2006 World Series of Poker results

none This list of 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) results includes statistics, final table results and payouts. The total money paid out in the 2006 events was $156,409,974.June 2007 Results Event 1: $500 No Limit Hold 'em--Casino Employees This event kicked off the 2006 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada. Number of buy-ins: 1,232 Total Prize Pool: $554,400 Number of Payouts: 101 Winning Hand: 4♥ 3♣ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Chris Gros $127,496 2nd Bryan Devonshire $66,528 3rd R.J. Wright $38,531 4th Scott Clark $27,720 5th Christopher Himmenger $22,176 6th Craig Federspiel $19,404 7th David Wortham $16,632 8th Marsha Waggoner $13,860 9th Barry Goldberg $12,474 Event 2: $1,500 No Limit Hold 'em This event was a $1,500 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was the first public tournament of the 2006 WSOP. Number of buy-ins: 2,776 Total Prize Pool: $3,789,240 Number of Payouts: 277 Winning Hand: Q♠ 5♥ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Brandon Cantu $757,839 2nd Phong "Mark" Ly $416,816 3rd Drew Rubin $226,597 4th Lee Padilla $176,579 5th Brent Roberts $151,570 6th Don Zewin $126,940 7th Ron Stanley $107,614 8th Dustin Swartz $88,668 9th Juan Carlos Mortensen $71,617 Event 3: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold 'em This event was a $1,500 buy-in pot limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $345,984. Number of buy-ins: 1,102 Total Prize Pool: $1,504,230 Number of Payouts: 99 Winning Hand: 8♦ 4♦ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Rafe Furst $345,984 2nd Rocky Enciso $180,508 3rd Eric Lynch $104,544 4th George Bronstein $75,212 5th Burt Boutin $60,169 6th Can Kim Hua $52,648 7th Richard Chase $45,127 8th John Juanda $37,606 9th Alan Gilbert $33,845 Event 4: $1,500 Limit Hold 'em This event was a $1,500 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $335,289. Number of buy-ins: 1,068 Total Prize Pool: $1,457,820 Number of Payouts: 100 Winning Hand: 10♦ 6♠ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Kianoush Abolfathi $335,289 2nd Eric Buchman $174,938 3rd Josh Schlein $101,318 4th Michele Lewis $72,891 5th Vipul Kothari $58,313 6th Hank Sparks $51,029 7th Patrick Maloney $43,735 8th Lars Hansen $36,446 9th Matt Elsby $32,801 Event 5: $2,500 No Limit Hold 'em short-handed This event was a $2,500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $475,712. Number of buy-ins: 824 Total Prize Pool: $1,895,200 Number of Payouts: 90 Winning Hand: A♦ 5♥ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Dutch Boyd $475,712 2nd Joe Hachem $256,800 3rd Jeff Knight $153,511 4th Mike Goodman $115,607 5th Pete Hassett $91,917 6th David Solomon $68,227 Event 6: $2,000 No Limit Hold 'em This event was a $2,000 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $803,274. Number of buy-ins: 1,919 Total Prize Pool: $3,492,580 Number of Payouts: 155 Winning Hand: Q♣ T♣ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Mark Vos $803,274 2nd Nam Le $401,647 3rd John Reiss Jr $209,555 4th Thomas Hunt III $160,659 5th Willard Chang $136,211 6th Kevin Peterson $115,285 7th Vanessa Selbst $101,285 8th David Wells $87,315 9th Juan Carlos Mortensen $73,344 Event 7: $3,000 Limit Hold 'em This event was a $3,000 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $343,618. Number of buy-ins: 415 Total Prize Pool: $1,145,400 Number of Payouts: 46 Winning Hand: A♥ 4♦ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st William Chen $343,618 2nd Yueqi Zhu $184,409 3rd Henry Nguyen $91,632 4th Karlo Lopez $80,178 5th Danny Ciaramella $68,724 6th Larry Thomas $57,270 7th Allan Puzantyan $45,816 8th Ernie Scherer III $34,362 9th Jeff Lisandro $22,908 Event 8: $2,000 Omaha Hi-low Split This event was a $2,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-low split. