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Last Updated: February 25, 2006

2006 L.A. Poker Classic blog available
January 19 - February 24, 2006

Commerce Casino
6131 E. Telegraph Road
Commerce, CA , USA
Commerce Casino website
DATE
EVENT
ENTRY FEE
Jan 19
$300+$30 
Jan 20
$300+$30 
Jan 21
$300+$30 
Jan 22
$500+$40 
Jan 23
$500+$40 
Jan 24
$500+$40 
Jan 25
$500+$40 
Jan 26
$500+$40 
Jan 27
$1,000+$60 
Jan 28
$500+$40 
Jan 29
$1,000+$60 
Jan 30
$1,000+$60 
Jan 31
$1,000+$60 
Feb 1
$1,000+$60 
Feb 2
$1,000+$60 
Feb 3
$1,000+$60 
Feb 4
$300+$30 
Feb 5
$1,000+$60 
Feb 6
$1,500+$80 
Feb 7
$1,500+$80 
Feb 8
$1,500+$80 
Feb 9
$2,500+$90 
Feb 10
$2,500+$90 
Feb 11
$1,500+$80 
Feb 12
$500+$40 
Feb 13
$500+$40 
Feb 14
$500+$40 
Feb 15
Super Satellite - No Limit Hold'em 
$1,000+$20 
Feb 16 - 21
$9,900+$100*
Feb 22 - 24
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*First place finisher will also win entry into the WPT No-Limit Hold'em Invitational.
blog available = tournament blog posts available. Click here for A Rounder's Blog, as our resident rounder shares his insights playing in several of the L.A. Poker Classic events.

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EVENT #1, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 19, 2006
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $334,068
Entries: 1,148
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Ryan Kallberg
$113,583
2
Nick Wertz
$60,132
3
Badei Khoury
$28,730
4
Lawrence Truong
$20,044
5
Michael Landau
$13,697
6
Frederick Arni
$10,356
7
Michael Leanos
$8,352
8
Merrick Kenzeth
$6,681
9
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$5,353
The top 45 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #2, LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 20, 2006
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $139,971
Entries: 481
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Luis Velador
$51,789
2
Al Barbieri
$26,594
3
Cecil Belda
$13,297
4
Stephane Fitoussi
$8,398
5
David Bertucci
$6,299
6
Anthony Lee
$4,899
7
Sean Akamine
$3,499
8
Mark Jones
$2,799
9
Anh Nguyen
$2,240
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #3, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 21, 2006
(Multi-ReBuy, $250,000 Guaranteed)
TOP 30 RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $718,188
Entries: 862
Rebuys: 1,135 ~ Add-ons: 471
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Joe Tehan
$244,179
2
Ben Chung
$129,274
3
Fu Wong
$61,764
4
James 'Major' Polk
$43,091
5
Kevin Gugliotta
$29,446
6
Brett Helm
$22,264
7
Tuan Pham
$17,955
8
Steve Dao
$14,364
9
Marcellodel Grosso
$11,491
10
Victoria Condos
$8,618
11
Scott Lazar
$8,618
12
Anthony Guadagni
$8,618
13
David Elischakov
$6,464
14
Mehdi Sadeghian
$6,464
15
Antonio Abesamis
$6,464
16
Tam Nguyen
$5,027
17
Paul Lee
$5,027
18
Steve Simmons
$5,027
19
Douglas Lambech
$4,309
20
Cuong Huynh
$4,309
21
Raymond Davis
$4,309
22
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$4,309
23
Emilio Magliozzi
$4,309
24
Shawn Chang
$4,309
25
Ed Mayor
$4,309
26
Tony Souri
$4,309
27
Michael Fountain
$4,309
28
Christos Psillas
$2,873
29
James Woods
$2,873
30
Stephen Burns
$2,873
The top 45 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #4, OMAHA HI-LO SPLIT - January 22, 2006
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $122,220
Entries: 252
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Joseph Cutri
$45,222
2
Ed Fernandez
$23,222
3
Alan Mittelman
$11,611
4
Freddie Legaspi
$7,333
5
Jeffery Peterson
$5,500
6
Raffi Krikorian
$4,278
7
Peter Han
$3,056
8
Andrew Wang
$2,444
9
Laurette Thurber
$1,956
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #5, 7 CARD STUD - January 23, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $83,905
Entries: 173
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Manuel Nacrur
$32,722
2
Joe Brandenburg
$16,781
3
Franco Brunetti
$8,390
4
Laurence Kantor
$5,537
5
Moon Chang
$4,195
6
Bob Golick
$3,356
7
Randy Holland
$2,517
8
Nick Cavacini
$1,687
9
Luis Padilla
$1,258
10
Jehouda Arad
$1,258
11
Roland Viola
$1,258
12
Michael Mueller
$1,258
13
Levon Torosyan
$922
14
David Neiorf
$922
15
John Hoang
$922
16
Gary Pflieger
$922

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EVENT #6, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM- January 24, 2006
