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2006 WSOP Champion Jamie Gold
The winner of the big prize was Jamie Gold, a television producer from Los Angeles. Gold was almost not going to play in the event, but decided he would at the last minute. It was a decision he would not regret, as he jumped out to a huge chip lead on his third day of play and never relinquished it.
The 2006 WSOP Final Table
The final table was one of the toughest in recent memory, with all-star poker pro Allen Cunningham joining Gold, Paul Wasicka and Michael Binger in the final four. Although all but Cunningham were unknown at the time, Wasicka has since proved himself to be a superior poker player, worthy of a spot at the WSOP main event final table.
2006 WSOP: The Big Hand
The hand that everyone would talk about in the 2006 WSOP main event came when it was down to three players, Gold, Binger and Wasicka. Wasicka held 8s9s in the small blind, Binger held AhTh in the big blind, and Gold had 4s3c on the button. Binger raised to 1.5 million and both Gold and Wasicka called.
The flop came Tc 6s 5s, giving Binger top pair top kicker, Wasicka a flush draw and gutshot straight draw, and Gold an open ended straight draw. Wasicka checked, Binger bet 3.5 million, Gold moved all in, Wasicka folded and Binger called. The turn was a 7c, giving Gold the straight and a now meaningless spade on the river didn't help Binger.
Many analysts felt that given the amount of money in the pot, Wasicka should have called with his flush draw. He didn't and finished in second, making Jamie Gold the 2006 Champion.
2006 WSOP Tournaments and Winners
| Event | Winner | Prize | Entrants |
| $10,000 Championship Event | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 | 8,773 |
| $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em | Chris Gros | $127,496 | 1,232 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Brandon Cantu | $757,839 | 2,776 |
| $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em | Rafe Furst | $345,984 | 1,102 |
| $1,500 Limit Hold'em | Kianoush Abolfathi | $335,289 | 1,068 |
| $2,500 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | Dutch Boyd | $475,712 | 1,895 |
| $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Mark Vos | $803,274 | 1,919 |
| $3,000 Limit Hold'em | Bill Chen | $343,618 | 415 |
| $2,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo | Jack Zwerner | $341,426 | 670 |
| $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Jeff Cabanillas | $818,546 | 622 |
| $1,500 Seven-Card Stud | David Williams | $163,118 | 478 |
| $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo | Sam Farha | $398,560 | 265 |
| $1,500 Limit Hold'em | Bob Chalmers | $258,344 | 701 |
| $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Max Pescatori | $682,389 | 1,290 |
| $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys | Allen Cunningham | $625,830 | 752 (1670) |
| $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em | Mary Jones Meyer | $236,094 | 1,128 |
| $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | Lee Watkinson | $655,746 | 218 |
| $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Jon Friedberg | $526,185 | 2,891 |
| $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | Eric Kesselman | $311,403 | 590 |
| $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em | Claire Miller | $247,814 | 1,184 |
| $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. | David "Chip" Reese | $1,784,640 | 143 |
| $2,500 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | Bill Chen | $442,511 | 740 |
| $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Jeff Madsen | $660,948 | 1,579 |
| $3,000 Limit Hold'em | Ian Johns | $291,755 | 341 |
| $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo | Scott Clements | $301,175 | 352 |
| $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | David "The Dragon" Pham | $240,222 | 600 |
| $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha | Ralph Perry | $207,817 | 525 |
| $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys | Eric Froehlich | $299,675 | 158 (472) |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Mats Rahmn | $655,141 | 2,126 |
| $5,000 Seven-Card Stud | Benjamin Lin | $256,620 | 183 |
| $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em | John Gale | $374,849 | 183 |
| $5,000 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | Jeff Madsen | $643,381 | 183 |
| $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Justin Scott | $842,262 | 2,050 |
| $1,500 Razz | James Richburg | $139,576 | 409 |
| $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | Jason Lester | $550,764 | 378 |
| $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys | Phil Hellmuth | $631,863 | 754 (1691) |
| $1,000 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo | Patrick Poels | $172,091 | 788 |
| $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout | Victoriano Perches | $157,338 | 524 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | James Graham | $765,226 | 2,803 |
| $5,000 2-7 Draw Lowball | Daniel Alaei | $430,698 | 81 |
| $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Praz Bansi | $230,209 | 1,100 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Paul Kobek | $316,144 | 1,007 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Jimmy Mitchell | $153,173 | 362 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Kevin Nathan | $171,987 | 420 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Kevin Cover | $196,968 | 481 |
| $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Anders Henriksson | $202,291 | 494 |
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