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World Series Of Poker 2006 $3,000 Limit Holdem Result 15th July	LAS VEGAS June 25 – August 10 2006 Next Event

Event # 23 (3 day event)
Entries -- 341 (406)
Buy-in -- $3,000
Prize Pool -- $941,161

Ian Johns
(Seattle, WA, USA)
wins $291,755 and
his bracelet

Pos.

Player

Origin

Prize

Ian Johns

$291,755

Jarrod Ankenman

$150,586

Javier Torresola

$172,427

Theo Tran

$65,881

Mark Newhouse

$56,470

Tad Jurgens

$47,058

Brendan Taylor

$37,646

Benjamin Robinson

$28,235

Fi Tran

$18,823

Juan Carlos Mortensen

$7,529

Barry Greenstein

$5,647

Key Facts

37 places paid.
21-year-old poker player turns $6 into half-a-million

Las Vegas, NV - One of poker's classic quips came from 'Amarillo Slim' Preston back during the 1970s. Slim was asked what made the World Series of Poker so special. He answered, 'It's where a poker player can turn a toothpick into a lumberyard.'

The latest lumberjack is Ian Johns, a 21-year-old professional poker player from Seattle, Washington. A few years ago, Johns started playing poker for fun. He deposited $50 into an online poker and began playing in low-stakes games. Within a few days, his bankroll was depleted and down to just $6. Johns told his then-girlfriend (now wife, Mandy) he would quit playing poker if he lost his last six bucks.

Johns studied the game and slowly started to improve. Within a few weeks, his bankroll has swelled to a few hundred, then a few thousand dollars. By the time he was 21-years-old -- and eligible to enter the 2006 World Series of Poker -- John's bankroll had blossomed into half a million dollars.

Mandy Twiggs-Johns, the wife of the latest WSOP champion its she was not happy at first about her husband's line of work. 'Then, he started winning, and we took the cash and bought a new house,' she said. 'I now see that poker is a game of skill and Ian really enjoys playing, so I have accepted what he does.'

The Johns are now in a quandary. Since so much of the family income depends on his online poker activities, they were shocked to learn about a new Washington State law, which makes it a felony to play poker online. 'It's ridiculous,' Johns said when asked about the new state law which prohibits his livelihood. 'I have not played online poker since June 7th (when the new law went into effect). We will probably be forced to move (out of Washington State) because of the law.'

This was the first year that Johns played in the World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light. Self-confident in his poker skills, Johns hoped to come to Las Vegas for the first time, play in a few events, and perhaps make a few extra dollars. Little did he know that he would win poker's most coveted prize - a WSOP gold bracelet.

The 23rd tournament on the WSOP calendar was the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em competition. A total of 341 entries produced a total prize pool of nearly a million dollars. It took two full days to eliminate most of the sizable field. On Day Three, nine finalists returned to the Rio Las Vegas to compete for the championship. The final table was a testament to the recent youth movement in poker. Only two players were aged over 30. This was only the second open event in 2006 not to include at least one former gold bracelet winner.
by Nolan Dalla

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