Poker Tournament Results

37th Annual World Series of Poker

Place	Name	Prize
1	Justin Scott (Redford, MI, USA)	$842,262
2	Farzad Rouhani (Germantown, MD, USA)	$429,065
3	Robert Bright AKA "Bob" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$261,170
4	Gregory Glass (Newport Beach, CA, USA)	$186,550
5	Nathan Templeton (Chattanooga, TN, USA)	$149,240
6	Carl Olson (Seattle, WA, USA)	$130,585
7	Josh Wakeman (Sandwich, IL, USA)	$111,930
8	Jason Johnson (Coral Springs, FL, USA)	$93,275
9	Bryan Micon (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$74,620
10	Paul Spano (Reno, NV, USA)	$55,965
11	Kendall Fukumoto AKA "ohana808, KFKYF" (Honolulu, HI, USA)	$52,234
12	Chad Mizner (Chandler, AZ, USA)	$48,503
13	Jake Stearley AKA "The Snake" (Spring Lake, MI, USA)	$44,772
14	Joseph Cordi (Indian Wells, CA, USA)	$41,041
15	Debbie LaVigne (Fairhope, AL, USA)	$37,310
16	Tony Bloom (London, UK)	$33,579
17	Steve Jones (Springfield, IL, USA)	$29,848
18	Ryan Fair (Coral Springs, FL, USA)	$26,117
19	Parimal Parmar AKA "Primo" (Lomita, CA, USA)	$22,386
20	Kayshan Muthy (Tooting, UK)	$22,386
21	Angel Garcia (Henderson, NV, USA)	$22,386
22	Efrain Lopez (Miami, FL, USA)	$18,655
23	Dan Harrington (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$18,655
24	Graham Smith (UK)	$18,655
25	Adam Marshall (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)	$14,924
26	Eduardo Sants (Argentina)	$14,924
27	David Cesiano (Pembroke Pines, FL, USA)	$14,924
28	Jamys Williams AKA "Jaws" (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$11,193
29	Jose Severino (Panama, Panama)	$11,193
30	Brandon Adams (Pensacola, FL, USA)	$11,193
31	Eric Cloutier AKA "lafayette" (Lafeyette, LA, canada/ mont-laurier, USA)	$11,193
32	Kevin Peterson AKA "Bleu" (Plano, TX, USA)	$11,193
33	David Cai (Westminster, CA, USA)	$11,193
34	Mike Hofeld AKA "Krusty The Clown" (Egg Harbor Twnshp, NJ, USA)	$11,193
35	Ian Fraser AKA "flasher" (Montrose, UK)	$11,193
36	Logan Trinidad (Detroit, MI, USA)	$11,193
37	Nathan Smith (Haymarket, VA, USA)	$9,328
38	Kevin Noel (Coral Springs, FL, USA)	$9,328
39	Ylon Schwaltz (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$9,328
40	Jeffrey Tahler (West Hollywood, CA, USA)	$9,328
41	Ferit Gabriellson (Stockholm, Sweden)	$9,328
42	John Spadavecchia (Lighthouse Pt., FL, USA)	$9,328
43	Alex Brenes (San Jose, Costa Rica)	$9,328
44	Mike McIntyre (Tewksbury, MA, USA)	$9,328
45	Marc Karam AKA "Myst" (Ottawa, ON, Canada)	$9,328
46	Joseph Nolan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,328
47	Ben Armstrong (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$9,328
48	George Long (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,328
49	Michael Katz (Manalapan, NJ, USA)	$9,328
50	Tony Pirone (Boston, MA, USA)	$9,328
51	Bobby Poe (Commerce Twp, MI, USA)	$9,328
52	Randy Holland (Winnetka, CA, USA)	$9,328
53	Ryan Armstrong (Omaha, NE, USA)	$9,328
54	Tony Nasr AKA "TNT" (Whittier, CA, USA)	$9,328
55	J. P. Vaughan (Campo, CA, USA)	$7,462
56	Mark Hope (Denver, CO, USA)	$7,462
57	Joe Meyers (Grayslake, IL, USA)	$7,462
58	Chris "Syracuse" Tsiprailidis (Syracuse, NY, USA)	$7,462
59	Ryan Moore (Newport Beach, CA, USA)	$7,462
60	Michael Odeh (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,462
61	Ken Koski (Howell, MI, USA)	$7,462
62	T. J. Yurkanin (Seattle, WA, USA)	$7,462
63	Hasan Habib (Downey, CA, USA)	$7,462
64	Chris Convery (Cape Town, South Africa)	$7,462
65	Randall Witt (Nashville, TN, USA)	$7,462
66	Mickey "Mouse" Mills (Downey, CA, USA)	$7,462
