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2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Results

A list of the winners so far in the 2006 World Series of Poker.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em Casino Employee - Chris Gros
$1,500 No-Limit Hold’em - Brandon Cantu
$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em - Rafe Furst
$1,500 Limit Hold’em - Kianoush Abolfathi
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table - Russ Boyd (Dutch Boyd)
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Mark Vos
$3,000 Limit Hold’em - William Chen
$2,000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB - Jack Zwerner
$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Jeff Cabanillas
$1,500 Seven Card Stud - David Williams
$5,000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB - Sam Farha
$1,500 Limit Hold’em - Bob Chalmers
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em - Max Pescatori
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys - Allen Cunningham
$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em - Mary Jones
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Lee Watkinson
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Jon Friedberg
$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em - Eric Kesselman
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors - Clare Miller
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E. - David Reese (Chip Reese)
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table - William Chen
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Jeff Madsen
$3,000 Limit Hold’em - Ian Johns
$3,000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB - Scott Clements
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout - David Pham
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys - Eric Froehlich
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha - Rafael Perry
$1,500 No-Limit Hold’em - Mats Rahmn
$5,000 Seven Card Stud - Benjamin Lin
$2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em - John Gale
$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table - Jeff Madsen
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Justin Scott
$1,500 Seven Card Razz - James Richburg
$5,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em - Jason Lester
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Phil Hellmuth Jr.
$1,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB - Patrick Poels
$5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball - Daniel Alaei

The $10,000 No-Limit Main Event starts tomorrow and it’s scheduled to run through August 10, 2006 when we’ll have another world champion crowned.

The WSOP Player of the Year race is still wide open. Jeff Madsen, a 21-year-old college student, is currently in the lead with 4 final table appearances, 2 bracelets, and over $1.4 million in winnings. After winning his record tying 10th golf bracelet the other night at his 3rd final table, Phil Hellmuth sits in 2nd, and has won over $1.1 million. Hellmuth also ranks #1 in career cashes at the WSOP with 55.

List compiled from results at CardPlayer.

Jeff Madsen Who?

Jeff Madsen is a 21-year-old poker player from Los Angeles, CA and he’s dominating the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP). This year is obviously his first WSOP and he’s already won 2 bracelets and finished 3rd in another event. Early this morning he made yet another final table and will go for gold bracelet #3. Currently he’s 2nd in the WSOP Player of the Year standings to Phil Hellmuth (20 points behind), but that will change after today’s event is over.

The kid’s results are quite impressive.

07/05/2006 Omaha High-Low 8/OB - 3rd place ($97,552.00)
07/16/2006 No-Limit Hold’em - 1st place ($660,948.00)
07/22/2006 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table - 1st place ($643,381.00)
07/26/2006 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB - 3rd place ($65,971.00)

The interesting thing is that Madsen isn’t dominating any single type of poker. He’s made the final table in 4 completely different games of poker. That’s skill.

Phil Hellmuth Quotes

After Phil Hellmuth won his 10th WSOP bracelet yesterday, there couldn’t be a better time for the top 10 Phil Hellmuth quotes of all time.

2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) FAQ

Otis at the PokerStars Poker Blog has a helpful WSOP FAQ posted.

My First Trip to Las Vegas

The trip reports are complete. Here is a full list of links…

First Trip to Las Vegas: Final Thoughts

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 4
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 5
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 6

5 nights is way too long.
Summer trips way too hot. Dry heat is better than our humid heat here in Michigan, but 100+ degree temperatures are hot no matter what.
The bus going up the strip and to downtown is the worst $2 you can spend in Las Vegas.
I never got to see the Wynn, Hooters, Palms, Treasure Island, and several other of the big name hotels and casinos
I spent way too much time playing video poker and slots. I’ve always hated slots.
I can’t wait to go back to LV for a 2 or 3 night stay.
I really enjoy playing poker into the early hours of the morning.
Holy shit did my cards suck at the poker tables.
Next trip I want to see a Cirque Du Soleil show.
Seeing the WSOP was one of the coolest parts of the trip for me.
Red Bull and Vodka is now my favorite drink.
Coffee with Bailey’s is good too.
Next trip I need to go with people who are willing to actually stay up past midnight.
Didn’t get to any strip clubs. How pathetic!
Shows are cool, but cost a lot of money. Blue Man Group was entertaining, but I’m not sure it’s worth $120 a seat and $20 for 2 drinks.
I’m sure I missed a lot in my daily summaries, but I’m done!

