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Watch it From Your Couch: The WSOP Final Table is on Pay Per View

Having spent the last 7 weeks here in the desert, I can tell you with certainty the best way to watch the final table of the 2006 World Series of Poker will be in the comfort of your own living room. ESPN pay per view will be carrying a live feed of the final table […]

Handicapping with Humberto Brenes – Players he Thinks you Should Watch

Humberto Brenes capped off a fantasitic 2006 World Series including eight cashes and one final table appearance with his 36th-place finish in the Main Event, winning over $400,000 during the last 40 days. Said Humberto, “I feel good, but it is difficult to feel good when you’re out. I was dreaming all year of winning […]

WSOP Updates – Day Seven – Field Narrows From 28 to 18 Quickly

As play enters the four-hour mark for the day, the field has been narrowed from 27 to 18. Play will continue until the final table of 9 players is established. Among the notable bustouts of the day were 21st place finisher Kevin O’Donnell and 20th place finisher Prahlad Friedman.
O’Donnell had a tremendous World Series, making […]

WSOP Updates – 18th Place Finisher Einhorn Makes a Huge Donation

David Einhorn shocked many in the poker community when he announced that regardless of where he finished, he would be donating 100% of his WSOP earnings to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The amount of his donation was determined earlier today when Einhorn busted out in 18th place, good for $659,730.
Einhorn is […]

WSOP Updates – Remaining Players Break Million Dollar Mark

With the elimination of 13th-place finisher William Thorsson, the remaining 12 players broke the million-dollar mark – each player eliminated will now earn at least $1,154,527.
Thorsson was eliminated by chip-leader Jamie Gold, who added to his monstrous chip-lead with the pot. The hand began with Thorsson raising over 4 times the big blind to 250,000, […]

WSOP Updates – Down to Ten, But Only Nine Make the Final Table

Entering into the eleventh hour of play, ten players remained out of the original 27 that started the day. Prominent professionals Prahlad Friedman and Jeffrey Lisandro bit the dust in 20th and 17th place respectively, while amateur Jamie Gold continued to impress.
Gold was the story of the day, playing fearless and sometimes borderline reckless poker. […]

WSOP Updates – And Then There Were Nine – The Final Table is Set.

Talk about a marathon. The nine men left standing in the World Series of Poker have truly outlasted the field. Having been a starter in the field myself, I’m not sure I can imagine still playing in the tournament I played in nearly two weeks ago.
But, this is poker, and that means somebody has to […]

WSOP Final Table Preview – Can Cunningham Strike Gold?

The day we have all been waiting for is upon us. The Final Table of the 2006 World Series of Poker promises to have high drama – if nothing else due to the sheer amount of money these 9 players are competing for. It’s not every day you play for 12 million dollars.
Talent Agent Jamie […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Dan Nassif is your 9th Place Finisher

Just a few hands into the day, the first player of the 2006 Main Event final table was eliminated. Dan Nassif, the short-stack coming into play, was knocked out by chip-leader Jamie Gold.
Gold limped in from early position, and Nassif raised it more than four times the big blind to $700,000. Gold called, and announced […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Erik Friberg 8th Place Finisher

On the 57th hand of play and almost three hours into the last day of play, Jamie Gold continued to add to his chip lead by knocking out the 8th place finisher at the final table, Erik Friberg. Friberg, the 23 year old from Stockholm, Sweden, earned $1,979,189 for his play while Gold eliminated his […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Douglas Kim- 7th Place

Five hours into play, the final table was narrowed down to six when Doug Kim was eliminated in 7th place. After Kim smooth-called a $700,000 raise preflop by Paul Wasicka, the flop came down 4d-4s-3s. Wasicka bet $1 million, and Kim moved all-in. Wasicka called immediately and showed pocket queens, while Kim flipped over pocket […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Richard Lee- 6th Place

Throughout the final day, Richard Lee seemed to play flawlessly. He built up his stack very nicely from his starting point of $11,820,000 to over $16 million by playing very aggressively and picking his spots, oftentimes avoiding having to show his hand. However, one small mistake was all it took to end Lee’s day in […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Rhett Butler - 5th Place

Rhett Butler hung in all day as one of the shorter stacks, playing extremely conservative poker and moving up in the pay scale, but he finally met his end in 5th place after over ten hours of play.
Butler, who started the day with almost $5 million in chips and never got above $7 million, played […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Allen Cunningham - 4th Place

Entering the final day in second chip position, 2005 WSOP player of the year Allen Cunningham was picked as a favorite by many to take down his first Main Event championship and second bracelet of this year’s series. Expectations for Cunningham fell short, though, after he was the fourth player to be knocked out by […]

WSOP Final Table Updates – Michael Binger – 3rd Place

Jamie Gold just missed the opportunity to knock out both of his remaining opponents on the same hand. As the hand played out, he was simply content to bust his sixth player of the day in Michael Binger, eliminated in 3rd place for $4,123,310.
The big hand came after Gold and Wasicka limped, and Binger raised […]

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