highway. On July 26, 2006, the 57-year-old poker pro won his first World Series
of Poker gold bracelet and $157,338 in cash.
The Limit Hold'em Shootout
championship was played over a three-day period. There were 524 entries. It
took two days to eliminate 518 players. The six finalists returned to the Rio
poker stage on Day Three. The final table consisted mostly of limit cash game
players with high-stakes experience. However, none of the final six had
previously won a WSOP title.
Victor Perches, adorned in a western-style
hat, was thrilled with his victory. Cheered on by family members in the crowd,
Perches posed for photographs following his win and enjoyed his first time in
the poker limelight. Oddly enough, although natives of Bolivia, Costa Rica, and
other Latin American countries have won gold bracelets -- in the 37-year
history of the World Series, Perches is believed to be the first poker champ
ever born in Mexico.
Report by Nolan Dalla |
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