Final Results-Event #6-$2,000 No Limit Hold'em-2006 WSOP

Event #6
$2,000 buy-in No Limit
Hold'em
Final Results
2006 World Series of Poker
(WSOP)

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

Event #6
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $2,000
Number of Entries: 1,919
Total Prize Money: $3,492,580
Defending Champion (2005):
Erik Seidel

Official Results:

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Mark Vos
Nam Le
J.R. Reiss
Thomas Hunt
Willard Chang
Kevin Peterson
Vanessa Selbst
David Wells
Carlos Mortensen
Alfredo "Toto" Leonidas
Steven Conighiard
Raymond Millard
Jack Ward
Charles Thompson
Raymond Foley
Yarom Limor
Ryan Krall
Jimmy Stoitsiades
Garret Allen
Billy Baxter
Massimiliano Pescatorei
Diego Garcia
Carlos Zambrano
Randall Swope
Jeffrey Ashton
Eng Tay
Randy Lowery
Herbert Cheng
Keith Witermans
Roy Thung
Mink Nguyen
Noah Nodine
Thomas Kierstead IV
Pierce Shaad
Hieu Ma
David Gregory
Bertrand Grospellie
Jason Lefkowitz
Thomas Antanucci
James Gauley
Dwayne Boring
Luis Gonzalez
Devin Porter
Peter Dalhuissen
Norman Lapin
Brian Lindsay
Jennifer Harman
Douglas White
Joshua Vanduyn
Takatushi Uei
Alon Butcher Guttman
Sam Kim
Jose Rosenkrantz
Mo Socarras
Francois Safiedding
Michael Abdoulah
Evan Brown
Cyndy Violette
Mike Addy
Joshua Sisar
Steve Cowley
Moshe Elazar
Lonnie Heimowitz
Benjamin Lin
Jason Stern
Hung Doan
Eric Govelstein
Michael Simpson
Ray Blodgett
Jet Taylor
Christopher Roth
Steve Happas "Dakota"
Andy Ball
Joseph Nekrasz
Enberto Soto
Jonas Johansson
Jean-Robert Bellande
Chris Reslock
Marc Durand
Jose Homberto Brenes
Steve Fox
Darryl Huey
Walter Tiptin
Johnny Chan
Diana Eiges
Greg Violette
Scott Zakheim
Jared Woodin
Scott Fischman
unknown
Tim Davis
Mike Kachan
Ricci Cesidio
Ken Justin
Al Horowitz
Brett E. Kell
Trent Schuler
Michael Raimon
John Espisito, Jr.
Richard Sharpe
Steve L. Rassi
James Richburg, Jr.
Thomas Sanduski
Delainey Blakeney
Aviv Shaham
Adan K. Nilsson
Chad Bradbury
Lucio Procopio
Joshua McBroom
Paul E. Nobles, Jr.
Charlie Culp
Dave Morrison
Alon Doitch
Dana Diephouse
Todd E. Kilpatrick
Kent Washington
Marcello Cabrera
Darius Zolnor
John Tucley
Jiji Liv
Avi Freedman
Mahamoud Mastafa
John Tsai
Mark Stinson
Gary Lent
Assani Fisher
Jonathan Hart
Kendall Copp
Jerry Dixon
Gary Benson
Barry Werthman
Justin Marchand
Bruno "Da Butcher"
Fiorenza
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Michael Bittan
Jerri Thomas
Alvin Zendenfeld
John Minor
Greg Turk
Michael Zimbric
Kent Lindblom
Samuel Eden
Willie Tan
William Meenhofen
Blair Rodman
Veilli Walbeck
David Colclough
Napoleon Ta
Jon Lactaoen
John Dagostino III
Todd Krauss
Padroag Parkinson
Sirous Baghchehsaraie
Fahrhad Kohani
Lee Kimmel