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $341,426. Number of buy-ins: 670 Total Prize Pool: $1,219,400 Number of Payouts: 65 Winning Hand: A♥ 4♦ 7♣ 4♥ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jack Zwerner $341,426 2nd Rusty Mandap $176,813 3rd Jeff Madsen $97,552 4th Cong Do $85,358 5th Bob Mangino $73,164 6th Robert Collins $60,970 7th Daniel Negreanu $48,776 8th Russell Salzer $36,582 9th Steven Lustig $24,388 This was the first of four top-three finishes for Madsen at this year's WSOP. Event 9: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Number of buy-ins: 622 Total Prize Pool: $2,293,400 Number of Payouts: 63 Winning Hand: 5♦ 3♦ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jeff Cabanillas $818,546 2nd Phil Hellmuth Jr $423,893 3rd Eugene Todd $233,872 4th Marcel Lüske $204,638 5th Isabelle Mercier $175,404 6th Thomas Schreiber $146,170 7th Douglas Carli $116,936 8th Vinny Vinh $87,702 9th Danny Smith $58,468 Event 10: $1,500 7 Card Stud Number of buy-ins: 478 Total Prize Pool: $652,470 Number of Payouts: 40 Winning Hand: K♠ 3♥ 4♣ 6♠ 4♠ J♦ 8♥ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st David Williams $163,118 2nd John Hoang $110,920 3rd Jack Duncan $71,772 4th Mitchell Ledis $45,673 5th John Cernuto $35,886 6th Ivan Schertzer $29,361 7th Johnny Chan $22,836 8th Matt Hawrilenko $16,312 Event 11: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Number of buy-ins: 701 Total prize pool: $956,865 Number of Payouts: 72 Winning Hand: Q♥ 3♠ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Bob Chalmers $258,344 2nd Tam Ho $135,396 3rd Warren Wooldridge $76,549 4th Thanh Nguyen $66,981 5th Doug Saab $57,412 6th Jan Sjåvik $47,843 7th Graham Duke $38,275 8th Bob Bartmann $28,706 9th David Calla $19,137 Event 12: $5,000 Omaha Hi-low Split This event was a $5,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-low split. It was a two-day event with a first prize of $398,560. Number of buy-ins: 265 Total Prize Pool: $1,245,000 Number of Payouts: 26 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Sam Farha $398,560 2nd Phil Ivey $219,208 3rd Kirill Gerasimov $112,095 4th Mike Henrich $87,185 5th Mike Wattel $74,730 6th Brian Nadell $62,275 7th Jeff King $49,820 8th Jim Ferrel $37,365 9th Ryan Hughes $24,910 Event 13: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 1,290 Total Prize Pool: $2,967,000 Number of Payouts: 99 Winning Hand: J♣ 8♣ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Max Pescatori $682,389 2nd Anthony Reategui $356,040 3rd Justin Pechie $206,207 4th Michael Scott $148,350 5th Corey Cheresnick $118,680 6th Tri Ma $103,845 7th Mike Matusow $89,010 8th Terrence Chan $74,175 9th Matt Heinschel $66,578 Event 14: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 752 Number of rebuys: 1,670 Total Prize Pool: $2,317,887 Number of Payouts: 74 Winning Hand: A♣ Q♥ + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Allen Cunningham $625,830 2nd David Rheem $327,981 3rd Tom Franklin $185,431 4th Steve Wong $162,252 5th John Hoang $139,073 6th Tim Phan $115,894 7th Everett Carlton $92,715 8th Andy Bloch $67,357 9th Alex Jacob $46,358 Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event for women only. Number of buy-ins: 1,128 Total Prize pool: $1,026,480 Number of Payouts: 99 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Mary Jones Meyer $236,094 2nd Shanee Barton $123,178 3rd Beatrice Stranzinger $71,340 4th Reka Hallgato $51,324 5th Sue Luckenbaugh $41,059 6th Julie Allen $35,927 7th Devi Ortega $30,794 8th Laurie Scott $25,662 9th Ellie Ahlgren $23,096 2005 winner, actress Jennifer Tilly did not reach the money this year. Mimi Rogers reached 33rd place, winning $5,132. Event 16: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 218 Total Prize Pool: $2,049,200 Number of Payouts: 27 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Lee Watkinson $655,746 2nd Mike Guttman $360,659 3rd Mark Dickstein $184,428 4th Rafi Amit $143,444 5th Hasan Habib $122,952 6th Nick Gibson $102,460 7th Jani Vilmunen $81,984 8th Thomas Wahlroos $61,476 9th Mickey Appleman $40,984 Event 17: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 2,891 Total Prize Pool: $2,630,810 Number of Payouts: 270 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jon Friedberg $526,185 2nd John Phan $289,389 3rd Mike Pomeroy $157,322 4th Tom Hawkingberry $122,596 5th Kevin O'Donnell $105,232 6th Corey Chaston $88,132 7th Humberto Brenes $74,715 8th Michael Halford $61,561 9th Thang Luu $49,722 Event 18: $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 590 Total Prize Pool: $1,073,800 Number of Payouts: 54 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Eric Kesselman $311,403 2nd Hyon "Skip" Kim $164,291 3rd Christopher Viox $85,904 4th Kevin Ross $75,166 5th Jason Sagle $64,428 6th Jim McManus $53,690 7th Dustin Holmes $42,952 8th Christopher Black $32,214 9th Harry Thomas $21,476 Event 19: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 1,184 Total Prize Pool: $1,077,440 Number