(one rebuy)
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $358,900
Entries: 480
Rebuys: 260
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Theo Tran
$132,793
2
Hoan Ly
$68,191
3
Jose Chavez
$34,095
4
Dani Pourat
$21,534
5
John Droutsas
$16,150
6
Joe Schulman
$12,561
7
Yohannes Muruz
$8,972
8
Gevork Kasabyan
$7,178
9
Jeffery Peterson
$5,751
10
Rob Amereno
$4,306
11
Daniel Torla
$4,306
12
Bill Shalhoob
$4,306
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #7, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM SHOOTOUT - January 25, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $160,050
Entries: 330
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Kevin Blakey
$54,915
2
Russ Ortega Jr.
$29,135
3
Massoud Setayesh
$14,450
4
Edward Yoo
$9,650
5
Anthony Reategui
$7,200
6
Bahman Sabahai
$5,600
7
Danny Walker
$4,000
8
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$3,200
9
Lance Allred
$2,560
10
Eugene Viado
$1,920
11
Wayne Filos
$1,920
12
Morgan Machina
$1,920
The top 33 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #8, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 26, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $324,465
Entries: 669
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Gevork Kasabyan
$110,318
2
David Nguyen
$58,403
3
Young Phan
$29,201
4
Joe Phanhyaseng
$19,467
5
Thomas Cardona Jr.
$14,600
6
Mark Boonnark
$11,356
7
Mark Lebowitz
$8,111
8
Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma
$6,489
9
Malixi Ressell
$5,191
10
Thomas Honkana
$3,900
11
Steven Giufre
$3,900
12
Keit Tran
$3,900
The 36 top place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #9, LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 27, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $170,720
Entries: 176
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Kevin Song
$64,881
2
Tina Tateossian
$32,436
3
Syed Kadri
$16,047
4
Eric Arreca
$10,243
5
Luis Velador
$6,828
6
Luis Sanchez
$5,975
7
Chris Overgard
$5,121
8
James Pittman
$4,268
9
Aryan Ansari
$3,414
10
Karen Manfrede
$2,731
11
Chris McClung
$2,731
12
Tim Lyons
$2,731
13
Steve Naideth
$2,390
14
Rob Amereno
$2,390
15
Talia Khiu
$2,390
16
Joe Brandenburg
$2,048
17
Patrick Wachs
$2,048
18
Ryan Buckardt
$2,048
The top 18 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #10, LADIES NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 28, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $58,200
Entries: 120
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Crystal Osgood
$22,115
2
Mio Shibata
$11,058
3
Maria Anguelova
$5,470
4
Sherry Godfrey
$3,492
5
Kathy Kolberg
$2,328
6
Linda Balint
$2,037
7
Grace Wang
$1,746
8
Victoria Davidson
$1,455
9
Reka Hallgato
$1,164
10
Theresa Lavin
$930
11
Lauren Szidak
$930
12
Elizabeth Brandenbrug
$930
13
Ruth Turobiner
$815
14
Lora Foley
$815
15
Katlryn Roacl
$815
16
Nash Ball
$700
17
Marla Schwartz
$700
18
Susan Rhodes
$700
The top 18 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #11, 7-CARD STUD HI/LO - January 29, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $131,920
Entries: 136
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Albert Chamy
$51,448
2
Qui "Candy" Liu
$26,384
3
Howard Ross
$13,192
4
Paramjit Gill
$8,706
5
Gerard Rechnitzer
$6,596
6
Vince Burgio
$5,276
7
Anton Brenner
$3,957
8
Chester Foster
$2,645
9
Men Nguyen
$1,978
10
Marty Appel
$1,978
11
David Bertucci
$1,978
12
William Sheppard
$1,978
13
Rocky Enciso
$1,451
14
Pete Lawson
$1,451
15
Kevin Blakey
$1,451
15
Stan Singer
$1,451
The top 15 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #12, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 30, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $329,800
Entries: 340
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Mickey Mills
$122,019
2
Rod Dingler
$62,662
3
Rosario Ortega
$31,331
4
Adam Maciel
$19,788
5
David Baker
$14,841
6
Bert Darakora
$11,543
7
Karga Holt
$8,245
8
Jean Doukoz
$6,596
9
Luan Phan
$5,276
10
Brian McCann
$3,957
11
Richard Dolenga
$3,957
12
Dante Pugliese
$3,957
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #13, OMAHA HI-LO - January 31, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $154,230
Entries: 159
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Luis Velador
$58,607
2
Robert Durant Jr.