67	Karlo Lopez (San Juan, Puerto Rico)	$7,462
68	John Lively (Houston, TX, USA)	$7,462
69	Michael Cribb (Rochester Hills, MI, USA)	$7,462
70	Alexander Uskov (Moscow, Russia)	$7,462
71	Chris Reslock (Atlantic City, NJ, USA)	$7,462
72	Claude Marbleu (France)	$7,462
73	Praz Bansi (London, UK)	$7,462
74	Blake Mason (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$7,462
75	Chi Nguyen (Anaheim, CA, USA)	$7,462
76	Gary Benson (Sydney, Australia)	$7,462
77	Eric Bush AKA "asskiss" (Raleigh, NC, USA)	$7,462
78	Jason Levine (Miami, FL, USA)	$7,462
79	Patrick Pezzin (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$7,462
80	Jeff Han (Torrance, CA, USA)	$7,462
81	Paul Andvzejewski (Park Ridge, IL, USA)	$7,462
82	Derek Lawless	$5,597
83	Robert Ohl (Mansfield, OH, USA)	$5,597
84	Les Juliano (Austin, TX, USA)	$5,597
85	David Crouse (Huber Heights, OH, USA)	$5,597
86	Ron Stanley AKA "Carolina Express" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,597
87	Brian Fields (Berkeley, CA, USA)	$5,597
88	Samad Rashid AKA "Sam" (Brandon, FL, USA)	$5,597
89	Theo Nerantzinis (New York, NY, USA)	$5,597
90	John Esposito (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,597
91	Mats Iremark (Gothenburg, Sweden)	$5,597
92	Marcus Collins (Perth, Australia)	$5,597
93	Charles Balistreri (Island Park, NY, USA)	$5,597
94	Randy McKay AKA "Dakota Kid, Roughrider39" (Finley, ND, USA)	$5,597
95	James Basar (Cleveland, OH, USA)	$5,597
96	Antonio Bueti AKA "TonyB" (Mt. Kisco, NY, USA)	$5,597
97	Jerrod Ankenman (Avon, CT, USA)	$5,597
98	David Stirling (Wellington, FL, USA)	$5,597
99	Jennifer Tilly (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,597
100	Steve Karp (Dania Beach, FL, USA)	$5,597
101	Robert Blechman AKA "Rabbit" (Culver City, CA, USA)	$5,597
102	Robert Lundgren (Richland, WA, USA)	$5,597
103	Brett Shaffer (Bebit, Unknown)	$5,597
104	David Ross (Catlettsburg, KY, USA)	$5,597
105	Doris Homonicki (Melbourne, Australia)	$5,597
106	Rich Marshall (Raleigh, NC, USA)	$5,597
107	Jeremy Tutre	$5,597
108	Zacheria Butler (Birmingham, AL, USA)	$5,597
109	Joseph Burkley	$3,731
110	Donald Sjulstad (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$3,731
111	John Luisana (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)	$3,731
112	Andrew Stirling (Wellington, FL, USA)	$3,731
113	Eric Nelson (Sioux City, IA, USA)	$3,731
114	Joe Torres AKA "The Pro" (Long Island, NY, USA)	$3,731
115	Jeff Bryan AKA "the beast" (Ft. Calhoun, NE, USA)	$3,731
116	Roy Wilder (Livermore, CA, USA)	$3,731
117	David Cossio (El Paso, TX, USA)	$3,731
118	Mark Davis (Dublin, Ireland)	$3,731
119	Ronnie McMillan (Downy, CA, USA)	$3,731
120	Jeff Shulman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,731
121	Claus Vallo (Copenhagen, Denmark)	$3,731
122	Harold Cohen (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$3,731
123	Walter Chambers (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)	$3,731
124	Haim Kakoun (Paris, France)	$3,731
125	Hutson Richarde (Charlotte, NC, USA)	$3,731
126	Jason Fleurant (Maple Ridge, BC)	$3,731
127	James Kilarjian (Moneta, VA, USA)	$3,731
128	Johnny Kitchens (L, NV, USA)	$3,731
129	Jeppe Mikkelsen (Aarhus, Denmark)	$3,731
130	Greg Hemphill (Glasgow, UK)	$3,731
131	Jose Barbero (Buenos Aires, Argentina)	$3,731
132	Vegard Nygaard (Oslo, Norway)	$3,731
133	Zack Stewart (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$3,731
134	Graig Gold (Kirkland, Unknown)	$3,731
135	Javier Sarache (Hollywood, FL, USA)	$3,731