of Payouts: 99 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Clare Miller $247,814 2nd Mike Nargi $129,293 3rd Jake Wells, Jr. $74,882 4th Judith Carlson $53,872 5th David Claiborne $43,098 6th Ron Rose $37,710 7th Doug Schuller $32,323 8th Stan Schrier $26,936 9th John Vorhaus $24,242 Event 20: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. This was a three-day event alternating between limit Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better. For the final table, the play was shifted exclusively to no limit hold'em. This event had the highest buy-in ever at the WSOP at the time. Number of buy-ins: 143 Total Prize Pool: $6,864,000 Number of Payouts: 16 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st David "Chip" Reese $1,716,000 2nd Andy Bloch $1,029,000 3rd Phil Ivey $617,760 4th Jim Bechtel $549,120 5th T. J. Cloutier $480,480 6th David Singer $411,840 7th Dewey Tomko $343,200 8th Doyle Brunson $274,560 9th Patrik Antonius $205,920 Event 21: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded This was a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine. Number of buy-ins: 740 Total Prize Pool: $1,702,000 Number of Payouts: 72 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st William Chen $442,511 2nd Nath Pizzolatto $238,280 3rd Mike Guttman $139,564 4th Dan Hicks $107,226 5th Alex Bolotin $78,292 6th Harry Demetriou $58,719 This was William Chen's second first-place finish and fifth in-the-money finish in this year's WSOP. Event 22: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 1,579 Total Prize Pool: $2,873,780 Number of Payouts: 156 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jeff Madsen $660,948 2nd Paul Sheng $330,485 3rd Julian Gardner $172,427 4th Troy Parkins $132,194 5th Robert Cohen $112,077 6th Robert Bright $94,835 7th Michael Chow $83,340 8th Billy Duarte, Jr. $71,845 9th John Shipley $60,349 Jeff Madsen became the youngest bracelet winner, defeating the record set the previous year by Eric Froehlich. Event 23: $3,000 Limit Hold'em This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 341 Total Prize Pool: $941,160 Number of payouts: 37 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Ian Johns $291,755 2nd Jerrod Ankenman $150,586 3rd Javier Torresola $75,293 4th Theo Tran $65,881 5th Mark Newhouse $56,470 6th Tad Jurgens $47,058 7th Brendan Taylor $37,646 8th Benjamin Robinson $28,235 9th Fi Tran $18,823 Event 24: $3,000 Omaha Hi-low Split This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 352 Total Prize Pool: $971,520 Number of payouts: 36 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Scott Clements $301,175 2nd Thor Hansen $155,443 3rd Brent Carter $77,772 4th Martin "Dick" Corpuz $68,006 5th Ronald Matsuura $58,291 6th Phil Hellmuth, Jr. $48,576 7th Peter Costa $38,861 8th Stephen Ladowsky $29,146 9th Alex Limjoco $19,430 Event 25: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout This was a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 600 Total Prize Pool: $1,092,000 Number of payouts: 100 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st David Pham $240,222 2nd Charlie Sewell $124,488 3rd Roland De Wolfe $65,520 4th Jerald Williamson $49,140 5th Chad Layne $43,680 6th Jason DeWitt $38,220 7th David Bach $32,760 8th Dustin Woolf $27,300 9th Adam Kagin $21,840 10th Jeff Heiberg $16,380 Event 26: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 526 Total Prize Pool: $716,625 Number of payouts: 54 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Rafael Perry $207,817 2nd George Abdallah $109,644 3rd Brian Kocur $57,330 4th Zhang Luzhe $50,164 5th Ray Lynne $42,998 6th Spiro Mitrokostas $35,831 7th Frank Henderson $28,665 8th Jason Newburger $21,499 9th Russ Salzer $14,333 Special event: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys This was a special, non scheduled event. Number of buy-ins: 158 Number of rebuys: 492 Total Prize Pool: $908,100 Number of payouts: 18 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Eric Froehlich $299,675 2nd Sherkhan Farnood $165,274 3rd Chau Giang $90,810 4th Kevin O'Donnell $72,648 5th Bruno Fitoussi $54,486 6th Matt Overstreet $45,405 7th Richard Freire $36,324 8th Rafi Amit $27,243 9th Ayaz Mahmood $18,162 Event 27: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 2,126 Total Prize Pool: $2,901,990 Number of payouts: 198 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Mats Rahmn $655,141 2nd Richard Toth $333,729 