$29,303
3
Anthony Guadagni
$14,497
4
Brett Jungblut
$9,253
5
Steve Badger
$6,169
6
Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma
$5,398
7
Danny Morgan
$4,626
8
Terrence Hastoo
$3,855
9
Steve Choi
$3,085
10
Daniel Kim
$2,467
11
James Calcagno
$2,467
12
Timothy Smith
$2,467
13
Rocky Enciso
$2,159
14
Dao Bac
$2,159
15
James Richburg
$2,159
16
Phuong Nguyen
$1,853
17
Raymond Miller
$1,853
18
Daniel Quach
$1,853
The top 18 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #14, 7 CARD STUD - February 1, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $93,120
Entries: 96
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Maxwell Troy
$37,248
2
John Womack
$21,417
3
Daniel Torla
$11,174
4
Sirous Baghchehsaraie
$6,518
5
Max Pescatori
$5,587
6
Minh Nguyen
$4,656
7
Avdo Djokovic
$3,724
8
Bill Mendicki
$2,796
The top 8 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #15, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 2, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $341,440
Entries: 352
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
David Nguyen
$126,328
2
Daniel Fuhs
$64,873
3
Udi Perez
$32,436
4
Gevork Kasabyan
$20,486
5
Asa Davis
$15,364
6
Michael Simhai
$11,950
7
Michael Navarro
$8,536
8
Parth Data
$6,828
9
Casper Dahl-Hansen
$5,463
10
David Cheng
$4,097
11
Daniel Burke
$4,097
12
Christopher Barash
$4,097
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #16, LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 3, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $174,600
Entries: 180
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Liz Lieu
$66,348
2
Jason Heldema
$33,174
3
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$16,412
4
Daniel Woloszyn
$10,476
5
Tom Ellsworth
$6,984
6
Anthony Guadagni
$6,115
7
Rich Cruse
$5,238
8
Todd Witteles
$4,365
9
Larry Ross
$3,492
10
Raed Abukartomy
$2,793
11
Eduardo Dizon
$2,793
12
Sean Focher
$2,793
13
Eric DeMatteis
$2,444
14
James Etheridge
$2,444
15
Stephane Fitoussi
$2,444
16
Alireza Yarahmady
$2,095
17
Beverly Kruskol
$2,095
18
Men Nguyen
$2,095
The top 18 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #17, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 4, 2006
(Multi-ReBuy, $250,000 Guaranteed)
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $753,399
Entries: 879
Rebuys: 1,188 ~ Add-ons: 522
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Shane Schleger
$256,155
2
Sang Pham
$135,611
3
Danny Walker
$64,792
4
Scott Fischman
$45,203
5
Joe Gordon
$30,889
6
Jae Bae
$23,355
7
John Hoang
$18,834
8
Daniel Burkey
$15,067
9
Gagik Zhamkochyan
$12,077
10
Moises Lopez
$9,040
11
Fred Lavassani
$9,040
12
Anthony Reategui
$9,040
13
Arms Yongyurth
$6,780
14
Ayaz Mahmood
$6,780
15
Massoud Mazhari
$6,780
16
Omram "Sam" Sanusi
$5,273
17
Kelly Kim
$5,273
18
Charlie Art
$5,273
The top 45 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #18, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM SHOOTOUT
February 5, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $106,700
Entries: 110
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Jean Gaspard
$40,890
2
Mike Gillian
$23,440
3
Kevin Song
$12,800
4
Albert Ng
$7,470
5
Paul Vinci
$5,865
6
David Levi
$4,800
7
David Pham
$3,735
8
Steve Hohn
$2,665
9
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$2,135
10
Chris McCormack
$1,650
11
Quoc Al "Vinnie" Vinh
$1,250
The top 11 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #19, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 6, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $80
Prize Pool: $357,930
Entries: 246
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Can Kim Hua
$132,432
2
Graham Duke
$68,007
3
Frank Sinopoli
$34,003
4
Carlos Fuentes
$21,476
5
Shawn Buchanan
$16,107
