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| Scotty Nguyen victorious at the 2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open |
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| Scotty Nguyen |
Ending a drought which saw him go over a year without a major tournament
victory, Scotty Nguyen, “The Prince” of poker, emerged as champion of the
2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open. Nguyen left the Gold Strike Casino
Resort in Mississippi with $969,421 and an entry into the $25,500 World
Poker Tour World Championship.
It was a basically a two-horse race between Nguyen and Michael “The
Grinder” Mizrachi during the final television table. Nguyen started as the chip
leader with $2,144,000 in chips, while Mizrachi was second with $1,271,000.
Nguyen held the lead for the first hour and half until Mizrachi took down a
$1.4 million pot against him, vaulting him to a $300,000 chip lead. Two
hands later, Nguyen yanked the lead back from Mizrachi. Barely twenty
minutes later, they were virtually even.
The two competitors continued to battle, trading the chip lead a few times,
with Mizrachi actually holding a $1.2 million chip margin over Nguyen at one
point. By benefit of knocking out the third place finisher, Raul Paez, Nguyen
went into heads-up play with Mizrachi with a slight $200,000 edge.
And in one hand it was all over.
Scotty Nguyen raised to $300,000, only to see Mizrachi re-raise him to $1.2
million. After pondering his next move, Nguyen put all his chips at risk and
was quickly called by Mizrachi. And no wonder they both wanted to get all
their chips in the pot. Mizrachi had Ace-Jack, but he was dominated by
Nguyen’s Ace-Queen. Mizrachi got no help the rest of the way and Nguyen
became the 2006 World Poker Open champion.
Final Table Results
(Place/Player/Prize Money)
1. Scotty Nguyen -- $969,421
2. Michael Mizrachi -- $566,352
3. Raul Paez -- $298,908
4. Gavin Smith -- $173,052
5. An Tran -- $125,856
6. Bau Le -- $88,099
victory, Scotty Nguyen, “The Prince” of poker, emerged as champion of the
2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open. Nguyen left the Gold Strike Casino
Resort in Mississippi with $969,421 and an entry into the $25,500 World
Poker Tour World Championship.
It was a basically a two-horse race between Nguyen and Michael “The
Grinder” Mizrachi during the final television table. Nguyen started as the chip
leader with $2,144,000 in chips, while Mizrachi was second with $1,271,000.
Nguyen held the lead for the first hour and half until Mizrachi took down a
$1.4 million pot against him, vaulting him to a $300,000 chip lead. Two
hands later, Nguyen yanked the lead back from Mizrachi. Barely twenty
minutes later, they were virtually even.
The two competitors continued to battle, trading the chip lead a few times,
with Mizrachi actually holding a $1.2 million chip margin over Nguyen at one
point. By benefit of knocking out the third place finisher, Raul Paez, Nguyen
went into heads-up play with Mizrachi with a slight $200,000 edge.
And in one hand it was all over.
Scotty Nguyen raised to $300,000, only to see Mizrachi re-raise him to $1.2
million. After pondering his next move, Nguyen put all his chips at risk and
was quickly called by Mizrachi. And no wonder they both wanted to get all
their chips in the pot. Mizrachi had Ace-Jack, but he was dominated by
Nguyen’s Ace-Queen. Mizrachi got no help the rest of the way and Nguyen
became the 2006 World Poker Open champion.
Final Table Results
(Place/Player/Prize Money)
1. Scotty Nguyen -- $969,421
2. Michael Mizrachi -- $566,352
3. Raul Paez -- $298,908
4. Gavin Smith -- $173,052
5. An Tran -- $125,856
6. Bau Le -- $88,099
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