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| Jamie Gold is the new World Series of Poker (WSOP) World Champion. Gold outlasted a record-breaking number of players and took home a whopping $12,000,000 for his first place finish |
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Gold Strike! Television Producer Jamie Gold Wins $12 Million
At World Series of Poker Main Event
Las Vegas, August 11, 2006 – The new king of poker was crowned early
today when Malibu, California, resident Jamie Gold, 36, won the No-Limit
Texas Hold’Em Main Event at the 37th annual World Series of Poker
presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light. Gold took home $12 million, the largest
prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament.
He outlasted a record field of 8,773 players who anted up the $10,000 buy-in
for the Main Event, creating an unprecedented prize pool of $82.5 million --
the largest for any sporting event in history. The Main Event at the Rio All-
Suite Hotel & Casino was the culmination of the 46-event World Series of
Poker, which this year generated more than $158 million in total prize
money.
Gold was the chip leader since Day 3 of the 10-day Main Event and never
relinquished the lead.
“I just feel very fortunate that things went my way,” said Gold. “I was
playing the best poker of my life. I was in a zone where I just felt like I could
manipulate people.”
“We congratulate Jamie Gold on his tremendous accomplishment,” said
Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker. “He played superb
poker over a prolonged period against a record field that included virtually
every top professional and thousands of talented amateurs from around the
world.”
On the final hand of the tournament, Gold’s pair of queens beat Westminster,
Colorado, resident Paul Wasicka’s pair of 10s. Wasicka earned $6,102,499
million for his second-place finish.
Michael Binger of Atherton, California, finished third, collecting $4,123,310.
The remaining players at the final table were:
4th place: Allen Cunningham, Las Vegas, Nevada, $3,628,513
5th place: Rhett Butler, Rockville, Maryland, $3,216,182
6th place: Richard Lee, San Antonio, Texas, $2,803,851
7th place: Douglas Kim, Hartsdale, New York, $2,391,520
8th place: Erik Friberg, Stockholm, Sweden, $1,979,189
9th place: Dan Nassif, St. Louis, Missouri, $1,566,858
The 2006 Main Event attracted the largest field of participants ever to enter a
live poker tournament. The previous record of 5,619 players was set at the
2005 World Series of Poker Main Event, won by Joseph Hachem of Melbourne,
Australia. Hachem pocketed a then-record $7.5 million.
Television coverage of the 2006 World Series of Poker World Championship
Main Event begins August 22 on ESPN and continues on Tuesday nights at 8
and 9 p.m. until September 26 when action at the final table is broadcast.
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded
casino entertainment through operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in
Reno, Nevada, 68 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of
new properties, expansions and acquisitions. Harrah's Entertainment is
focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique
combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution,
operational excellence and technology leadership.
At World Series of Poker Main Event
Las Vegas, August 11, 2006 – The new king of poker was crowned early
today when Malibu, California, resident Jamie Gold, 36, won the No-Limit
Texas Hold’Em Main Event at the 37th annual World Series of Poker
presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light. Gold took home $12 million, the largest
prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament.
He outlasted a record field of 8,773 players who anted up the $10,000 buy-in
for the Main Event, creating an unprecedented prize pool of $82.5 million --
the largest for any sporting event in history. The Main Event at the Rio All-
Suite Hotel & Casino was the culmination of the 46-event World Series of
Poker, which this year generated more than $158 million in total prize
money.
Gold was the chip leader since Day 3 of the 10-day Main Event and never
relinquished the lead.
“I just feel very fortunate that things went my way,” said Gold. “I was
playing the best poker of my life. I was in a zone where I just felt like I could
manipulate people.”
“We congratulate Jamie Gold on his tremendous accomplishment,” said
Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker. “He played superb
poker over a prolonged period against a record field that included virtually
every top professional and thousands of talented amateurs from around the
world.”
On the final hand of the tournament, Gold’s pair of queens beat Westminster,
Colorado, resident Paul Wasicka’s pair of 10s. Wasicka earned $6,102,499
million for his second-place finish.
Michael Binger of Atherton, California, finished third, collecting $4,123,310.
The remaining players at the final table were:
4th place: Allen Cunningham, Las Vegas, Nevada, $3,628,513
5th place: Rhett Butler, Rockville, Maryland, $3,216,182
6th place: Richard Lee, San Antonio, Texas, $2,803,851
7th place: Douglas Kim, Hartsdale, New York, $2,391,520
8th place: Erik Friberg, Stockholm, Sweden, $1,979,189
9th place: Dan Nassif, St. Louis, Missouri, $1,566,858
The 2006 Main Event attracted the largest field of participants ever to enter a
live poker tournament. The previous record of 5,619 players was set at the
2005 World Series of Poker Main Event, won by Joseph Hachem of Melbourne,
Australia. Hachem pocketed a then-record $7.5 million.
Television coverage of the 2006 World Series of Poker World Championship
Main Event begins August 22 on ESPN and continues on Tuesday nights at 8
and 9 p.m. until September 26 when action at the final table is broadcast.
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded
casino entertainment through operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in
Reno, Nevada, 68 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of
new properties, expansions and acquisitions. Harrah's Entertainment is
focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique
combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution,
operational excellence and technology leadership.
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