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The 2006 World Series of Poker as finally come to an end winner Jamie Gold from Malibu collected $12,000,000 after a week long battle against 8,773 other contenders. The $10,000 buy in tournament paid out a prize pool of $82,512,162 and produced more millionaires than any tournament in history.
TOP TEN
| 1 JAMIE GOLD, MALIBU. CA | $12,000,000 |
2 PAUL WASICKA, WESTMINSTER.CO | $6,102.499 |
3 MICHAEL BINGER, ATHERTON. CA | $4,123.310 |
4 ALLEN CUNNINGHAM, LAS VEGAS NV | $3,628.513 |
5 RHETT BUTLER, ROCKVILLE MD | $3,216.182 |
6 RICHARD LEE, SAN ANTONIO TX | $2,803.851 |
7 DOUG KIM, HARTSDALE NY | $2,391.520 |
8 ERIK FRIBERG, STOCKHOLM SWEDEN | $1,979.189 |
9 DANIEL NASSIF, BRENTWOOD MO | $1,566.858 |
10 FRED GOLDBERG, HOLLYWOOD | $1,154.527 |
What’s the size of the field going to be next year 12,000 players and a prize pool of $120,000,000? Imagine the British Open Golf Championship, allowing 8,000 hackers to buy in at the gate for $10,000. It would take approximately 240 days to complete - weather permitting of course.
The WSOP organizers need to get a grip before it gets completely out of control, allow everyone the opportunity to qualify, let the prize money continue to increase, but narrow the field for the final event.
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