136	Jeffrey S. Johnson (West Palm Beach, FL, USA)	$3,731
137	James Routos (Seattle, WA, USA)	$3,731
138	Cong Do (Brigantine, NJ, USA)	$3,731
139	Marc Cipriano (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,731
140	Sean Willis	$3,731
141	Tommy Hang AKA "Tam" (Lynwood, WA, USA)	$3,731
142	Richard Park (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$3,731
143	Jeff Lambert (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA)	$3,731
144	Brian Malcolm (Redmond, WA, USA)	$3,731
145	Anthony Consola (chicago, IL, USA)	$3,731
146	John Vincent	$3,731
147	Roger Pape	$3,731
148	Orlando Moretti	$3,731
149	Amir Nurant (El Cajon, CA, USA)	$3,731
150	Mike Carroll (Ranche Santa Fe, CA, USA)	$3,731
151	Alexander Dokunov	$3,731
152	Ernesto Espino	$3,731
153	Gregory Vamplew	$3,731
154	John Bonetti (Houston, TX, USA)	$2,798
155	Stephen McClean	$2,798
156	Adam Greens	$2,798
157	Jason Barnett AKA "Jab" (oxford, AL, USA)	$2,798
158	Jan Selberg	$2,798
159	Peter Longmore (Australia)	$2,798
160	Tom Macey (Chicago, IL, USA)	$2,798
161	Jess Susi	$2,798
162	Richard Predham AKA "Pred" (St.John's, NL, Canada)	$2,798
163	Jeff Samuelson	$2,798
164	Aram Zerounian (Foothill Ranch, CA, USA)	$2,798
165	Craig Hartman (Ft Wayne, IN, USA)	$2,798
166	Kevin O'Sullivan (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$2,798
167	Jason Ryan (North Charleston, SC, USA)	$2,798
168	Alex Lieu (Pasadena, CA)	$2,798
169	Johan Dunder (Sweden)	$2,798
170	Troy Van	$2,798
171	Mike Clark AKA "Space" (Chester, NY, USA)	$2,798
172	Keith Taylor	$2,798
173	Mike Caro (Shell Krob, MO, USA)	$2,798
174	Elijah Harrod (Roswell, GA, USA)	$2,798
175	Kevin Paulk	$2,798
176	Anahit Coalajian	$2,798
177	Paul Quade	$2,798
178	Gino Criscione (Laguna Niguel, CA, USA)	$2,798
179	Che Coye	$2,798
180	Brett Marshall (San Diego, CA, USA)	$2,798
181	Dan Gatto	$2,798
182	Saul Prusoff	$2,798
183	Alan Fidellow (Yorktown Heights, NY, USA)	$2,798
184	Ali Zayeu	$2,798
185	Farid Vaghefi AKA "Freddy" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,798
186	Jerome L Saunders (Orlando, FL, USA)	$2,798
187	Paul Tschernia (Henderson, NV, USA)	$2,798
188	Gregory Cartin	$2,798
189	Keith Block AKA "Dr. Fells" (Pomona, NY, USA)	$2,798
190	Michelle Lau (Honolulu, HI, USA)	$2,798
191	Pat Henighan (Chicago, IL, USA)	$2,798
192	Jim Bates (Wildomar, CA, USA)	$1,632
193	Peter Calvo	$1,632
194	Juan Moranjo	$1,632
195	Keith Jacobs	$1,632
196	Broc Segura (New Iberia, LA, USA)	$1,632
197	Will The Thrill Emanuel Failla (Commack, NY, USA)	$1,632
198	Gregory Monaldi AKA "monalds" (Davie, FL, USA)	$1,632
199	Ryan Fronda (Fareham, UK)	$1,632
200	Mohammed Shafia	$1,632
201	William Thorson (Varberg, Sweden)	$1,632
202	Sam Silverman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,632
203	Romaine Feriolo (France)	$1,632

Tournament Report

Easy Money Justin Scott Wins Gold Bracelet and $842,262 Detroit poker player destroys final table in wire-to-wire victory Las Vegas, NV - Justin Scott flew into Las Vegas and promptly lost his entire bankroll at a baccarat table. This would not be an unusual story, since millions of visitors arrive in the gambling capital of the world each year and then leave town with less money. Scott's story is unique because out of the ashes of defeat in the pit, the 22-year-old professional poker player from Detroit scratched together a $2,000 buy-in for the No-Limit Hold'em championship and ended up winning $842,262 at the 2006 World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light. Scott steamrolled over a staggering field