{"id":1303,"date":"2006-08-09T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2006-08-09T11:42:56","modified_gmt":"2006-08-09T18:42:56","slug":"million-final-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2006\/08\/09\/million-final-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Million $ Final Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2006 world series of poker is down to its final table<\/a> of nine. The field was so big this year (over eight thousand people!) that every single one of the players at the final table will receive over a million dollars. The payouts are<\/p>\n

\n1st – $12,000,000
\n2nd – $6,102,499
\n3rd – $4,123,310
\n4th – $3,628,513
\n5th – $3,216,182
\n6th – $2,803,851
\n7th – $2,391,520
\n8th – $1,979,189
\n9th – $1,566,858\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yowzer! Among the players at the final table is a theoretical physicist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nMichael Binger
\nThis 29-year-old Atherton, Calif. resident describes himself as a professional poker player and part-time theoretical physicist – he earned a PhD in theoretical particle physics from Stanford earlier this year. Binger has been playing poker for six years, and this marks the second year he has played in the World Series of Poker. In addition to making the final table of the Main Event, he made the final table of a $1,500 buy-in event earlier in the tournament and won $100,000. Chip count: $3,140,000.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Damn, professional poker play and part-time theoretical physicist, now thats a job description!
\nUpdate:<\/b> Binger has come in an amazing third place. Amazing because he started out a very very short stack! Congrats to Binger, he done make us theoretical physicists proud. The winner was Jamie Gold who had a commanding lead through the final table. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2006 world series of poker is down to its final table of nine. The field was so big this year (over eight thousand people!) that every single one of the players at the final table will receive over a million dollars. The payouts are 1st – $12,000,000 2nd – $6,102,499 3rd – $4,123,310 4th … <\/p>\n

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