Final Results-Event #22-$2,000 No Limit Hold'em-2006 WSOP Results

$2,000 buy-in
No Limit Hold'em
Event #22
2006 World Series of Poker
(WSOP)
Final Tournament Results

2006 World Series of Poker
Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas
Official Results and Report

Event #22
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $2,000
Number of Entries: 1,579
Total Prize Money: $2,873,780
Defending Champion (2005):
Erik Seidel

Official Results:

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Jeff Madsen
Paul Sheng
Julian Gardner
Troy Parkins
Robert Dylan Cohen
Robert Bright
Michael Chow
Billy Duarte
John Shipley
Efrain Lopez
Mats Gavatin
Anthony Tamborello
Greg Gossard
Michael Odeh
Steve Crockett
Steve Malezentes
Anthony Toscano
Ben Armstrong
Jason Strasser
Reza Zand
Shane Littlefield
Stuart Moody
David Byer
Thomas H. Ostrander
Thomas Dykema
Cory Ward
Alex Brenes
Francois Scapula
Chang Huang
Michael R. Scuza
Jonathan S. Mann
Eugene Todd
Philip S. Mazen
Gabriel Nassif
Tyrone Bayne
Reza Payvar
Jonathan Little
Darryl Dauenhauer
Brian Kelley
Edward Lundon
Thomas L. Franklin
Kevin D. Whitaker, III
Daniel MacLean
Parris Holmes, Jr.
Douglas Gladstone
Walter Chambers
Andy Davenport
Samir Khoueis
Delainey Blakeney
Philip Carver
Ben Staufeneger
Douglas Carli
Jason Stern
Paul Tschernia
Miguel Mateo
Marc Schneiderman
Ayad Hussein
Richard Sharpe
Rich Pasquini
Peter Verey
Nathan Doodney
Thomas Bradford, Jr.
Ronald Weems
Srivatsa Shankam
Jeff Shulman
Carl Sciandri
Robert Mastrosimone
Michael Guadano
Brian Mogelefsky
Courtney Harrington
Jeremy Scharf
Shannon Shorr
Robert Spicuzza
Asher Derei
Dante Pugliese
Peter Lee
Adam Daniels
Hung Van La
Vincent Sokalski
Ernie Scherer
Baris Yazici
Jamin Styers
Bert Boutin
Stephen Well
David Brannen
Douglas Hartman
David Barbet
Jon Karmar
Adam Zinn
Simon Ford
Mark Migdal
Dave Colclough
Mark Lillge
Steven Friedlander
Samuel Mallard
David Hiben, JR
Steven Rassi
Michael Landers
Feming Chan
Donnie Sitic
Christopher Rizzo
Young Phan
Johan Storakers
Jeffrey Gottesman
Tony Fasulo
Mark Tarich
Gioi Luong
Yeang Kuy
Gregory Fleming
Ari Konyalian
Joshua Schlein
Robert Loucks
Stephen Wilsdon
Howard Hu
David Shotwell
Jeremy Burron
Peter Gould
Jeffrey Rosenblatt
Brandon Greulich
Marc McCormick
Dennis Mattingly
Robert S
Michael Ta
Gerald DeNicholas
David McGrath
Joseph Demarco
David Stamm
Erik Seidel
Eddie Gravalese
Yan Chen
Dao Bac
Andre Ridges
Charles Ambrogi
Paul Hughes
Mitchell Smith
Louis Asmo
Steve Fetterman
Peter Hedlund
Jing Xia
Peter Nam
Noel Martinez
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Nam Le
Michael Labarbera
George Williams
Jason Urchek
Tony Bloom
Shawn Lusher
Lawrence Lossia
James Godfrey
Khenh Chanthamala
Daniel Gati
Bradley Berman
Matthew Keikoan
Richard Weisman
Jean Gaspard

Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Manchester, UK
Leesburg, VA
New York, NY
Las Vegas, NV
Honolulu, HI
Berthold, CO
Solihull, UK
Miami, FL
Sweden
Seffner, FL
San Diego, CA
Metairie, LA
Costa Mesa, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Tulsa, OK
New York, NY
Henderson, NV
Manchester, MD
Cary, NC
Las Vegas, NV
Tampa, FL
Holland, MI
Titusville, CA
San Jose, Costa Rica
Bastia, France
Fort Myers, FL
San Diego, CA
Portland, OR
Brooklyn, NY
Syosset, NY
Paris, France
Paris, France
Tarzana, CA
Pensacola, FL
Laughlin, NV
Ft. Myers, Fl
Edinburgh, UK
Gulfport, MS
San Francisco, CA
Highland Ranch, CO
Palm Desert, CA
San Francisco, CA
Baton Rouge, LA
Horsham, PA
Sydney, Australia
Brandon, MS
Chandler, AZ
Anderson, SC
Alliance, OH
San Jose, CA
Henderson, NV
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rockaway Park, NY
Tinley Park, IL
Henderson, NV
Newbury Park, CA
Victoria, Australia
Dallas, TX
Douglasville, GA
Overland Park, KS
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Napa, CA
Islip, NY
San Diego, CA
Huntington, NY
Morresville, NC
Valley Village, CA
Birmingham, AL
Lexington, KY
Sherman Oaks, CA
North Hollywood, CA
Northridge, CA
Ottawa, Canada
Manhattan Beach, CA
Allentown, PA
NA
Las Vegas, NV
Ocala, FL
Henderson, NV
Milford, NH
Plymouth, UK
Dallas, TX
Royersford, PA
Chorley, UK
Henderson, NV
Calbary, Alberta, Canada
Woodland Hills, CA
Birmingham, UK
Kensington, CA
Reno, NV
Tampa, FL
Bloomington, MN
Morton, IL
Las Vegas, NV
Cranbury, NJ
Las Vegas, NV
Portland, ME
Garden Grove, CA
Sweden
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Ontario, Canada
North Miami Beach, FL
Westminster, CA
Fresno, CA
Alberta, Canada
Glendale, CA
NA
Redford Township, MI
NA
San Diego, CA
NA
NA
England
NA
Del Mar, CA
North Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
NA
Portland, OR
Tampa, FL
Hermosa Beach, CA
Seattle, WA
Granite Bay, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Revere, MA
Las Vegas, NV
Garden Grove, CA
Columbia, SC
Dublin, OH
Brownsville, MN
Winnsboro, SC
Dublin, OH
Apollo, PA
Sweden
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Gilbert, AZ
Bell Gardens, CA
NA
San Jose, CA
Concord, CA
Ravenna, OH
London, England
Kansas City, KS
Southfield, MI
Killington, VT
East Lyme, CT
New York, NY
Minnetonka, MN
Richmond, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Evanston, IL

$660,948
$330,485
$172,427
$132,194
$112,077
$94,835
$83,340
$71,845
$60,349
$48,854
$45,980
$43,107
$40,233
$37,359
$34,485
$31,612
$28,738
$25,864
$22,990
$22,990
$22,990
$20,116
$20,116
$20,116
$17,243
$17,243
$17,243
$14,369
$14,369
$14,369
$11,495
$11,495
$11,495
$10,058
$10,058
$10,058
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$8,621
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$7,184
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$5,748
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$4,311
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$2,874
$1,437
$1,437
$1,437
$1,437
$1,437
$1,437

Tournament Report

A Summer Job that Pays $20,000 an Hour

Jeff Madsen Becomes the Youngest Winner in WSOP History

21-year-old UC-Santa Barbara college student wins $660,948

Las Vegas, NV – For the third consecutive year, the record for youngest
World Series of Poker winner has been broken. Back in 2004, Gavin Griffin
became the youngest player in history to win a gold bracelet. Even then,
with so many young people turned on to poker, it seemed just a matter of
time before a younger star would emerge and eclipse the record. Next came
2005, when Eric Froehlich won the $1,500 buy in Limit Hold'em
championship. At 21 years, three months, and three days of age, Froehlich
established a new benchmark for the youngest poker champion. Now in
2006, the record has been shattered again.

Jeff Madsen, aged 21 years, one month, and nine days, has likely set a
record that will not be broken for quite some time. Madsen defeated a
whopping 1,578 players, who each put up $2,000 to enter Event #22 on this
year’s World Series of Poker schedule. First place paid $660,948. Not bad
for a young college student preparing to return to school next month for his
senior year.

It took two long days to eliminate most of the huge field. On Day Three, the
nine finalists took the stage at the Rio Las Vegas to play for the
championship. The final table included several well-established tournament
veterans. However, this was the first open event in 2006 not to include at
least one former gold bracelet winner.

