2006 WSOP Tournament Event #3
Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas
Official WSOP Tournament Results and Report
Event #3
Pot Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1,500
Number of Entries: 1102
Total Prize Money: $1,504,230
Player Name
Can Hua
George Bronstein
John Juanda
Shae Drobushevich
Results and Tournament Report for the Casino Employees World Championship WSOP Tournament.
2006 WSOP Tournament Casino Employees
Championship
Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas
Official WSOP Tournament Results and Report
Casino Employees World Championship
No-Limit Hold’em
Number of Entries: 1,232
Total Prize Money: $554,850
Chris Gros Wins First Event
at the 2006 World Series of Poker!
Casino Employees World Poker Championship
Shatters All-Time Attendance Record – with 1,232 Entries
Las Vegas, NV -- On most days and nights, players in the “Casino Employees World
Poker Championship” can be found providing customer service to the guests of their
respective casino and hotel properties. On this day however, the concept of
hospitality was the farthest thing from any of their minds.
As well it should have been.
Read more on the WSOP Casino Employees World Poker Championship
No-Limit Hold’em
Current Standings:
1. Andrew Black Dublin, Ireland 94,175
Black Back on the Attack!
Rio Hosts the 2006 Tournament of Champions
As final table begins, Irishman Andrew Black is the chip leader,
Las Vegas, NV -- The third annual Tournament of Champions kicked off today at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The TOC is a one-of-a-kind freeroll competition consisting of the top World Series of Poker and WSOP Circuit players of the past year. The high-level of competition makes the tournament one of the toughest events to win in poker. Annie Duke was victorious the inaugural TOC held in 2004. Last year, Mike “the Mouth” Matusow won the championship.
The invitational tournament offers a total prize pool of $2 million – including a million-dollar first-prize. Nine places will be paid. For all players -- the special event cost nothing to enter, as all prize money is posted by Harrah’s Entertainment and its esteemed corporate partners -- including Sobe Adrenaline Rush (energy drink) and PartyPoker.net (online poker school).
The 27 invited players this year included all of the WSOP Circuit event winners from August 2005 through June 2006 (12 seats). Players who made it to the final table of the 2005 WSOP main event were also invited (nine seats). The remaining seats were filled by individuals selected by Harrah’s Entertainment and its sponsors (six seats). Those players ranged from poker legend and two-time WSOP champion Doyle Brunson, to Sarah Strong, who beat out 100,000 competitors to win sandwich-king Quizno’s special promotional qualifying tournament.
With so much prize money and bragging rights for one of poker’s most prestigious titles at stake, ESPN was on hand to film the entire event for future broadcast.
On Day One, 17 players busted-out. Players were eliminated in the following order:
27th – Abe Korotki went out first when he flopped a set of eights against Daniel Negreanu’s set of jacks. The higher set won.
26th – 1989 WSOP champion Phil Hellmuth went out early when his Q-Q was flattened by 2000 WSOP champion Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.
25th – Greg Merkow flopped top pair but lost to Gus Hansen’s 6-6 when “The Great Dane” caught a six, good for a set.
24th – Peter Feldman was dealt 4-4 and had the best hand until Chris “Jesus” Ferguson caught a jack on the river to go with A-J. Feldman went out 24th.
23rd – Steve Dannenmann was eliminated when his 8-8 lost in a big three-way pot with Daniel Negreanu and Joe Hachem. Negreanu had A-Q and flopped an ace, putting Dannenmann out of the tournament.
22nd – The reigning world poker champion Joe Hachem had the best hand when he moved all-in with Q-Q. Steve Dannenmann was all-in as well, holding 8-8. Daniel Negreanu had A-Q and caught an ace on the flop, eliminating the top two finishers of the 2005 WSOP in one single hand.
21st – Jeff King started his final hand with A-K but lost to Andrew Black’s 9-9. A nine came on the river, which was the crowing blow for King.
20th – Law student Brad Kondracki busted out with A-J. He ran into Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s Q-Q. A queen came on the turn and ended Kondracki’s hopes of a winning verdict.
19th – Sarah Strom, a crowd favorite, showed she could play poker with the best. She outlasted champions Hachem and Hellmuth, and might have finished higher had it not been for some very bad luck. Strom was low on chips and moved all-in with A-Q against Daniel Negreanu, holding an embarrassingly bad hand – 5-2. When the flop came A-3-4 giving Negreanu a straight, he went over and gave Strom a conciliatory hug. Strom smiled and waved to the crowd. She could be proud of her play in this tournament.
18th – John Spadavecchia, a veteran of many poker battles lost this one when he played an A-8 aggressively and missed, losing to Doyle Brunson when the final board showed J-10-7-8-5.
17th – Mike O’Malley busted-out when his A-Q was crushed by Daniel Negreanu’s 3-2. It proved to be yet another weak hand that turned into a monster. O’Malley moved all-in holding top pair when an ace flopped, and Negreanu called with a pair of threes. Another three fell on the turn (good for three-of-a-kind) and O’Malley waved goodbye.
16th – Vinny Vinh went out with 6-6 against Chris Reslock’s 7-7. Reslock would be a giant killer over the next hour, as he eliminated three consecutive players.
15th – Clint Baskin was eliminated when his 9-9 was cracked by Chris Reslock’s A-K. Reslock rivered a king, and Baskin melted away in 15th place.
14th – Tex Barch was short on chips and moved in with J-9 against Chris Reslock’s K-Q. Reslock made a pair. Barch didn’t. Barch went home.
13th – Poker icon Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson went out in unlucky 13th place when his K-Q lost to Aaron Kanto’s Q-Q.
12th – Scott Lazar, a movie producer in Hollywood, went out next with A-K against Kido Pham’s Q-Q. Lazar failed to make a pair, and was cut from the script in 12th place.
11th – Aaron Kantor took a tough beat when his A-K lost to Andrew Black’s A-10. Black flopped two pair (aces and tens) and Kantor was left wondering what went wrong and ended up going out just short of the money.
That left ten players to return tomorrow for the final table. The ten finalists, born in six different nations, represent four different countries – USA, Sweden, Ireland, and Denmark. The ten finalists of the 2006 Tournament of Champions consist of the following players:
Seat 1: Kido Pham
Seat 2: Chris “Jesus” Ferguson
Seat 3: Darrell Dicken
Seat 4: Mike “the Mouth” Matusow
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 7: Mike Sexton
Seat 8: Gus Hansen
Seat 9: Chris Reslock
Seat 10: Daniel Bergsdorf
Prize money will be distributed, as follows:
1st Place -- $1,000,000
Final table play starts on Monday, June 26 at 12 noon PST.
by Nolan Dalla
The WSOP Harveys Lake Tahoe, NV Tournament is complete. Contratulations to Clint Baskin who won $372,240 in his first major tournament victory. A plumber from California, Clint Baskin learned how to play poker 25 years ago. He was taught by his great-grandmother.
Harveys Lake Tahoe was trhe final stop for the WSOP Circuit. None of the poker "superstars" made it to the final table. This years $10,000 buy in championship began with 110 entries, creating a total prize pool of $1,034,000. Ten hours and nearly 250 hands later, Clint Baskin had every chip at the table and was the last man standing.
For the complete WSOP Tournament Report and Results, visit our WSOP Tournament Results page.
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