3rd Padraig Parkinson $203,139 4th Chris Birchby $145,100 5th James Sileo $116,080 6th Michael Binger $101,570 7th Jordan Morgan $87,060 8th Ashwin Sarin $72,550 9th Billy Duarte Jr. $58,040 Event 28: $5,000 Seven Card Stud This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 183 Total Prize Pool: $855,400 Number of payouts: 16 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Benjamin Lin $256,620 2nd Shahram Sheikhan $171,080 3rd Cyndy Violette $102,648 4th Allen Kessler $76,986 5th John Cernuto $55,601 6th Patrick Bueno $38,493 7th Lupe Munquia $29,939 8th Mike Caro $21,385 Event 29: $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em This was a three-day event. Number of buyins: 562 Total Prize Pool: $1,292,600 Number of payouts: 54 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st John Gale $374,849 2nd Maros Lechman $197,768 3rd Kevin Ho $103,408 4th Joseph Hachem $90,482 5th Alex Jacob $77,556 6th Lee Grove $64,630 7th Jeffrey Robertson $51,704 8th Lee Markholt $38,778 9th Gregory Alston $25,852 Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded This is a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table. Number of buy-ins: 507 Total Prize Pool: $2,382,900 Number of payouts: 54 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jeff Madsen $643,381 2nd Erick Lindgren $357,435 3rd Tom Franklin $214,461 4th Tony Woods $150,123 5th Jonathan Gaskell $119,145 6th Paul Foltyon $83,402 Jeff Madsen, who became the youngest bracelet winner about a week earlier, won his second bracelet and made his third final table appearance at this year's WSOP. Event 31: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em This is a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 2,050 Total Prize Pool: $3,731,000 Number of payouts: 198 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Justin Scott $842,262 2nd Freddy Rouhani $429,065 3rd Robert Bright $261,170 4th Gregory Glass $186,550 5th Nathan Templeton $149,240 6th Carl Olson $130,585 7th Josh Wakeman $111,930 8th Jason Johnson $93,275 9th Bryan Micon $74,620 Event 32: $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em This is a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 378 Total Prize Pool: $1,776,600 Number of payouts: 37 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jason Lester $550,746 2nd Alan Sass $284,256 3rd Stuart Fox $142,128 4th Tony Hartman $124,362 5th Michael Tedesco $106,596 6th Greg Turk $88,830 7th Emad Tamtouth $71,064 8th Tommy Smith $53,298 9th Kirill Gerasimov $35,532 Event 33: $1,500 Seven Card Razz This is a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 409 Total Prize Pool: $558,285 Number of payouts: 40 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st James Richburg $139,576 2nd Juan Carlos Mortensen $94,908 3rd Steven Diano $61,411 4th Cliff Josephy $39,080 5th Ron Ritchie $30,706 6th Richard Sklar $25,123 7th John Cernuto $19,540 8th Jamie Brooks $13,957 Event 34: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys This is a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 754 Number of rebuys: 1,691 Total Prize Pool: $2,340,238 Number of payouts: 73 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Phil Hellmuth $631,863 2nd Juha Helppi $331,144 3rd Daryn Firicano $187,219 4th John Spadavecchia $163,817 5th Terris Preston $140,414 6th Elio Cabrera $117,012 7th David Plastik $93,610 8th Ralph Perry $70,207 9th Tony Guoga $46,805 Phil Hellmuth tied legends Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the most WSOP tournament wins with his 10th bracelet. Event 35: $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Low Split This is a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 788 Total Prize Pool: $717,080 Number of payouts: 72 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Pat Poels $172,091 2nd Greg Dinkin $102,542 3rd Jeff Madsen $65,971 4th Mark Bershad $49,479 5th William Edler $39,439 6th Hoyt Verner $32,269 7th Rodney H. Pardey $25,098 8th Leo Fasen $17,927 Jeff Madsen made his fourth final table appearance and fourth top-three finish in this year's WSOP. This was also the third poker variant in which Madsen made the final table this year, as he previously made final tables in Omaha and Texas hold 'em (twice). Event 36: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout This is a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 524 Total Prize Pool: $715,260 Number of payouts: 54 