of 2,050 players - one of the largest tournaments held thus far at the World Series. After 2,041 players had been eliminated over two long days, nine players took their seats at the final table upon the Rio poker stage. The nine finalists comprised largely an unknown group of poker players. None had previously won a WSOP gold bracelet. When play began, Justin Scott enjoyed a decisive chip lead. Nathan Templeton was second, with everyone else far off in the distance. ESPN television was on hand to film the seven-hour finale, which featured perhaps the most dominant victory by any player yet at this year's WSOP. Name Chip Count Seat Carl Olson 301,000 1 Nathan Templeton 832,000 2 Bob Bright 324,000 3 Jason Johnson 174,000 4 Farzad Rouhani 133,000 5 Greg Glass 267,000 6 Josh Wakeman 319,000 7 Justin Scott 1,500,000 8 Bryan Micon 224,000 9 Bryan Micon, a.k.a.'Neverwinpoker' fulfilled his namesake by being the first player to bust out. Micon took a horrible beat when his pocket kings were trounced by Jason Johnson's ace-king. Johnson caught two devastating aces on the board to crush Micon. The Atlanta-based poker player took $74,620 for ninth place. What goes around comes around. After busting-out Micon, Jason Johnson was himself eliminated when his ace-queen lost of Justin Scott's ace-king. Neither player made a pair, but the king-kicker in Scott's hand played and Johnson was knocked out. Johnson, a painter from Florida, cashed out for $93,275. Johnson's elimination would mark the first of seven consecutive players to be eliminated by Scott. His play at this final table was so domineering, that as play progressed spectators could see the growing sense of frustration on the faces of Scott's powerless opponents. Dr. Josh Wakeman attended his first WSOP and this was his first-ever final table appearance. The chiropractor from Illinois had his back broken when his ace-jack was upset by Justin Scott's queen-seven. Two queens flopped, and Dr. Wakeman was discharged in seventh place. In what has been a great year in poker for chiropractors (world champ Joe Hachem's former profession), Wakeman collected $111,930 in prize money. The Justin Scott express rolled on. Already ahead in chips by a 3 to 1 count, Scott's total domination continued. Carl Olson went out next. His pocket sixes were flattened by Scott's ace-seven. The proverbial toss-up situation with a pair versus two overcards went Scott's way, when an ace flopped. Olson, a University of Washington graduate who now plays poker professionally, received $130,585 for sixth place. If there was any thought that Justin Scott might eventually go card dead and take a few hits, it vanished when the chip leader busted out yet another player - this time holding pocket deuces. Scott's deuce-deuce edged out Nathan Templeton's queen-ten when the real estate investor from Tennessee failed to connect with a pair. Templeton's share of the prize poll amounted to $149,240 for fifth place. By this time, Justin Scott was an immovable force. He amassed the vast majority of the chips still in play, making the spectacle more of a contest for'second place' than any lingering suspense as to who would be the tournament winner. Scott obliterated yet another player when his ace-king broke Greg Glass' king-ten. Both players flopped top pair when a king came. Drawing slim with two cards still to come, Glass failed to hit a ten. Was Glass half-full or half-empty? It depends on how one views a fourth-place finish. The 40-year-old poker