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World Series Of Poker 2006 $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Result 22nd July	LAS VEGAS June 25 – August 10 2006 Next Event

Event # 32 (3 day event)
Entries -- 378 (239)
Buy-in -- $5,000
Prize Pool -- $1,776,618

Jason Lester
(Miami, FL, USA)
wins $550,764 and
his bracelet

Pos.

Player

Origin

Prize

Jason Lester

$550,764

Alan Sass

$284,256

Stuart Fox

Birmingham, GB

$142,128

Tony Hartmann

$124,362

Michael Tedesco

$106,596

Gregg Turk

$88,830

Emad Tamtouh

Melbourne

$71,064

Tommy Smith

$53,298

Kirill Gerasimov

Moscow

$35,532

John Shipley (Solihull, GB)

$17,766

Cyndy Violette

$14,213

Jeff Buffenbarger (Sandy, GB)

$10,660

Gareth Derbyshire (London)

$10,660

Joe Beevers (London)

$10,660

Mark Tehscher (London)

$7,106

Erik Seidel

$7,106

Key Facts

37 places paid.
Jason Lester Finally Wins a WSOP Gold Bracelet

Las Vegas, NV - When Jason Lester walks into any poker room, everyone seems to recognize him. He's been playing in poker tournaments for twenty years. He's cashed 16 times at the World Series of Poker, and made six final table appearances. He was part of poker's biggest story ever when Chris Moneymaker rocked the world and won the 2003 championship event. Lester finished fourth that year. Had a few key hands gone the other way, perhaps it would have been Lester's day and he'd be a world champion. But alas, that's poker.

In fact, it's more of a surprise to learn that Lester did not have a gold bracelet - at least not until the midnight hour on June 24, 2006. The Miami-based investor finally accomplished his breakthrough victory when he topped a highly-competitive field of 378 players and won the $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light.

Lester added his name to this year's memorable list of tournament winners -- players who had previously been of the WSOP's ing cast, while others got the starring roles. Sammy Farha, David Williams, Chip Reese, Mike Sexton, John Gale, and now Jason Lester have all slain the poker demons of years past with gold bracelet victories. The Pot-Limit Hold'em championship was played over a three-day period. It took two long days to eliminate 369 players. The nine finalists returned to the Rio poker stage on Day Three. The final table consisted of several players with high-stakes experience. However, none had previously won a WSOP title.

Lester collected $550,746 in prize money. 'My background in game theory is really what got me here,' Lester answered when asked to assess his reasons for victory. 'It's my strategic skills. I play backgammon, chess, and other games and I eventually got into poker because it became so big. My win here really is the summation of all those things that came together - from experience, knowing the math, from my own style.' 'I will be playing the main event next week,' Lester concluded. 'Now, when I sit down, I am going to have more confidence and a renewed table presence. That's what winning (a WSOP gold bracelet) does for you.'

Report by Nolan Dalla

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