Jamie Gold Beats Paul Wasicka And Wins 2006 WSOP Main Event And First Prize Of $12 Million.

Friday, August 11, 03:45 PDT.

It was the last hand of the tournament... Jamie Gold was a chip leader. Jamie raises to $1,700,000 and Paul Wasicka makes the Call. The flop comes Q85. Paul Wasicka bets $1,500,000 and Jamie Gold moves all-in. Wasicka calls and shows 1010. However, Gold turns over Q9 for a pair of queens. The turn is the A and the river is the 4.

With the highest pair Jamie Gold wins this exciting battle. Paul Wasicka is eliminated from the tournament in second place and earns $6,102,499.

Jamie Gold Wins The Main Event of the 2006 World Series of Poker with buy-in of $10,000, as well as the title, Gold bracelet and $12,000,000 First Prize in cash.

The third finalist was Michael Binger who earned $4,123,310 3rd prize. Here is how it happened:

Jammie Gold limps from the button and Paul Wasicka limps from the small blind. Michael Binger raises to $1,500,000 from the big blind. Both Gold and Wasicka call and the flop comes 1065. Wasicka checks, Binger bets $3,500,000 and Gold moves all-in. Wasicka folds and Binger calls. Binger shows A10 and Gold turns over 43 for an open ended straight draw. The turn is the 7 and Gold makes a straight. The river is the Q and Michael Binger is eliminated in 3rd place on the main event of 2006 WSOP.

Official Results:

RANK PLAYER PRIZE MONEY
1 Jamie Gold $12,000,000
2 Paul Wasicka $6,102,499
3 Michael Binger $4,123,310
4 Allen Cunningham $3,628,513
5 Rhett Butler $3,216,182
6 Richard Lee $2,803,851
7 Doug Kim $2,391,520
8 Erik Friberg $1,979,189
9 Dan Nassif $1,566,858
10 Fred Goldberg $1,154,527
11 Leif Force $1,154,527
12 John Magill $1,154,527
13 William Thorsson $907,128
14 Luke Chung $907,128
15 Kevin Aaronson $907,128
16 Sirous Jamshidi $659,730
17 Jeffrey Lisandro $659,730
18 David Einhorn $659,730
19 Dustin Holmes $494,797
20 Prahlad Friedman $494,797
21 Kevin O'Donnell $494,797
22 Lee Kort $494,797
23 Rob Roseman $494,797
24 Eric Lynch $494,797
25 Mark Garner $494,797
26 Siddharth Jain $494,797
27 Richard Wyrick $494,797

Source: www.worldseriesofpoker.com


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