2006 WSOP Event 6 - No Limit Hold 'em

Place  WinnerPrize1Mark Vos$803,2742Nam Le$401,6473J.R. Reiss$209,5554Thomas Hunt III$160,6595Willard Chang$136,2116Kevin Peterson$115,2557Vanessa Selbst$101,2858David Wells$87,3159Carlos Mortensen  $73,344  The second open, full handed No Limit event of the 2006 World Series of Poker wrapped up on Monday, July 3rd, with hard hitting WSOP champ Carlos Mortensen as the chip leader and the first away from the table. Last year it was Erik Seidel who took the championship bracelet and over six hundred grand by beating out Cyndy Violette and 1402 other players. This year the champ had to slog through a field of 1919 players paying two grand each, and hunting down the biggest single part of the $3,492,580 prize pool.  Day one saw pros both dropping like flies and doing a little swatting, as Scott Fischman and Phil Ivey took on aggressive moves from players who likely read "Kill Phil" and knocked them out, doubling up in the process. Day two kicked off at 2pm with 124 players remaining, and they would play until 115 of them were busted out. Twelve hours later ten weary poker players gathered at one final table, knowing they would have to play further into the wee hours until one of them busted out. Fortunately, Toto Leonidas was out in the first hand to finish 10th for $59,374.  Starting day three the final table looked like this:Chip StackPlayer, LocationSeat #$1,130,000  Kevin Peterson, Plano, TX4$528,000Mark Vos, Brisbane, Australia7$492,000Vanessa Selbst, Montclair, NJ6$468,000Thomas Hunt III, Las Vegas, NV8$323,000Nam Le, Huntington Beach, CA5$275,000David Wells, Scottsdale, AZ1$222,000J.R. Reiss, Omaha, NE2$215,000Carlos Mortensen, Las Vegas, NV  9$214,000Willard Chang, Hawaii, HI3