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 6

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 4
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 5

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Woke up around 9am. Showered and packed up the hotel room. Borrowed a key from Jere and stored our bags in his room. Walked the strip thinking maybe I could catch the Bellagio water show, but they were doing some kind of maintenance on the fountains. Jumped on the free shuttle to the Rio from Caesar’s. Much better than taking any bus! Putzed around the Rio for a bit and then took off looking for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It’s quite a walk from the casino floor.

I walked into the largest poker room I’ve ever seen and was in awe. Started snapping photos. I had left my camera at the hotel, so was borrowing Lindsay’s and not quite sure how to use it. Got yelled at by security within 2 minutes of being in the room because the flash was on. Whoops!

I was quite surprised how close I was able to get to all of the players and how few tourists/fans were in the room. I saw the Brunsons, Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Dutch Boyd, John Juanda, Clonie Gowen, Johnny “Fucking” Chan, and the list goes on. I can’t wait to get the pictures and see how they turned out, but not quite sure how long that will take since it wasn’t my camera. I imagine the enjoyment of being around all the top poker players in the world would grow old, but I was floating as I walked through the room. It was pretty damn cool.

Met up with the girls and checked out to see if there was a line yet for the seafood buffet. There wasn’t, so I blew some money on video poker. An old lady sat to my left just after I sat down and hit quad twos with an ace right away for a big win. Bitch! The seafood buffet was beyond words. We ate stuffed our faces for an hour and a half before finally calling it quits. There were so many choices, but I have to say the tortellini was the best I’ve ever had. I could have been satisfied simply filling up on those cheese-filled noodles. I’ve always wanted to try out different kinds of sushi to see if I’d like it and that’s exactly what I did. It was edible, but not something I’d ever order up on my own. I’ll stick to lobster, crab legs, shrimp, clam strips, etc for my seafood fix.

After eating we headed up to check out the sites from the Voodoo Lounge. Some storms were rolling in off the mountains so the view was pretty neat. Nothing like being on top of the Stratosphere at night, but still something to see and experience.

We caught a cab back to Excalibur, changed our clothes and headed out back to wait for our shuttle to the airport at 7:30. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 10:20pm and arrive back in Detroit after 5am local time. During checkin I noticed there were exit seats open all over the place, so I grabbed the three right by the door for us and I was in heaven with all the leg room. Got a good hour or two of sleep in on the plane. Got back to Detroit on time, were picked up by Rose, drove back to Lindsay’s place, and I was on the road back to Saginaw. Made it back around 8am. HOME SWEET HOME!

First Trip to Las Vegas: Final Thoughts

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 5

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 4

Tuesday, July 4, 2006 - Independence Day

Is it time to go home yet? I get up around 9am. Buy drugs and head for the pool. Go for a coffee and Bailey’s but the bar isn’t open yet. I already bought the coffee. Head out on a mission to find Bailey’s. Get it at the same place I’ve been buying DayQuil. Spend about 2 hours at the pool and head up for a shower. Meet a couple of people behind the purchase of pokerchiptricks.com for lunch at the Sherwood Forest Cafe. I had the ham and cheese omelette and hash browns. It hit the spot!

