Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043. Jamie Gold took the bracelet, the title and the biggest ever payout in poker history, $12 million, after being the chip leader for most of the second week of the tournament. $12 million. At 36, Gold won the largest tournament prize pool in poker history, taking home $12 million after his win. The tournament attracted a record-breaking field of 8,773 runners, creating by far the biggest prize. The 2006 World Series featured a much-anticipated HORSE tournament with a $50,000 buy-in, the highest ever for a single WSOP event. In 2015, the WSOP International Circuit was launched, with. 2012 WSOP Big One for One Drop ($1 million) Antonio Esfandiari. 3 million. Jamie Gold went on an historic run during the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event. On the final table Gold eliminated seven of the eight opponents. $10. 2019 WSOP Main Event ($10,000) Hossein Ensan. The largest non Hold'em Tournament has been the 2008 WSOP $50K HORSE with a prize pool of $7,104,000 and the first prize of $1,989,120 going to Scotty Nguyen. The 2023 winner will be the fifth WSOP Main Event winner to receive an eight-figure payout, joining Gold (2006), Martin Jacobson ($10 million, 2014), Hossein Ensan ($10 million, 2019) and Espen Jorstad ($10 million, 2022). $12 Million – Jamie Gold (2006) The 2006 WSOP Main Event remains the biggest one to date. 2009 WSOP One Drop Extravaganza Monaco (€1 million) Elton Tsang. 2K 1. 1. 07:54. However, since his exploits in the mid-2000s, Gold has seemingly gone downhill. 5. Well over $100 million in prize money was won, making the WSOP the richest event in all of sports. Clare Miller Alamogordo, NM $247,814 2. 4 million. $18. 2006 World Series of Poker - Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas: Official Results and Report. The record prize was surpassed at the 2012 WSOP, when the winner of the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, Antonio Esfandiari, received a first-place prize $18. . . By 2006, the World Series of Poker was comprised of 45 tournaments, all awarding gold bracelets to the winners. Jeff Madsen Los Angeles, CA $660,948 2. Jamie Gold. Paul Sheng San Francisco, CA $330,485 3. It started on July 28 and the final table took place on August 10. Winnings . 2 million. 1 million in winnings. Event #19 Seniors World Poker Championship No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $1,000 Number of Entries: 1,184 Total Prize Money: $1,077,440 Defending Champion (2005): Paul McKinney. As of May 2021, Jamie Gold’s career poker tournament earnings total $12,592,641. Official Results: 1. The first tournament to reach a million dollar prize pool was the 1983 WSOP Main Event. Entering the WSOP main event, Phil Hellmuth, who had finished second in the WSOP Player of the Year standings in 2006 and 2011, was leading the 2012 WSOP POY. Gold’s five biggest tournament scores include: 2006 World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship (1st – $12,000,000) 8. Event #39: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12. 2006 WSOP Main Event ($10,000) Jamie Gold. Event #22: No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $2,000 Number of Entries: 1,579 Total Prize Money: $2,873,780 Defending Champion (2005): Erik Seidel. 17 Jan. 3 million. World Series of Poker Friday, July 28, 2006 to Thursday, August 10, 2006. The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of poker tournaments held annually at a variety of casinos since 2005 as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP). A neighbor of 2000 WSOP main event winner Chris Ferguson, [6] Gold has said in numerous interviews that Ferguson was one of the few professionals to endorse his poker style during the 2006 main event tournament, which he eventually won. 2008 WPT Championship ($25,000) David Chiu. 2M views 2 years ago The 2006 World Series of Poker played host to the Tournament of Champions that was headlined at the final table by one of the greatest ambassadors the game has ever. $3. With a total prize pool of $93,399,900, 1,507 players will reach the money, with a min-cash worth $15,000 stretching all. The 2006 field of twenty-seven players included the 9 players who made the final table of the 2005 World Series of Poker main event, the winners of the 11 WSOP Circuit events in the preceding calendar year, and some sponsor exemptions. $12. Official Results: 1. The WSOP Main Event of 2004 had the first prize pool of above $10,000,000. Jamie Gold’s Tournament Results and Biggest Cashes. [1] 2006 World Series of Poker - Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas: Official Results and Report. Johnny Moss was the first person to win the WSOP. Winner. 2012: Double-double WSOP winner. 2006 World Series of Poker Official Results August 14, 2006 - 12:00:00 AM EST | Nolan Dalla 2006 World Series of Poker - Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas: Official Report Event #39: No-Limit Hold'em World Championship Buy-In: $10,000 Number of Entries: 8,773 Total Prize Money: $82,512,162 Official Results (PDF File) Milestones. All Championship events are competed in no limit Texas hold 'em; preliminary events may be different poker variants . Since then only Moss and Stu Ungar.