6
Paul Vinci
$12,528
7
Jeffrey Yoak
$8,948
8
Makram Merhom
$7,159
9
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$5,727
10
Hung La
$4,295
11
Norm Wheatcroft
$4,295
12
An Lu
$4,295
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #20, POT-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 7, 2006
(one rebuy)
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $80
Prize Pool: $194,970
Entries: 90
Rebuys: 44
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
James Carroll
$77,988
2
Anthony Reategui
$44,843
3
Ted Leva
$23,396
4
Jose Torres
$13,648
5
Scott Bohlman
$10,723
6
Mike Carson
$8,774
7
Lance Tahata
$6,824
8
Dante Pugliese
$4,874
9
Joe Brandenburg
$3,900
The top 9 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #21, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 8, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $80
Prize Pool: $427,770
Entries: 294
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Jose Tavares
$158,270
2
Thor Hansen
$81,275
3
Tad Jurgens
$40,635
4
Farzad Bonyadi
$25,665
5
Max "Italian Pirate" Pescatori
$19,250
6
Tim Lyons
$14,970
7
Bill Edler
$10,695
8
Tony Hasrouni
$8,555
9
Steve Hohn
$6,865
10
Gary Zhamkochyan
$5,140
11
Paul "Jr" Darden 
$5,140
12
Raed Abukarttomy
$5,140
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #22, LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 9, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $2,500 + $90
Prize Pool: $225,525
Entries: 93
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
David Baker
$90,210
2
Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri 
$51,870
3
James Gorham
$27,063
4
Tom McCormick
$15,786
5
Khalid Hameed
$12,403
6
Peter Placey
$10,148
7
Matthew Szymaszek
$7,893
8
Gavin Smith
$5,638
9
Bill Seber
$4,514
The top 9 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #23, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 10, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $2,500 + $90
Prize Pool: $654,750
Entries: 270
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Kenna James
$242,251
2
Michael Mizrachi
$124,402
3
Kelly Kim
$62,201
4
Tom San
$39,295
5
Robert Durant Jr.
$29,464
6
Michael Woo
$22,916
7
Reza Payvar
$16,369
8
Jan Sjavik
$13,095
9
Julian Studley
$10,476
10
Barry Greenstein
$7,857
11
Roland Weedon
$7,857
12
Karga Holt
$7,857
13
Paul Phanhyaseng
$6,548
14
Ken Goldstein
$6,548
15
Jack Ward
$6,548
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #24, LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 11, 2006
(Multi-Rebuy, $1,000,000 Guaranteed)
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $80
Prize Pool: $1,393,890
Entries: 434
Rebuys: 275 ~ Add-ons: 243
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
David Plastik
$515,750
2
Kieu Doung
$264,840
3
David Bach
$132,420
4
Louis Pagnotti
$83,630
5
Hung Tran
$62,730
6
Bassam "Sam" Alsharairi
$48,790
7
Matthew Glantz
$34,850
8
Todd Bleak
$27,880
9
Stacy Matuson
$22,300
10
Wei Zheng
$16,730
11
Babak Razi
$16,730
12
Makram Merhom
$16,730
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #25, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM SHOOTOUT
February 12, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $198,850
Entries: 410
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Chris Bigler
$67,190
2
Manfred Jaschkowitz
$35,790
3
David Rheem
$17,100
4
An Tran
$11,930
5
Matthew Milliken
$8,150
6
Martin Bader
$6,165
7
Chris Bjorin
$4,970
8
Khanh Hua
$3,975
9
Thomas Birmighan
$3,190
10
Hung La
$2,385
11
Garrett Moran
$2,385
12
Antonio Abesamis
$2,385
The top 41 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #26, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - February 13, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $336,105
Entries: 693