Brisbane, AU
Huntington Beach, CA
Omaha, NE
Las Vegas, NV
Honolulu, HI
Plano, TX
Montclair, NJ
Toledo, OH
Madrid, Spain
Glendale, CA
San Francisco, CA
Tamarac, FL
Gulfport, MA
Santa Cruz, CA
Livonia, MI
Beverly Hills, CA
North Las Vegas, NV
Northville, MI
Chandler, AZ
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Albuquerque, NM
Babylon, NY
Lanesville, OH
Phoenix, AZ
Chamblee, GA
Macon, GA
New York, NY
Vancouver, BC
White Plains, NY
Bell Gardens, CA
Norman, OK
Bainbridge Island, WA
Valley Glen, CA
S. El Monte, CA
South Lake, TX
Vandoeuvre, France
Carmel Valley, CA
Germantown, MD
Sunnyside, WA
Lake Forrest, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Salt Lake City, UT
Utrecht, Holland
Sherman Oaks, CA
Coral Springs, FL
Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, NV
San Diego, CA
Osaka, Japan
Encino, CA
Waltham, MA
Miami, FL
Coconut Grove, FL
Denver, CO
Las Vegas, NV
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Albuquerque, NM
Barnegat, NJ
Richmond, VA
Las Vegas, NV
Monticello, NY
Rockville, MD
San Jose, CA
Overland Park, KS
Austin, TX
Middle Viarage, NY
Riverside, CA
Satellite Beach, FL
Waukesha, WI
Brain Tree, MA
San Diego, CA
Sammamish, WA
Mesa, AZ
Linkoping, Sweden
Las Vegas, NV
Atlantic City, NJ
Henderson, NV
Miami Lakes, FL
Youngstown, FL
Placentia, CA
Lexington, KY
Las Vegas, NV
Norco, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Davie, FL
Pittsburg, CA
Las Vegas, NV
unknown
San Diego, CA
Edina, MN
LaSalle, Quebec
Cambridge, MA
East Brunswick, NJ
Lake Elsinore, CA
Springfield, Oh
Bradenton, FL
Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, NV
Morton, IL
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Brandon, MS
Scottsdale, AZ
Eskilstung, Sweden
Wichita, KS
Liverpool, NY
Las Vegas, NV
Eagan, MN
Mebane, NC
Victoria, BC
Northridge, CA
Baton Rouge, LA
Helotes, TX
unknown
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, OH
Las Vegas, NV
Philadelphia, PA
Los Angeles, CA
Sigual Hill, CA
Wescosville, PA
Riverside, CA
New York, NY
New York, NY
Ponder, TX
Guymon, OK
Sidney, Australia
Beverly Hills, MI
Las Vegas, NV
Philly
Roseville, CA
Englewood, NJ
Hamilton, OH
Los Angeles, CA
Indianapolis, IN
Sterling, VA
Madison, WI
Las Vegas, NV
Austin, TX
London, England
FL
Las Vegas, NV
Finland
England
Palo Alto, CA
Honolulu, HI
Egg Harbor Twp, NJ
Tarzana, CA
Dublin, Ireland
Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Upland, CA

$803,274
$401,647
$209,555
$160,659
$136,211
$115,255
$101,285
$87,315
$73,344
$59,374
$55,881
$52,389
$48,896
$45,404
$41,911
$38,418
$34,926
$31,433
$27,941
$27,941
$27,941
$24,448
$24,448
$24,448
$20,955
$20,955
$20,955
$17,463
$17,463
$17,463
$13,970
$13,970
$13,970
$12,224
$12,224
$12,224
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$10,478
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$8,731
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$6,985
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$5,239
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$3,493
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794
$2,794

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Tournament Report

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! (Redux)

Australian poker pro Mark Vos wins $803,274

WSOP event attracts near record-field of nearly two-thousand players

Las Vegas, NV – Mark Vos has a plan. And, despite winning over three-
quarters of a million dollars tonight, he’s sticking to it. You see, Vos – at the
tender age of 23 – made a personal decision that he will spend the next five
years of his life “working” and the five years immediately after that
“relaxing.” Vos’ plan is to play poker (which he defines as “work”) and then
take the second-half of a decade off. It’s an unconventional career path to
say the least.

If “work” means coming to Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker,
overwhelming a near-record field of 1,919 players, and earning $803,274 in
just three days, then – then, there are certainly worse jobs. One has to ask,
“Are there any job openings left? Where does one sign up?” Indeed, Vos
won the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship and earned his very
first WSOP gold bracelet. Vos, a college student-turned-poker player from
Brisbane became only the third Australian national ever to win an event at
the World Series of Poker. He joins former Aussie champs Gary Benson (1996
-- Seven-Card Stud) and Joe Hachem (2005 – championship event) in the
trifecta of poker winners from down under.

After two long days of play, the final table on Day Three started with nine
players, including 2001 world poker champion Carlos Mortensen. Vos arrived
a distant second in the chip count to Kevin Peterson, a poker pro from the
Dallas area:

Despite being short-stacked, the first player eliminated was something of a
surprise. “The Matador,” Carlos Mortensen didn’t last long. Mortensen’s
pocket sevens turned out to be an unlucky number when he was all-in and
ran into ace-nine. An ace flopped and Mortensen waved farewell. Ninth-
place paid $73,344.

