World Poker Tour season 5 results

Below are the results of season five of the World Poker Tour (2006–2007).

Results

Mirage Poker Showdown

• Casino: The Mirage, Las Vegas ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 4-Day Event: May 14, 2006 to May 17, 2006
• Number of Entries: 384
• Total Prize Pool: $3,724,800
• Number of Payouts: 36
• Winning Hand: K-5

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Stanley Weiss	$1,320,255
2nd	Harry Demetriou	$673,272
3rd	Devin Porter	$332,937
4th	David Williams	$221,958
5th	Steve Frederick	$166,469
6th	Robert Mizrachi	$129,476

Mandalay Bay Poker Championship

• Casino: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: June 4, 2006 to June 8, 2006
• Number of Entries: 349
• Total Prize Pool: $3,385,300
• Number of Payouts: 50
• Winning Hand: 9♣ 8♥

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Joe Tehan	$1,033,440
2nd	Burt Boutin	$604,765
3rd	Brad Booth	$319,180
4th	Alex Outhred	$184,745
5th	Al Stonum	$134,390
6th	Steve Vincent	$94,075

Grand Prix de Paris

• Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris ^[1]
• Buy-in: €10,000
• 5-Day Event: June 12, 2006 to June 16, 2006
• Number of Entries: 232
• Total Prize Pool: €2,320,000 ($2,805,856)
• Number of Payouts: 27

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Christian Grundtvig	€712,500 ($907,066)
2nd	Jani Sointula	€356,250 ($453,533)
3rd	Thomas Wahlroos	€243,750 ($310,312)
4th	Henrik Witt	€168,750 ($214,831)
5th	Phil Yeh	€131,250 ($167,091)
6th	Pat Schuhl	€93,750 ($119,351)

Legends of Poker

• Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: August 26, 2006 to August 30, 2006
• Number of Entries: 466
• Total Prize Pool: $4,520,200
• Number of Payouts: 45
• Winning Hand: A♣ 7♣

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Joe Pelton	$1,577,170
2nd	Frankie O'Dell	$776,385
3rd	Hoyt Corkins	$381,540
4th	Kevin O'Donnell	$226,260
5th	Randy Holland	$177,460
6th	Scotty Nguyen	$133,095

Borgata Poker Open

• Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: September 15, 2006 to September 19, 2006
• Number of Entries: 540
• Total Prize Pool: $5,238,000
• Number of Payouts: 54
• Winning Hand: Q♦ Q♥

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Mark Newhouse	$1,519,020
2nd	Chris McCormack	$802,985
3rd	David Sklansky	$419,040
4th	Anthony Argila	$366,660
5th	Chris Bell	$314,280
6th	Blaise Ingoglia	$261,901

Festa Al Lago

• Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: October 16, 2006 to October 20, 2006
• Number of Entries: 433
• Total Prize Pool: $4,200,100
• Number of Payouts: 100
• Winning Hand: 2♦ 2♥

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Andreas Walnum	$1,090,025
2nd	Steve Wong	$542,700
3rd	Joe Pelton	$292,220
4th	Christopher Loveland	$187,745
5th	David Baker	$125,240
6th	Can Kim Hua	$83,490

Canadian Open Championship

• Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada ^[1]
• Buy-in: C$2,500
• 3-Day Event: October 22, 2006 to October 24, 2006
• Number of Entries: 298
• Total Prize Pool: C$720,533 (US$639,913)
• Number of Payouts: 27

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Scott Clements	C$250,027 (US$222,524)
2nd	Anthony O'Hagan	C$115,285 (US$102,385)
3rd	Vince Sessa	C$61,245 (US$554,392)
4th	Terris Preston	C$43,232 (US$38,395)
5th	Steven Buttery	C$32,424 (US$28,796)
6th	Gia Trinh	C$25,219 (US$22,397)

North American Poker Championship

• Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada ^[1]
• Buy-in: C$10,000
• 5-Day Event: October 25, 2006 to October 29, 2006
• Number of Entries: 497
• Total Prize Pool: C$4,829,332 (US$4,288,965)
• Number of Payouts: 45
• Winning Hand: K♥ 2♦

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Soren Turkewitsch	C$1,380,378 (US$1,225,920)
2nd	Jason Sagle	C$676,107 (US$600,456)
3rd	John Lam	C$352,541 (US$313,094)
4th	Jim Worth	C$289,760 (US$257,338)
5th	John Juanda	C$217,320 (US$193,003)
6th	Marc Karam	C$169,027 (US$150,114)

World Poker Finals

• Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 4-Day Event: November 12, 2006 to November 16, 2006
• Number of Entries: 609
• Total Prize Pool: $5,749,481
• Number of Payouts: 60
• Winning Hand: 7♣ 5♥

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Nenad Medic	$1,717,194
2nd	EG Harvin	$904,389
3rd	Mimi Tran	$472,228
4th	Michael Omelchuk	$343,439
5th	Kathy Liebert	$257,579
6th	Michael Perry	$200,340

Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic

• Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas ^[1]
• Buy-in: $15,000
• 6-Day Event: December 14, 2006 to December 19, 2006
• Number of Entries: 583
• Total Prize Pool: $8,482,650
• Number of Payouts: 100
• Winning Hand: A♠ 6♣

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Joseph Hachem	$2,207,575
2nd	Jim Hanna	$1,099,430
3rd	Daniel Negreanu	$592,000
4th	Mads Andersen	$380,630
5th	David Redlin	$253,715
6th	Edward Jordan	$169,145

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

• Casino: Atlantis, Paradise Island ^[1]
• Buy-in: $7,800
• 6-Day Event: January 5, 2007 to January 10, 2007
• Number of Entries: 937
• Total Prize Pool: $7,063,842
• Number of Payouts: 180
• Winning Hand: A♦ 10♥

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ryan Daut	$1,535,255
2nd	Isaac Haxton	$861,789
3rd	Robert Ford	$550,980
4th	Robert Mizrachi	$409,703
5th	Jonathan Little	$317,873
6th	Frank Rusnak	$247,234

World Poker Open

• Casino: Gold Strike Resort and Casino, Tunica^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: January 21, 2007 to January 25, 2007
• Number of Entries: 294
• Total Prize Pool: $2,812,000
• Number of Payouts: 27
• Winning Hand: 8♣ 8♦

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Bryan Sumner	$913,986
2nd	Daniel Negreanu	$502,691
3rd	Young Cho	$257,058
4th	Gary Kainer	$199,934
5th	Kido Pham	$171,372
6th	J.C. Tran	$142,810

Borgata Winter Poker Open

• Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: January 26, 2007 to January 30, 2007
• Number of Entries: 571
• Total Prize Pool: $5,529,000
• Number of Payouts: 54
• Winning Hand: A♣ 5♥

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	John Hennigan	$1,606,223
2nd	Chuck Kelley	$849,082
3rd	John Gale	$443,096
4th	Joe Simmons	$387,709
5th	Michael Sukonik	$332,322
6th	Jon James	$276,935

L.A. Poker Classic

• Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 6-Day Event: February 24. 2007 to March 1, 2007
• Number of Entries: 791
• Total Prize Pool: $7,593,600
• Number of Payouts: 54
• Winning Hand: J♦ 6♦

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Eric Hershler	$2,429,970
2nd	J.C. Tran	$1,177,010
3rd	Jacobo Fernandez	$607,490
4th	Paul Wasicka	$455,615
5th	Chau Giang	$341,710
6th	David Bach	$257,425

Bay 101 Shooting Star

• Casino: Bay 101, San José, California ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: March 12, 2007 to March 16, 2007
• Number of Entries: 450
• Total Prize Pool: $4,490,000
• Number of Payouts: 45
• Winning Hand: 7♣ 7♦

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ted Forrest	$1,100,000
2nd	J. J. Liu	$600,000
3rd	Amir Shayesteh	$314,500
4th	James Van Alstyne	$250,000
5th	Vince Shaw	$200,000
6th	Bill Edler	$160,000

World Poker Challenge

• Casino: Reno Hilton, Reno ^[1]
• Buy-in: $5,000
• 4-Day Event: March 25, 2007 to March 28, 2007
• Number of Entries: 475
• Total Prize Pool: $2,278,250
• Number of Payouts: 45
• Winning Hand: 10♠ 10♣

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	J.C. Tran	$683,473
2nd	Juan Carlos Alvarado	$366,798
3rd	David Pham	$182,260
4th	Mark Seif	$159,478
5th	John Hom	$136,695
6th	Danny Wong	$113,913

Foxwoods Poker Classic

• Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut ^[1]
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 6-Day Event: March 30, 2007 to April 4, 2007
• Number of Entries: 415
• Total Prize Pool: $3,898,635
• Number of Payouts: 40

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Raj Patel	$1,298,405
2nd	Paul Matteo	$643,275
3rd	Antonio Cavezza	$370,370
4th	Fred Goldberg	$233,918
5th	Seth Berger	$175,439
6th	Allen Kessler	$136,452

WPT Championship

• Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas ^[1]
• Buy-in: $25,000
• 7-Day Event: April 21, 2007 to April 27, 2007
• Number of Entries: 639
• Total Prize Pool: $15,495,750
• Number of Payouts: 100
• Winning Hand: K♥ J♥^[2]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Carlos Mortensen	$3,970,415
2nd	Kirk Morrison	$2,011,135
3rd	Paul Lee	$1,082,920
4th	Guy Laliberté	$696,220
5th	Tim Phan	$464,110
6th	Mike Wattel	$309,405

Other Events

During season 5 of the WPT there was one special event that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings:

• The WPT Celebrity Invitational - March 3-5, 2007 - Commerce Casino - postscript to Event #14: L.A. Poker Classic

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