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2006 WSOP: Jamie Gold is the 2006 WSOP Main Event Winner

By launchpoker, Aug 11, 2006

37th annual World Series of Poker Main Event winner is Jamie Gold - he takes the WSOP Championship bracelet as well as $12,000,000 in cash.



In yet another record-breaking year for the World Series of Poker, he emerged from a field of thousands to become the latest world champion of the game that has become one of the hottest trends around the world. Jamie Gold came out on top of the final table under the lights and cameras of the ESPN camera crew and during a live simulcast pay-per-view event, outlasting and outplaying over 8700 players. While Jamie's prize is $12 millions, everyone at the table gets to go home a millionaire, thanks to the enormous prize pool generated by the $10,000 buying in paid by each player.



Congratulations go to Jamie Gold, who in addition to the life changing $12 million cash prize, gets the most coveted piece of poker jewelry on the planet, the WSOP Main Event Championship Bracelet. Jamie Gold, poker player from Malibu, California, took a win after a heads-up match with Paul Wasicka. Gold, who has been dominating since Day Three of the Main Event, was the favourite to win.