Tournament Information
Tournament:
2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open
Date:
Jan 9 - 23, 2006
Venue:
Gold Strike Casino Resort
Tunica, MS, United States
Event:
Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em (Jan 19, 2006)
Buy-in:
$10,000 + $200
Prize:
$3,171,900
Entries:
327
Other Events
| Jan 9, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 10, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,000 + 60 |
| Jan 10, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 11, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 11, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,500 + 70 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,000 + 70 |
| Jan 13, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 13, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,000 + 60 |
| Jan 14, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 14, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,500 + 70 |
| Jan 15, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 15, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,500 + 70 |
| Jan 16, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 16, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $3,000 + 10 |
| Jan 17, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 18, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 40 |
| Jan 19, 2006 |
 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em
|
$10,000 + 200 |
| Jan 21, 2006 | Ladies No Limit Hold'em | $300 + 40 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | No Limit Hold'em (2) | $500 + 40 |
Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize | GPI | PoY 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scotty Nguyen | $969,421 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi | $566,352 | — | — | |
| 3rd | Unknown Player | $298,908 | — | — | |
| 4th | Gavin Smith | $173,052 | — | — | |
| 5th | An "The Boss" Tran | $125,856 | — | — | |
| 6th | Bau Le | $88,099 | — | — | |
| 7th | Johnny Donaldson | $62,928 | — | — | |
| 8th | Rodeen Talebi | $50,342 | — | — | |
| 9th | Matt Keikoan | $44,050 | — | — | |
| 10th | Gary Gibbs | $34,610 | — | — | |
| 10th | Karlo Lopez | $34,610 | — | — | |
| 12th | Christopher Bell | $31,464 | — | — | |
| 13th | Josh Arieh | $31,464 | — | — | |
| 14th | Joshua Tieman | $31,464 | — | — | |
| 15th | Allie Prescott | $31,464 | — | — | |
| 16th | Fred Ferrington | $25,171 | — | — | |
| 17th | Eric Cloutier | $25,171 | — | — | |
| 18th | Farzad Rouhani | $25,171 | — | — | |
| 19th | Franklin "Dee" Caldwell | $25,171 | — | — | |
| 20th | Dwight Derringer | $25,171 | — | — | |
| 21st | Casey Kastle | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 22nd | James Cleveland Haley | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Dale Morrow | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 24th | Liz "PokerDiva" Lieu | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 25th | Zac Reynolds | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 26th | Howard Perry | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 27th | Dwayne Moyers | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 28th | Robert Brind | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 29th | Ray Babb | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 30th | Thomas Schreiber | $18,878 | — | — | |
| 31st | Mark Kroon | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Michael Stamboly | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 33rd | Galen Kester | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 34th | Christopher Gildon | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 35th | Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 36th | Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 37th | Chad "Downtown" Brown | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 38th | Bob Stupak | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 39th | John Spadavecchia | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 40th | Neal Hensarling | $15,732 | — | — | |
| 41st | Vassilios Maniotis | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 42nd | Douglas Carli | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Padraig Parkinson | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 44th | Mark Napolitano | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 45th | Jerri Thomas | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 46th | Billy Seber | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 47th | Mark Cole | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 48th | Mark Mulloy | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 49th | Dan Alspach | $12,586 | — | — | |
| 50th | Barry Shulman | $6,293 | — | — | |
| 50th | Andy Miller | $6,293 | — | — | |
