Tournament Results – 2006 World Poker Finals

Venue: Foxwoods Resort Casino – Ledyard, Connecticut
Dates: October 28 – November 16
Number of Events: 15

Championship Event: November 12 – November 16; $9,700 + $300 buy-in

October 28 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $530 + $70 – 770 Players

1. Chris Tsiprailidis -- $116,753
2. Brad J Kneidl -- $61,659
3. Michael Pizzarella -- $31,823
4. Tom Dobrilovic -- $21,879
5. Andrew F Pacheco -- $17,901
6. John W Frazier -- $13,923
7. Michael Trekell -- $11,934
8. William T Waisnor -- $9,945
9. Nikola Curanovic -- $7,956

October 29 – Ladies No-Limit Hold’em -- $260 + $40 – 394 Players

1. Lisa Strippoli -- $34,293
2. Paige L Walsh -- $17,222
3. Aidiliy Elviro -- $9,624
4. Cheryl Macinanti -- $6,079
5. Paula T Damico -- $4,558
6. Stacy J Kilcullen -- $3,546
7. Kelly E Doyle -- $3,039
8. Geraldine Steinmetz -- $2,533
9. Heather Tritch -- $2,026

October 30 – Seven Card Stud -- $530 + $70 – 237 Players

1. Michael Luciano Polera -- $42,705
2. Anthony Costa -- $21,662
3. Michael Huguenot -- $12,069
4. Robert E Brobst -- $7,427
5. Merton Sells -- $5,570
6. Horace N York -- $4,332
7. Eddie Gravelese -- $3,714
8. Daniel Carroll -- $3,094

October 31 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout -- $260 + $40 – 961 Players

1. Dale S Montford -- $68,406
2. Alan Goodman -- $35,790
3. Neil Harvey -- $19,545
4. Adam Lippert -- $13,437
5. Sherwin R Agard -- $10,933
6. Eugen Cirneci -- $8,551
7. Edmund A Gress -- $7,329
8. Joseph Worrell -- $6,108
9. Michael Neal Libraty -- $4,886

November 1 – Omaha High-Low 8/B -- $530 + $70 – 284 Players

1. Joseph Simmons -- $51,041
2. Bennett Greenstein -- $25,891
3. Jason Eichner -- $14,424
4. Stanley Latimer -- $8,877
5. Keith LaFlam -- $6,658
6. Robert Mangino -- $5,178
7. Ming Reslock -- $4,438
8. Michael Luciano Polera -- $3,699
9. Andrew Kelley -- $3,329

November 2 – Seniors No-Limit Hold’em -- $530 + $70 – 508 Players

1. Steve Schlesinger -- $83,009
2. Chris Bjorin -- $42,097
3. Hamdy Abdalla -- $23,679
4. Paul D'Ambrosia -- $15,786
5. Everett Carlton -- $11,840
6. Bruce O'Bert -- $9,209
7. John McGowan -- $7,893
8. Leonard Greer -- $6,577
9. John Palumbo -- $5,262

November 3 – Limit Hold’em -- $530 + $70 – 394 Players

1. Ronnie Kevin -- $69,222
2. Sol Mammon -- $34,764
3. John Myung -- $19,764
4. Steven Coughlin -- $12,270
5. Matthew Vengrin -- $9,202
6. Michael Depascale -- $7,157
7. Jayme Parro -- $6,135
8. Herman Nie -- $5,113
9. John McGuinn -- $4,090

November 4 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,100 + $100 – 872 Players

1. Richard Bourgoin -- $270,667
2. Joseph Haddad -- $141,400
3. Darren Nelson -- $74,667
4. Matthew Brady -- $51,333
5. Paul Tassopoulos -- $42,000
6. Robert Suydam -- $32,667
7. James Bernard -- $28,000
8. Edward Gavin -- $23,334
9. Victor Amereno -- $18,666

November 5 – Limit Hold’em -- $1,100 + $100 – 135 Players

1. Mark Awalt -- $58,782
2. Andrew Weinstein -- $29,391
3. Sirous Jamshidi -- $16,166
4. Horace N York -- $10,654
5. David Rubenstein -- $8,082
6. Paul Paris -- $6,613
7. Ethan Foulkes -- $5,144
8. Casey Peters -- $4,408
9. Michael Mizrachi -- $4,042
10. Louis Russo -- $3,673

November 6 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,850 + $150 – 328 Players

1. Joel Frank -- $200,553
2. Kevin Saul -- $100,721
3. Kathy Liebert -- $56,285
4. Richard Rossi -- $35,548
5. Joshua Weizer -- $26,662
6. Richard Murnick -- $20,736
7. Farhad Sinaei -- $17,775
8. "Miami" John Cernuto -- $14,812
9. Andrew Feldman -- $11,849

November 7 – Seven Card Stud -- $1,100 + $100 – 111 Players

1. Igor Tyagay -- $48,539
2. Mark Awalt -- $24,270
3. George Kalaitzis -- $13,348
4. Jim Paluszek -- $8,798
5. Paul Darden Jr. -- $6,674
6. Michael Luciano Polera -- $5,460
7. Anthony Costa -- $4,247
8. Paul Lombardo -- $3,641
9. Robert Toft -- $3,337
10. Seth Fass -- $3,303

November 8 – Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/B -- $530 + $70 – 164 Players

1. Carl Brucker -- $31,914
2. Constantine Zdanowich -- $16,388
3. Steve Hohn -- $8,840
4. David Bagheri -- $5,607
5. Christopher Jenkins -- $4,312
6. Abraham Levy -- $3,451
7. Allen Kessler -- $2,587
8. Jean Gaspard -- $2,156

November 9 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $2,800 + $200 – 338 Players

1. J.C. Tran -- $312,388
2. Michael Omelchuk -- $156,886
3. Matthew Casterella -- $87,671
4. Kevin Saul -- $55,372
5. Peter Giordano -- $41,528
6. John W Frazier -- $32,300
7. Todd Gordon -- $27,686
8. William Murray -- $23,072
9. Amnon Filippi -- $18,457

November 10 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $4,800 + $200 – 228 Players

1. Bernard Lee -- $368,919
2. Cliff Josephy -- $187,132
3. Russell Rosenblum -- $104,260
4. James Van Alstyne -- $64,159
5. Thor Hansen -- $48,120
6. Tracy Scala -- $37,426
7. Michael Binger -- $32,080
8. Chris Bjorin -- $26,733
9. Jean-Robert Bellande -- $24,060

Originally published November 14, 2006