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Nhut Tran
$114,268
2
Ishan Mohamed
$60,499
3
Ian Winterbotham
$30,249
4
Michael Miller
$20,166
5
Tony Toscano
$15,125
6
Jamey Ekerling
$11,764
7
Steve Tourouk
$8,403
8
John Thai
$6,722
9
Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma
$5,378
10
Jeff Gross
$4,033
11
James Bates
$4,033
12
Men Nguyen
$4,033
The top 36 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #27, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM TAG TEAM
February 14, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $176,055
Entries: 163
Rebuys: 210
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Steve Diamantas / Barry Clancey
$66,900
2
Jon Lemone / Mario Esquerra
$33,450
3
Casey Smith / Andy Richards
$16,549
4
Cornel Cimpan / David Baker
$10,563
5
Ryan Hughes / Anthony Reate
$7,042
6
Adam Spiegelberg / Joe Tehan
$6,162
7
Joseph Cordi / Daniel Cordi
$5,282
8
Tony Nguyen / Joey Clapper
$4,401
9
Kirby Rogers / Chris Overgard
$3,521
10
Mario Fahimivad / Roland Viola
$2,817
The top 10 team place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #28, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM WPT / CHAMPIONSHIP
February 16-21, 2006 ($1,000,000 Guaranteed) blog available
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $9,900 + $100
Prize Pool: $6,643,200
Entries: 692

MAIN EVENT PAYOUT / RESULTS

PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Alan Goehring
$2,391,550*
2
Daniel Quach
$1,162,560
3
Michael Woo
$571,315
4
Steve Simmons
$338,803
5
JC Tran
$265,728
6
Per Ummer
$199,296
7
Anahit Galajian
$166,080
8
Kevan Casey
$132,864
9
Michael McClain
$99,648
10
David Chiu
$73,075
11
Mark Weidmann
$73,075
12
John Gale
$73,075
13
Juha Helppi
$59,789
14
Danny Noam
$59,789
15
Brian McCann
$59,789
16
Jon Kelley
$46,502
17
Kelly Kim
$46,502
18
Bill Gazes
$46,502
19
Rodeen Talebi 
$39,859
20
Damon Ahmadi 
$39,859
21
Jon Luu 
$39,859
22
Bruce Parker 
$39,859
23
Roy Winston 
$39,859
24
James Woods 
$39,859
25
Chris Bigler 
$39,859
26
Genefredo Legaspi 
$39,859
27
Tom Macey 
$39,859
28
Jeff Rine 
$26,573
29
Raed Abukaromy 
$26,573
30
Daniel Alaei 
$26,573
31
Jim Miller 
$26,573
32
Amir Vahedi 
$26,573
33
Can Kim Hua 
$26,573
34
Mike Carson 
$26,573
35
Jim Bechtel 
$26,573
36
Allen Cunningham 
$26,573
37
Ed Moncada 
$19,930
38
Gabe Thaler 
$19,930
39
David Plastik 
$19,930
40
Julian Hart 
$19,930
41
T.J. Cloutier 
$19,930
42
Orlando Maldonado 
$19,930
43
Ugur Marangoz 
$19,930
44
Brad Berman 
$19,930
45
Scotty Nguyen 
$19,930
*First place finisher will also win entry into the WPT No-Limit Hold'em Invitational.
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Day 6 (Feb. 21), Start of Final Table Chip Count:
PLAYER NAME
CHIP COUNT
SEAT #
1
JC Tran
3,720,000
2
2
Per Ummer
2,870,000
6
3
Michael Woo
2,195,000
3
4
Alan Goehring
1,900,000
4
5
Daniel Quach
1,655,000
5
6
Steve Simmons
1,505,000
1
The players return Tues., Feb. 21th, at 5:00pm (PST), to play in the televised WPT Final Table Event.

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WPT INVITATIONAL, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM EVENT
February 22-24, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: invitational
Prize Pool: $200,000
Entries: 315
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Barry Greenstein
$100,000*
2
Blair Rodman 
$50,000
3
Allen Kessler 
$20,000
4
Jesse Jones 
$15,000
5
Tom Lock 
$10,000
6
Ugur Marangoz 
$5,000
Invited pros (including those already entered in the World Poker Tour Championship in April) and celebrities competed for a share of a $200,000 prize pool. *The first place finisher will also win a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championship.

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