\"Official\" WSOP ME Final Table Thread
 

It's almost time for the event most everyone has been waiting for, the final table of the WSOP Main Event for $12m and all the endorsements they can get.


Thanks to UMTerp for all of the info below:


2006 WSOP MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLE SEATING & CHIP COUNTS

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Seat 1 - Richard Lee (San Antonio, TX) - $11,820,000 (12.97%)
Past Results - 1 Cash - $5,600

Day 1D Chip Count = $17,775
Day 2 Chip Count = $103,500
Day 3 Chip Count = $202,000 (164/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $606,000 (57/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $2,350,000 (12/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $3,275,000 (11/27)

Age = 47, Entered via ??

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Seat 2 - Erik Friberg (Stockholm, Sweden) - $9,605,000 (10.54%)
Past Results - 2 Cashes - $88,634

Day 1B Chip Count = $77,675
Day 2A Chip Count = $175,700
Day 3 Chip Count = $125,000 (281/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $650,000 (47/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $5,905,000 (2/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $7,735,000 (2/27)

Age = 23, Entered via Pokerstars satellite

Erik Friberg, our 23-year-old PokerStars qualifier from Stockholm, Sweden, has had the kind of day at the World Series that furiously aggressive poker champs tend to have. He began the day second in chips with $5,905,000 and, as he approaches the final table, he has $9,605,000. That places him 4th out of the last nine; in with a shot.

It didn't start well. The huge hit came within the second level, when he became embroiled in a massive pot with Allen Cunningham, out on table one. With pocket nines and looking at an all-in bet from Cunningham on a king-high board of two spades, Friberg had correctly deduced that the American did not have a king. He called, but was forced to ship it in Cunningham's direction when he flipped over pocket fives for the set.

For more than an hour after, the ice-cool Swede looked shaken. Clearly card-dead, he found his natural game restricted and dribbled chips away. That was until he found A-Q to eliminate Kevin Aaronson and the major pot was the kick-start to an hour of all-out aggression. It came to an end, however, when he was moved to the feature table, beside the giant stacks of Jamie Gold and Allen Cunningham. There, the going was tougher and while he began to play back at Jamie, he was taking hits from other directions. He yo-yoed for three hours before eliminating Leif Force and sticking around to make the final - and considerably more than a million dollars.
-From Pokerstars' Blog

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Seat 3 - Paul Wasicka (Westminster, CO) - $7,970,000 (8.74%)
Past Results - 6 Cashes - $237,961

Day 1B Chip Count = $38,200
Day 2A Chip Count = $308,300
Day 3 Chip Count = $383,500 (39/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $552,000 (63/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $2,055,000 (16/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $700,000 (24/27)

Age = 23?, Entered via 888.com satellite

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Seat 4 - Dan Nassif (St. Louis, MO) - $2,600,000 (1.95%)
Past Results - None

Day 1B Chip Count = $25,250
Day 2A Chip Count = $70,700
Day 3 Chip Count = $514,000 (14/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $702,000 (44/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $1,035,000 (37/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $5,430,000 (6/27)

Age = 33, Entered via Pokerstars satellite

Dan "danxxx1" Nassif, the 33-year-old advertising sales exec from St Louis, Missouri, had to call his bosses at the Riverfront Times last weekend and ask for a few more days' vacation. Given that he's now worth more than $1.5 million, his next call to the office will probably be to hand in his resignation. Fact is, Dan will be making a lot of calls tonight. He banned his friends and family from coming to the WSOP unless he made the final table but now, after another day's hard grinding, he has made it through. He only had one dip today, when his Kings were cracked by Michael Binger's pocket queens. He doubled up Binger and lost nearly half his stack -but spent the rest of the evening battling his way back up to finish the day with $2,600,000.
-From Pokerstars' Blog

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Seat 5 - Allen Cunningham (Las Vegas, NV) - $17,770,000 (19.50%)
Past Results - 121 Cashes - $4,650,578

Day 1B Chip Count = $77,625
Day 2A Chip Count = $172,900
Day 3 Chip Count = $278,000 (97/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $503,000 (70/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $1,290,000 (30/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $2,650,000 (13/27)

Age = 29, Entered via direct buy-in; Affiliated with Full Tilt

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Seat 6 - Michael Binger (Atherton, CA) - $3,140,000 (3.45%)
Past Results - 3 Cashes - $106,935

Day 1D Chip Count = $72,725
Day 2B Chip Count = $256,000
Day 3 Chip Count = $275,000 (102/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $1,889,000 (5/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $3,045,000 (8/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $5,725,000 (5/27)

Age = , Entered via direct buy-in

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Seat 7 - Doug Kim (Hartsdale, NY) - $6,770,000 (7.43%)
Past Results - None

