Who won the Johnny Chan Invitational?

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I can't find the results online (it finished on Saturday apparently) and the only thing out there is a little snippet of info from Thursday fed to various poker news sites that Jamie Gold was leading with 30 left in.

Jamie Gold, the 2006 World Series of Poker champion, finds himself once again in a prime position to take down a title. For Gold’s first post-WSOP appearance, he chose a tournament situated on a beautiful chain of islands known as Turks and Caicos Islands and located 573 miles southeast of Miami. This exclusive tournament has attracted some of poker’s biggest names.

Joining Gold in the competition were featured TCI tournament star Johnny Chan, Gold’s fellow Bodog teammate David Williams, poker’s would-be rookie of the year, Jeff Madsen, Carlos “The Matador” Mortenson, Amir Vahedi, Ian Frazer, and David “Devil Fish” Ulliot. Only Chan and Madsen made it to today’s starting field of 30 players.

Despite the lush surroundings, Gold has managed to stay focused and take on all challengers. Continuing his regimen of blueberries and highly aggressive play, Gold has successfully navigated the field and positioned himself to win his second tournament in a row.

http://www.johnnychantciinvitational.com/

Anyone know what happened? It's like a Twilight Zone south-east of Florida.

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I can't find the results online (it finished on Saturday apparently) and the only thing out there is a little snippet of info from Thursday fed to various poker news sites that Jamie Gold was leading with 30 left in.

Jamie Gold, the 2006 World Series of Poker champion, finds himself once again in a prime position to take down a title. For Gold’s first post-WSOP appearance, he chose a tournament situated on a beautiful chain of islands known as Turks and Caicos Islands and located 573 miles southeast of Miami. This exclusive tournament has attracted some of poker’s biggest names.

Joining Gold in the competition were featured TCI tournament star Johnny Chan, Gold’s fellow Bodog teammate David Williams, poker’s would-be rookie of the year, Jeff Madsen, Carlos “The Matador” Mortenson, Amir Vahedi, Ian Frazer, and David “Devil Fish” Ulliot. Only Chan and Madsen made it to today’s starting field of 30 players.

Despite the lush surroundings, Gold has managed to stay focused and take on all challengers. Continuing his regimen of blueberries and highly aggressive play, Gold has successfully navigated the field and positioned himself to win his second tournament in a row.

http://www.johnnychantciinvitational.com/

Anyone know what happened? It's like a Twilight Zone south-east of Florida.

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See this thread where I speculate that its a hoax.

Hoax?

As I say in a subsequent post its probably real, as I found an interview with Johnny Chan that mentions it, but I cant find this supposed casino (the "Game International") and some stories mention the Palms in the Turks and Caicos as the site, but the Palms doesn't seem to have a casino.

[wisehandpoker]

Madsen was in Atlantic City. So were Williams and Vahedi

[Kevmath]

He was in AC AFTER being in the Johnny Chan Invitational. He mentioned on The Circuit that he was hoping to play in AC, so didn't mind busted out of Chan's event.

[BennyMac]

Still a mystery?

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Still a mystery?

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Post in NVG that points to another post elsewhere that says Mortenson won, but it was a horribly run event.

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It was indeed Carlos Mortensen.

[MafiaPrince]

Madsen did indeed play in this..He mentioned it on "The Circuit" a couple days ago...

http://media.cardplayer.com/audio/t/the_circuit_148.mp3

[coolc]

word i have it was a 3-day event and Jamie gold went out on second day. which is funny considering the press release jamie's peeps sent out bragged he was the chip leader going into the second to last day (of a 3-day event mind you). and yeh carlos won.

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word i have it was a 3-day event and Jamie gold went out on second day. which is funny considering the press release jamie's peeps sent out bragged he was the chip leader going into the second to last day (of a 3-day event mind you). and yeh carlos won.

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He needs all the good press he can get!