Meet up with Lindsay and Julie and we head out. They bought some package deal tickets for the Stratosphere for $50 each. Buffet, American Superstars show with 2 free drinks, and elevator trip up to the top. Somehow I let them talk me into catching the bus. We wait a half hour for it to arrive and another hour to get there. Bus = Worst $2 you can spend in Las Vegas. As we boarded the bus I bet Lindsay $1 it would take us more than a half hour to get there. After the time passed

The food was good and I definitely ate my share. For the American Superstars show there were people doing Elvis, Britney Spears, Tim McGraw, Christina Aguilera, and Michael Jackson. Elvis and Christina were good, but Michael Jackson took the show. He had the voice and his dance moves were great. I’m a sucker for Michael Jackson entertainment. He’s one of the greatest musical artists of all time and did more for music than anyone ever has.

After the show we got in line to head up top for a view of the city. Since it was the 4th of July there were fireworks going off in every direction for as far as you could see. Quite amazing to see. We didn’t get up there until around 9:30pm so we probably missed most of the good fireworks, which I heard usually start around 9.

Caught a cab back to New York, New York where we met up with Jere and some of his friends. Gals went to Coyote Ugly and guys went to 9 Fine Irishmen. Everyone got pretty drunk by the end of the night and we ended up eating some great pizza. I think I got back to the room around 3am.

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 6
First Trip to Las Vegas: Final Thoughts

2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Winners

The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been going on since June 26, 2006. A lot of new poker players are making names for themselves and a lot of professionals are adding to their poker resumes. Following is a list of those players who have taken home bracelets so far.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em Casino Employee - Chris Gros
$1,500 No-Limit Hold’em - Brandon Cantu
$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em - Rafe Furst
$1,500 Limit Hold’em - Kianoush Abolfathi
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table - Russ Boyd (Dutch Boyd)
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Mark Vos
$3,000 Limit Hold’em - William Chen
$2,000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB - Jack Zwerner
$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Jeff Cabanillas
$1,500 Seven Card Stud - David Williams
$5,000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB - Sam Farha
$1,500 Limit Hold’em - Bob Chalmers
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em - Max Pescatori
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys - Allen Cunningham
$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em - Mary Jones
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Lee Watkinson
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Jon Friedberg
$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em - Eric Kesselman
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors - Clare Miller
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E. - David Reese (Chip Reese)
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table - William Chen
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Jeff Madsen

There are many more events to go before the $10,000 No-Limit Main Event even gets started on July 28, 2006. It’s scheduled to run through August 10, 2006 when we’ll have another world champion crowned.

List compiled from results at CardPlayer.

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 4

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3

Monday, July 3, 2006

I think I woke up around 9:30 or 10am. Grabbed some overpriced drugs from the hotel and headed to the pool. Start off with a large Bailey’s Irish Cream and coffee. After about 2 hours I head back to the room, shower, and nap for over an hour. I’m definitely coming down with something and coughing up a storm. Off to the poker room. Open seat at $4/8 so I take it. Juicy game but as has been the case the entire trip, I can’t get any cards. Plan was to meet the girls at 5:30 and head over to the Rio, but I can’t leave this game. They go, I stay.

I call pots I know I’ve lost. Donk away chips. Table turns to a full kill. I pick up Big Slick UTG on the first kill pot and raise. One caller in late position. On the Ace-high flop she says she wants to check it down, but I’m not having any part of that. I bet the entire way and she calls me down with Ace-Ten. Wow, I finally won a big pot!

Talk to Jere at some point and plan is to meet him downtown at 8. I catch a cab and he’s waiting for the bus somewhere. Forgot to warn him the bus sucks. I grab the 99 cent shrimp cocktail at Golden Gate again. Sit at a nickle video poker machine and I get dealt a King-high straight flush. Jere arrives and I cash out. A full bucket of nickles spit out. Old school machine. $27 and change for a $7 profit.

We putz around since they’ve never been to Fremont Street and end up eating at a buffet somewhere for about $13. I’m the least hungry, but eat the most. I’m sick and need some energy. Five of us jump in a cab back to Excalibur and they all head off to bed by midnight since they have a wedding the next day. I head back to the poker room and play more $4/8. Lose more and head back to the room around 2:30 sick as a dog.

First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 5
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 6
First Trip to Las Vegas: Final Thoughts

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