Day 1A Chip Count = $32,800
Day 2A Chip Count = $95,200
Day 3 Chip Count = $372,000 (43/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $939,000 (24/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $1,335,000 (27/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $3,595,000 (10/27)

Age = 22, Entered via Pokerstars satellite

Doug Kim from West Chester, New York, is a recent graduate of Duke and won his seat in the WSOP Main Event on one of the last satellites available on PokerStars. He started the day 11th in chips at $3.6M in chips, then rode a roller coaster on Day 6. He moved down as low as $2.5M and as high as $7.8M today. He had an extremely tough table draw down to two tables, with Jamie Gold and Allen Cunningham to his left. He took some hits along the way but finally took some pots from Gold, including a big pot with K-8o on a king high board. He ended at $6.77M, good for 6th chip position.
-From Pokerstars' Blog

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Seat 8 - Jamie Gold (Malibu, CA) - $26,650,000 (29.24%)
Past Results - 9 Cashes - $101,273

Day 1D Chip Count = $100,125
Day 2B Chip Count = $155,400
Day 3 Chip Count = $387,000 (33/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $3,700,000 (1/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $7,330,000 (1/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $13,000,000 (1/27)

Age = 36, Entered via Bodog satellite

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Seat 9 - Rhett Butler (Rockville, MD) - $4,815,000 (5.28%)
Past Results - None

Day 1B Chip Count = $34,175
Day 2A Chip Count = $168,600
Day 3 Chip Count = $297,000 (84/481)
Day 4 Chip Count = $317,000 (104/135)
Day 5 Chip Count = $3,210,000 (4/45)
Day 6 Chip Count = $6,400,000 (4/27)

Age = , Entered via direct buy-in; has backers for 50% of his payout

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GENERAL FINAL TABLE INFORMATION

Final Table Payouts

1st Place - $12,000,000
2nd Place - $6,102,499
3rd Place - $4,123,310
4th Place - $3,628,513
5th Place - $3,216,182
6th Place - $2,803,851
7th Place - $2,391,520
8th Place - $1,979,189
9th Place - $1,566,858

Blind Structure

Level 32 - SB $80,000 / BB $160,000, A $20,000
Level 33 - SB $100,000 / BB $200,000, A $30,000
Level 34 - SB $120,000 / BB $240,000, A $40,000
Level 35 - SB $150,000 / BB $300,000, A $50,000
Level 36 - SB $200,000 / BB $400,000, A $50,000
Level 37 - SB $250,000 / BB $500,000, A $50,000
Level 38 - SB $300,000 / BB $600,000, A $100,000
Level 39 - SB $400,000 / BB $800,000, A $100,000
Level 40 - SB $500,000 / BB $1,000,000, A $100,000
Level 41 - SB $600,000 / BB $1,200,000, A $200,000

Live Update Sites
Card Player - Official WSOP Coverage
PokerStars Blog
Ultimate Bet Blog
Gutshot
Dr. Pauly's Tao of Poker


ESPN Pay Per View Info - Online, DirecTV, and some cable providers. Cost = $24.95. No hole card cams.
Also, commentary will be aired live on Sirius Channel 125. Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu, among others, will commentate. [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
A "virtual" final table may be offered by Gutshot, however it was announced earlier today that it may NOT be available.

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let me be the first in this thread to say... Gogogogo Doug!

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Wasn't there free live coverage with Daniel Negreanu and others from Card Player last year?

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Yes. However, Bluff has exclusive radio coverage, so no repeat this year.

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If the delay is going to be 10 minutes on the PPV, should we have some sort of PPV thread for those who want to sweat that way rather than have the results spoiled?

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I sat next to Richard Lee's family yesterday for a bit.

Seemed like a good family, wife was very nice and polite and swept up by the whole experience, oldest daughters were quite nervous and very humble, youngest daughter would please OOT but had a list of things for daddy to buy. Apparently, money isn't an issue with the family and Lee intends to donate quite a bit of the winnings. Thumbs up for that. He plays alot of poker, but he will be type-casted as the everday familyman by ESPN. Tough not to be pulled into his cheering section by his wife.

Interesting physical tell--you can match his breathing pattern by looking at his chest and get a feel for his emotions by mimicing the breathing.

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If the delay is going to be 10 minutes on the PPV, should we have some sort of PPV thread for those who want to sweat that way rather than have the results spoiled?

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This is a good point.

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If the delay is going to be 10 minutes on the PPV, should we have some sort of PPV thread for those who want to sweat that way rather than have the results spoiled?

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This is a not good point.

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FYP

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Interesting physical tell--you can match his breathing pattern by looking at his chest and get a feel for his emotions by mimicing the breathing.

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This was something Milton Erickson, a stage hypnotist from the 1960s, would do to form a connection with his audience. He would mimic their breathing and then their posture, then make them do funny things.

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