player from California received $186,550 in prize money. Things were not so bright for Bob Bright. The CEO of a stock trading firm in Las Vegas cashed out as the third-place finisher when his ace-six failed to connect with the board. Justin Scott's pocket threes held up on the final hand, fizzling out Bright's chances of a comeback victory. Bright, who won the'Best All-Around' player award at Caesar's Las Vegas on this year's WSOP Circuit, had to settle for $261,170 and third place, this time. Looking at the chip discrepancy going into heads-up play, Farzad Rouhani must have felt like a stalled Hyundai sitting in the middle of the rail road tracks looking up at a roaring freight train. Rouhani was down nearly 13 to 1 - the single-largest lead going into heads-up play at the WSOP in over three years. Scott's 3,800,000 in chips, festooned in dozens of neat columns looked like the Acropolis compared to Rouhani's 290,000 shack. Overlooked in Scott's extraordinary victory was Rouhani's remarkable survival skills. Perhaps no player had fewer key cards or bigger hands at this year's World Series, and yet still managed to win more prize money ($429,065). On the previous day, when play had dwindled down to 35-players, Rouhani had less than 100,000 in chips and made a few key folds holding marginal hands which enabled him to survive longer in the tournament. Rouhani never had many chips in this event, yet still managed to outlast all but the last of 2,050 players. Rouhani put all of his last chips into the pot as the favorite. His pocket eights were in the lead on the final hand of the tournament. But Scott simply could not be stopped. His queen-six made a pair when a queen landed on board, and Rouhani ended up as the last victim of what can only be described as poker's closest thing to a massacre. The new poker champion was interviewed afterward and began with a classic understatement. 'I came in with 1.5 million,' Scott said. 'I was able to use my chips to run over the table.' Scott was complimentary toward his opponents, particularly Rouhani. 'Maybe I'm going to write a poker book,' he said. 'I'm going to put (Rouhani) in it for how to play short-handed in tournaments. He was simply amazing.' Justin Scott's trip to Las Vegas may have started off with a wimper. But it certainly ended with a bang. He went from being flat broke to $842,262 richer. 'I'm going to pay off the rest of my dad's home,' Scott said. 'Then, I'm going to buy a home for myself.' A bit of free advice - stay away from the baccarat tables. by Nolan Dalla Overall Tournament Statistics (through end of Event #31): Total Entries to Date: 28,551 Total Prize Money Distributed: $ 60,193,207 For official news and latest updates from the 2006 World Series of Poker, please visit: www.worldseriesofpoker.com For official photographs from the 2006 World Series of Poker, please contact Eric Harkins (Image Masters PDI) at: image22@aol.com Or visit: http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/photo_store/ For additions news and information from the 2006 WSOP, please contact: nolandalla@aol.com World Series of Poker Commissioner - Jeffrey Pollack Director, Sponsorship and Licensing -- Ty Stewart Director, Communications and Operations - Gary Thompson Director, Broadcasting and New Media - Craig Abrahams Vice President of Specialty Gaming -- Howard Greenbaum WSOP Tournament Director - Robert Daily WSOP Tournament Director / Director of Poker Operations for Harrah's Entertainment - Jack Effel