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World Series Of Poker
2006 $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Result
6th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 12 (2 day event)
Entries -- 265
(224)
Buy-in -- $5,000
Prize Pool -- $1,245,000
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Sam Farha
(Houston, TX, USA)
wins $398,560 and
his 2nd
WSOP bracelet |
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Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Sam Farha |
TX |
$398,560 |
| 2 |
Phil Ivey |
NV |
$219,208 |
| 3 |
Kirill Gerasimov
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Moscow |
$112,095 |
| 4 |
Mike Henrich |
NE |
$87,185 |
| 5 |
Mike Wattel |
AZ |
$74,730 |
| 6 |
Brain Nadell |
NV |
$62,275 |
| 7 |
Jeffrey King |
CT |
$49,820 |
| 8 |
Jim Ferrel |
AZ |
$37,365 |
| 9 |
Ryan Hughes |
AZ |
$24,910 |
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| 13 |
Arthur van der Meeren (Amsterdam) |
$12,445 |
| 14 |
Mike Caro |
$12,445 |
| 17 |
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson |
$9,964 |
| 23 |
Andrew Bloch |
$7,473 |
| 25 |
Andy Black (Dublin, Ireland) |
$7,473 |
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28 places paid.
Canadian businessman takes top prize in Limit Hold'em championship, earns
$258,344
There is no one in the poker world quite like Sammy Farha.
Dashing and debonair, Farha is part James Bond, part Humphrey Bogart, part Hugh
Hefner -- all wrapped up into a five-foot-nine dynamo of a man with an
unrelenting passion for fast living and high-stakes gambling.
In what
could very well have been one of the toughest fields in poker history, 265
players - the vast majority of them former WSOP gold bracelet winners,
top-notch tournament players, and high-limit cash-game specialists - entered
the $5,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split world championship. After 20 hours of
play extended over two long days (three actually, since the final table went
way past midnight), 256 players had been eliminated and the final table was
set.
Farha's competition was formidable. The biggest menace was poker
marvel Phil Ivey, shooting for gold bracelet number six. Mike Wattel and Brian
Nadell also brought many years of top-flight tournament experience to the final
table. There was also the top Russian poker pro Kirill Gerasimov. Rounding out
the field were five other aspiring champions eager to notch their first World
Series win.
This being an old fashioned two day tournament the final
table started at close to the midnight hour, which was a shame because fewer
people than otherwise might have been anticipated were present to see yet
another spectacular WSOP final table.
by Nolan Dalla |
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