For the fifth consecutive year, since the World Poker Tour’s conception in February 2002, Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Mashantucket, CT played host to the World Poker Finals, a tournament that has become many players’ favorite stop on the tour.
609 players paid the $10,000 buy-in, but only one would take home the $1,717,194 first prize, and it was Nenad Medic who emerged victorious, besting relative amateur E.G. Harvin in a heads-up battle for the title. Medic, one of the top cash game players in the game today, had only reached one televised final table prior to his World Poker Finals victory.
A pair of women, skilled tournament professionals Mimi Tran and Kathy Liebert made poker history at this event by becoming the first women to make the same final table at any World Poker Tour sponsored tournament. The pair finished 3rd and 5th respectively.
Rounding out the field were Michael Ovelchuk and Michael Perry, both making their first televised World Poker Tour final appearances.
| World Poker Finals | |
| Casino: | Foxwoods |
| Location: | Mashantucket, CT |
| Buy-in: | $9,700 |
| Entry Fee: | $300 |
| # of Players: | 609 |
| Prize Pool: | $5,749,481 |
| Final Table date: | Nov 16, 2006 |
| Results | ||
| 1 | Nenad Medic |
$1,717,194 |
| 2 | E.G. Harvin |
$904,389 |
| 3 | Mimi Tran |
$472,228 |
| 4 | Michael Omelchuck |
$343,439 |
| 5 | Kathy Liebert |
$257,579 |
| 6 | Mickey Perry |
$200,340 |
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