2006 World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker began in 2006 on 25 June 2006 and ended with the final table of the Main Event on August 10, 2006.

The WSOP hosted a total of 45 tournaments in the Poker Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hold'em, Seven - card stud and Razz. The tournaments include the Tournament of Champions and with an entry fee of U.S. $ 50,000 most expensive WSOP HORSE tournament named

All tournaments were held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All - Suite Hotel and Casino. This was the first year in which the World Series of Poker was no longer with the legendary Binion 's Horseshoe in conjunction.

Humberto Brenes and Phil Hellmuth were together with eight money finishes most commonly in the money. When in 2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen was excellent. He won two bracelets and came five times the money.

The 2006 WSOP was broadcast on German TV Sport, Sport 1 today, from 21 June 2007, and annotated by Michael Körner.

Tournaments

Main Event

The main event was held from July 28 to August 10, 2006 in Las Vegas. A total of 8773 players took part, each paid an entry fee of $ 10,000 for the Texas Hold 'em tournament. The winner Jamie Gold got the prize money of 12 million U.S. dollars. This is the highest prize money ever awarded at a sporting event.

Final Table

The victory hand of Jamie Gold was Q ♠ 9 ♣.

All chip leader after days

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Circuit Tournaments | Tournament of Champions

World Series of Poker
Sports event in 2006

Pictures of 2006 World Series of Poker

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