2006 World Series of Poker results

This event kicked off the 2006 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada.

• Number of buy-ins: 1,232
• Total Prize Pool: $554,400
• Number of Payouts: 101
• Winning Hand: 4♥ 3♣

This event was a $1,500 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was the first public tournament of the 2006 WSOP.

• Number of buy-ins: 2,776
• Total Prize Pool: $3,789,240
• Number of Payouts: 277
• Winning Hand: Q♠ 5♥

This event was a $1,500 buy-in pot limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $345,984.

• Number of buy-ins: 1,102
• Total Prize Pool: $1,504,230
• Number of Payouts: 99
• Winning Hand: 8♦ 4♦

This event was a $1,500 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $335,289.

• Number of buy-ins: 1,068
• Total Prize Pool: $1,457,820
• Number of Payouts: 100
• Winning Hand: 10♦ 6♠

This event was a $2,500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $475,712.

• Number of buy-ins: 824
• Total Prize Pool: $1,895,200
• Number of Payouts: 90
• Winning Hand: A♦ 5♥

This event was a $2,000 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $803,274.

• Number of buy-ins: 1919
• Total Prize Pool: $3,492,580
• Number of Payouts: 155
• Winning Hand: Q♣ T♣

This event was a $3,000 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $343,618.

• Number of buy-ins: 415
• Total Prize Pool: $1,145,400
• Number of Payouts: 46
• Winning Hand: A♥ 4♦

This event was a $2,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-low split. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $341,426.

• Number of buy-ins: 670
• Total Prize Pool: $1,219,400
• Number of Payouts: 65
• Winning Hand: A♥ 4♦ 7♣ 4♥

This was the first of four top-three finishes for Madsen at this year's WSOP.

• Number of buy-ins: 622
• Total Prize Pool: $2,293,400
• Number of Payouts: 63
• Winning Hand: 5♦ 3♦

• Number of buy-ins: 478
• Total Prize Pool: $652,470
• Number of Payouts: 40
• Winning Hand: K♠ 3♥ 4♣ 6♠ 4♠ J♦ 8♥

• Number of buy-ins: 701
• Total prize pool: $956,865
• Number of Payouts: 72
• Winning Hand: Q♥ 3♠

This event was a $5,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-low split. It was a two-day event with a first prize of $398,560.

• Number of buy-ins: 265
• Total Prize Pool: $1,245,000
• Number of Payouts: 26

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 1.290
• Total Prize Pool: $2,967,000
• Number of Payouts: 99
• Winning Hand: J♣ 8♣

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 752
• Number of rebuys: 1670
• Total Prize Pool: $2,317,887
• Number of Payouts: 74
• Winning Hand: A♣ Q♥

This was a two-day event for women only.

• Number of buy-ins: 1128
• Total Prize pool: $1,026,480
• Number of Payouts: 99

2005 winner, actress Jennifer Tilly did not reach the money this year. Mimi Rogers reached 33rd place, winning $5,132.

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 218
• Total Prize Pool: $2,049,200
• Number of Payouts: 27

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 2891
• Number of Payouts: 270

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 590
• Total Prize Pool: $1,073,800
• Number of Payouts: 54

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 1184
• Total Prize Pool: $1,077,440
• Number of Payouts: 99

This was a three-day event alternating between limit Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better. For the final table, the play was shifted exclusively to no limit hold'em. This event has the highest buy-in ever at the WSOP.

• Number of buy-ins: 143
• Total Prize Pool: $6,864,000
• Number of Payouts: 16

This was a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine.

• Number of buy-ins: 740
• Total Prize Pool: $1,702,000
• Number of Payouts: 72

This was William Chen's second first-place finish and fifth in-the-money finish in this year's WSOP.

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 1,579
• Total Prize Pool: $2,873,780
• Number of Payouts: 156

Jeff Madsen became the youngest bracelet winner, defeating the record set the previous year by Eric Froehlich.

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 341
• Total Prize Pool: $941,160
• Number of payouts: 37

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 352
• Total Prize Pool: $971,520
• Number of payouts: 36

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 600
• Total Prize Pool: $1,092,000
• Number of payouts: 100

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 526
• Total Prize Pool: $716,625
• Number of payouts: 54

This was a special, non scheduled event.

• Number of buy-ins: 158
• Number of rebuys: 492
• Total Prize Pool: $908,100
• Number of payouts: 18

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 2126
• Total Prize Pool: $2,901,990
• Number of payouts: 198

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 183
• Total Prize Pool: $855,400
• Number of payouts: 16

This was a three-day event.

• Number of buyins: 562
• Total Prize Pool: $1,292,600
• Number of payouts: 54

This is a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table.

• Number of buy-ins: 507
• Total Prize Pool: $2,382,900
• Number of payouts: 54

Jeff Madsen, who became the youngest bracelet winner about a week earlier, won his second bracelet and made his third final table appearance at this year's WSOP.

This is a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 2050
• Total Prize Pool: $3,731,000
• Number of payouts: 198

This is a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 378
• Total Prize Pool: $1,776,600
• Number of payouts: 37

This is a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 409
• Total Prize Pool: $558,285
• Number of payouts: 40

This is a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 754
• Number of rebuys:
• Total Prize Pool: $2,340,238
• Number of payouts: 73

Phil Hellmuth Jr tied legends Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the most WSOP tournament wins with his 10th bracelet.

This is a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 788
• Total Prize Pool: $717,080
• Number of payouts: 72

Jeff Madsen made his fourth final table appearance and fourth top-three finish in this year's WSOP. This was also the third poker variant in which Madsen made the final table this year, as he previously made final tables in Omaha and Texas hold 'em (twice).

This is a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 524
• Total Prize Pool: $715,260
• Number of payouts: 54

This is a three-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 2803
• Number of payouts: 270

This is a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 81
• Number of rebuys:
• Total prize pool: $1,164,048
• Number of payours: 7
• Winning hand: 8-6-5-3-2

This is the "Main Event". It started on July 28 and the final table took place on August 10.

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. On the final table Gold eliminated seven of the eight opponents.

• Number of buy-ins: 8,773
• Total Prize Pool: $82,512,162
• Number of payouts: 873

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 1,100
• Total Prize Pool: $1,001,000
• Number of payouts: 102

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buy-ins: 1,007
• Total prize pool: $1,374,555
• Number of payouts: 102

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buyins: 352
• Total prize pool: $494,130
• Number of payouts: 38

This was a two-day event.

This was a two-day event.

• Number of buyins: 481
• Total prize pool: $656,565
• Number of payouts: 46

This was a one-day event.

• Number of buyins: 494
• Total Prize Pool: $674,310
• Number of payouts: 47