Next, David Wells (no relation to the major league baseball player) struck out
when he took a tough beat – king-ten against his opponent’s king-eight. An
eight flopped and Wells was yanked from the game. The stock trader from
Scottsdale, Arizona collected $87,315 for eighth place.

Vanessa Selbst was the second female player to make a final table
appearance at this year’s WSOP. She had enough chips to be a force early,
but was caught bluffing at the worst possible time. Selbst tried to move
Kevin Peterson off of his hand with an all-in pre-flop re-raise, but she might
as well have been standing on the railroad tracks staring at a roaring freight
train. Peterson called instantly and flipped over pocket aces. He caught two
more aces on the board to make four-of-a-kind, flattening Selbst’s chances to
become history’s tenth female WSOP gold bracelet winner (in open events).
Vanessa Selbst, a Yale University graduate last year, received $101,285.

The end-result for Kevin Peterson had to be disappointing. The chip-leader
at the start, Peterson went through a very rocky two hours and failed to
survive. He lost most of his chips holding pocket queens against Nam Le’s
ace-king. A king flopped. That was the first serious hatchet chop into
Peterson’s stack. Others would follow. The final blow was Peterson’s all-in
move with queen-ten suited, losing to J.R. Reiss’ small pocket pair. Peterson
picked up $115,255 in prize money.

A short time later, Willard Chang went out with a weaker hand that he would
have liked under the circumstances. With blinds and antes escalating, Chang
moved in hoping not to get called holding king-three, which was covered by
Nam Le’s king-queen. Both players flopped a king, but the queen –kicker
played and Chang was eliminated. Willard Chang, am engineer from Hawaii,
received $136,211.

Thomas Hunt must have felt like a gang victim when he moved all-in with his
few remaining chips in the small blind and was called down by all three
opponents. The players checked on each successive round, and when J.R.
Reiss revealed an ace to go with an ace on board, everyone mucked their
cards – including Hunt, who ended up as the fourth-place finisher. Thomas
Hunt, a physician from Las Vegas, billed the prize pool for $160,659.

Down to just three players, J.R. Reiss moved all-in with top-pair, top kicker
(ace jacks to the board’s – 10-8-4-J-6) and was called quickly by Nam Le,
holding nine-seven, good for a straight. Reiss, a professional gambler from
Omaha, Nebraska added $209,555 to his bankroll.

When heads-up play began, Nam Le enjoyed nearly a 3 to 1 chip advantage
– 2,775,000 to Vos’ 1,065,000. But great poker players shine in moments of
adversity. It took Vos 45-minutes to seize the chip lead, plus another hour to
lock down the victory. After Vos made a flush and took the chip lead, Le
made one last valiant stab at the top prize, temporarily regaining the chip
lead for a short time. He could have broken Vos when he had his opponent
all-in with queen-jack to Vos’ pocket sevens. But Le failed to connect with a
pair, and that would ultimately spell doom fro the aspiring champ.

Vos picked away chips from Le’s stack and gradually built up a 2 to 1 chip
lead. The final hand was somewhat unanticipated as Vos was dealt queen-
ten suited against Le’s pocket sixes. After catching a queen on the flop, Vos
bet out and Le called. A blank fell on the turn, and Vos bet again. Le called.
The river brought a queen, giving Vos trip-queens. Vos moved all-in and Le,
suspecting a bluff, called. That was a mistake. The trip queens gave Vos the
championship.

Nam Le, the second-place finisher, collected $401,647.

“I prefer to play poker online,” Vos said immediately following his victory. “I
still prefer cash games online, but there is nothing like the experience of
playing in a live tournament and making it all the way to the final table. Cash
games are my day job, but the tournaments are for excitement and fun.”
Vos said he plans to stick with his game plan. “(Winning) does not really
change things,” he said. “I mean, it helps. But I still plan to play poker…..
then (in five years) I’ll relax, settle down, and find a place to live and decide
what I want to do with the rest of my life.”

by Nolan Dalla

Overall Tournament Statistics (through end of Event #6):

Total Entries to Date: 9,165

Total Prize Money Distributed: $ 12,256,090

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack

Director of Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Licensing) -- Ty Stewart

Director of Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Communications) – Gary
Thompson

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