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Victoriano Perches $157,338 2nd Arnold Spee $78,679 3rd Anders Henriksson $50,068 4th Rep Porter $39,339 5th Tom Schneider $28,610 6th Marianno Garcia $17,882 Event 37: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This is a three-day event. Number of buy-ins: 2,803 Number of payouts: 270 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st James Gorham $765,226 2nd Osman Kibar $420,870 3rd Mohamad Ilyas $228,800 4th Åge Spets $178,296 5th Nicholas Ronyecz $153,044 6th Miff Fagerlie $128,174 7th Jason Strasser $108,661 8th George Christian $89,531 9th Peter Dalhuijsen $72,313 Event 38: $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball with rebuys This is a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 81 Number of rebuys: 159 Total prize pool: $1,164,048 Number of payouts: 7 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Daniel Alaei $430,698 2nd David Williams $256,091 3rd Phillipe Rouas $162,967 4th Men Nguyen $128,045 5th Greg Raymer $93,124 6th Allen Cunningham $58,202 7th Eliyahu Levy $34,921 Event 39: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event This is the "Main Event". It started on July 28 and the final table took place on August 10. Jamie Gold took the bracelet, the title and the biggest ever payout in poker history, $12 million, after being the chip leader for most of the second week of the tournament. On the final table Gold eliminated seven of the eight opponents. Number of buy-ins: 8,773 Total Prize Pool: $82,512,162 Number of payouts: 873 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Jamie Gold $12,000,000 2nd Paul Wasicka $6,102,499 3rd Michael Binger $4,123,310 4th Allen Cunningham $3,628,513 5th Rhett Butler $3,216,182 6th Richard Lee $2,803,851 7th Douglas Kim $2,391,520 8th Erik Friberg $1,979,189 9th Dan Nassif $1,566,858 Event 40: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 1,100 Total Prize Pool: $1,001,000 Number of payouts: 102 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Praz Bansi $230,209 2nd Anh Lu $120,120 3rd Baktash Gulzarzada $63,570 4th Fabrice Soulier $50,050 5th Earl Coggin $40,040 6th John Buttifant $35,035 7th Mark Petrillo $30,030 8th Nick Memeti $25,025 9th Vijayan Nagarajan $22,523 Event 41: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 1,007 Total prize pool: $1,374,555 Number of payouts: 102 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Paul Kobel $316,144 2nd Tyler Andrews $164,947 3rd Ralph Perry $95,532 4th Shayam Stinivasan $68,728 5th Eric Deregt $54,982 6th Chris Solomon $48,109 7th Shreeniwas Kelkar $41,237 8th Jonathan Stamm $34,364 9th James Henson $30,927 Event 42: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 352 Total prize pool: $494,130 Number of payouts: 38 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st James Mitchell $153,173 2nd Stuart Fox $79,061 3rd Ofer Stern $39,530 4th Todd Witteles $34,589 5th Andrew Dean $29,648 6th Robert Wing $24,707 7th Koble West $19,765 8th Terry Leger $14,824 9th Mark McCluskey $9,883 Event 43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 420 Total prize pool: $573,300 Number of payouts: 39 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Kevin Nathan $171,987 2nd J. C. Tran $92,301 3rd Marc Naalden $45,864 4th Joel Devries $40,131 5th Can Kim Hua $34,398 6th Juan Alvarado $28,665 7th William Chen $22,932 8th Randy Holland $17,199 9th Kevin Koch $11,466 Event 44: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a two-day event. Number of buy-ins: 481 Total prize pool: $656,565 Number of payouts: 46 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Kevin Cover $196,968 2nd Joe Brandenburg $105,707 3rd Josh Tiernan $52,525 4th Jim Nguyen $45,960 5th Marcus Collins $39,394 6th Eric Baldwin $32,828 7th Tommy Chaney $26,263 8th Matthew Hilger $19,697 9th Robert Perry $13,131 Event 45: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em This was a one-day event. Number of buy-ins: 494 Total Prize Pool: $674,310 Number of payouts: 47 + Final TablePlace Name Prize 1st Anders Henriksson $202,291 2nd Maureen Feduniak $108,564 3rd Phil Hellmuth $53,945 4th Michael Mateo $47,202 5th Lee Markholt $40,459 6th Esteban Urena $33,716 7th Joshua Ryan $26,972 8th Tan Nguyen $20,229 9th Lance Fryrear $13,486 External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker Card Player Magazine with results and live updates Category:World Series of Poker Category:2006 in poker