John Shipley was the first player out. The British pro was low on chips and
was forced to play a sub-par hand in the end, resulting in elimination.
Shipley, who won the European Poker Tour championship in London two
years ago and also made the final table of the WSOP main event in 2002
(one of two players at this table to do so), received $60,349 for ninth place.

Billy Duarte, who has been playing poker for 60 years and made several final
tables at major tournaments in recent years, was the next player to exit.
Duarte arrived as the low stack and went out on the tenth hand of play
holding ace-eight suited. His opponent had king-jack suited and flopped a
jack. Duarte locked up eighth place, which paid $71,845.

Michael Chow followed next with pocket nines, which lost to pocket jacks.
Chow, 230th in the main event last year (out of 5,619 entries), took seventh
place. The Hawaiian said “aloha” and pocketed $83,340.

Robert Bright went out in sixth place with pocket fours, which were
steamrolled by a straight. Bright, the CEO of a stock trading firm, cashed out
for $94,835 in prize money.

Robert Dylan Cohen was the next player to exit. The New York actor and
comedian turned poker player was low on chips and lost his final hand with
jack-ten versus pocket queens. Cohen had to settle for fifth place, which
paid $112,077.

A few hands later, Troy Parkins made a very bold move with an all-in bet on a
straight draw. Jeff Madsen made a tough call holding top pair. When Parkins
missed his draw, it meant a fourth-place finish. Parkins, an information
technology specialist from Leesburg, Virginia collected $132,194.

Julian Gardner hoped to become the third main event runner-up to win a gold
bracelet this year. So far, Sammy Farha (2003) and David Williams (2004)
have won events. Gardner finished second in 2002 to world champion Robert
Varkonyi (earning $1.1 million). This time he could do no better than third
place. On his final hand, Gardner had top pair but lost to Jeff Madsen’s spade
flush. Gardner, one of England’s top poker players, received $172,427 in
prize money.

When heads-up play began, Jeff Madsen enjoyed a slightly better than 2 to 1
chip lead versus Paul Sheng. It didn’t take long for the final hand of the
tournament to come. Madsen had jack-seven versus Sheng’s ace-seven.
Madsen’s hand was completely dominated, normally a bad situation. But all
the chips went into the pot on the turn when the board showed 10-9-8-6.
Both players had a seven, good for a straight. However, Madsen also had a
jack, which meant a higher straight. It was a brutal way for Sheng to lose,
but there was not much defense against a higher straight.

As the runner up, Paul Sheng received $330,485. The Taiwanese-born
software executive, who now lives in San Francisco, had his best showing
ever at the WSOP. This is Sheng’s third year to play on poker’s biggest stage
and certainly won’t be his last.

Following his win, Jeff Madsen demonstrated why he has been so successful
in poker at such a young age. Madsen displayed none of the bravado that
one might expect from someone who had just won $660,948 at the World
Series. Remarkably, this was Madsen’s second big cash at this year’s WSOP.
He also finished third in the Omaha High-Low championship held two weeks
ago – good for $97,552.

Madsen is currently a film student at UC-Santa Barbara. He says he hopes to
eventually get into film and perhaps try his hand at directing. “I will definitely
finish college,” Madsen said afterward. “College is very important, so it will
be part of my life. But the reality is -- I’m still young, so I have some time to
figure things out.”

Despite his youth, Madsen has played live casino poker for nearly three
years. He played regularly at various California Indian casinos near his
home, where the legal gambling age is 18. Due to Nevada state law, this is
the first year he was eligible to play at the WSOP.

Madsen expects that his record might stand for quite some time. “It’s going
to be tough (to break),” Madsen said. “I’m just lucky that my birthday was so
close. It’s going to be hard, since I’m 21 and one month. It will sure be
tough to break that record.”

Report by Nolan Dalla

Overall Tournament Statistics (through end of Event #22):

Total Entries to Date: 21,148

Total Prize Money Distributed: $ 44,399,912

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack

Director, Sponsorship and Licensing -- Ty Stewart

Director, Communications and Operations – Gary Thompson

Director, Broadcasting and New Media – Craig Abrahams

Vice President of Specialty Gaming -- Howard Greenbaum

WSOP Tournament Director – Robert Daily

WSOP Tournament Director/Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s
Entertainment – Jack Effel