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37th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em
$2,500 Buy-In
Sunday, July 9, 2006
Casino: Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
Players: 1290
Prize Pool: $2,967,000
| Place | Player | From | Prize Money |
| 1st | Max Pescatori | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $682,389 |
| 2nd | Anthony Reategui | Chandler, AZ, USA | $356,040 |
| 3rd | Justin Pechie | $206,207 | |
| 4th | Mike Leslie | $148,350 | |
| 5th | Corey Cheresnick | Coral Springs, FL, USA | $118,680 |
| 6th | Tri Ma | $103,845 | |
| 7th | Mike "The Mouth" Matusow | Henderson, NV, USA | $89,010 |
| 8th | Terrence Chan | Vancouver, BC, CAN | $74,175 |
| 9th | Matt Heintschel | $66,758 | |
| 10th | William Lin | Boulder, CA, USA | $59,340 |
| 11th | David Derringer | $54,890 | |
| 12th | Sarah Bilney | AUS | $50,439 |
| 13th | Larry Weinberg | Soquel, CA, USA | $45,989 |
| 14th | Melissa Hayden | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $41,538 |
| 15th | David Chiu | Roland Heights, CA, USA | $37,088 |
| 16th | Jay Fung | $32,637 | |
| 17th | Ylon Schwartz | Brooklyn, NY, USA | $28,187 |
| 18th | Richard Osborne | Martinez, CA, USA | $23,736 |
| 19th | Joe McGowan | $19,286 | |
| 20th | Jerry Denicholas | $19,286 | |
| 21st | Jose Torres | Alhambra, CA, USA | $19,286 |
| 22nd | Erick Lindgren | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $19,286 |
| 23rd | Chris Chung | $19,286 | |
| 24th | Joe Cassidy | Huntington Beach, CA, USA | $19,286 |
| 25th | Farzad Rouhani | Germantown, MD, USA | $19,286 |
| 26th | Mark Bonsack | $19,286 | |
| 27th | Alex Bolotin | $19,286 | |
| 28th | Sam Grizzle | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $14,835 |
| 29th | Michael Berra | $14,835 | |
| 30th | Daniel Fuhs | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | $14,835 |
| 31st | Jamieson Pickering | $14,835 | |
| 32nd | Nathan Meyvis | $14,835 | |
| 33rd | Jenny Kang | Portland, OR, USA | $14,835 |
| 34th | Elliot Dornbusch | $14,835 | |
| 35th | Steve Numoto | San Jose, CA, USA | $14,835 |
| 36th | Zhang Luzhe | $14,835 | |
| 37th | Timothy Stearns | Burbank, CA, USA | $11,868 |
| 38th | Steven Hoefs | Avalon, CA, USA | $11,868 |
| 39th | David Plastik | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $11,868 |
| 40th | Allen Pock | $11,868 | |
| 41st | Adam Harrington | $11,868 | |
| 42nd | Stephen Gin | ON, CAN | $11,868 |
| 43rd | Joanne "J.J." Liu | Palo Alto, CA, USA | $11,868 |
| 44th | Steven Cohn | $11,868 | |
| 45th | Russell Salazar | $11,868 | |
| 46th | Scott Fischman | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $8,901 |
| 47th | Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich | Los Angeles, CA, USA | $8,901 |
| 48th | Alex Shin | $8,901 | |
| 49th | Ricky Green | $8,901 | |
| 50th | Zach Ballenger | $8,901 | |
| 51st | Ken Lee | $8,901 | |
| 52nd | Mark Wilds | Biloxi, MS, USA | $8,901 |
| 53rd | Roy Thung | White Planes, NY, USA | $8,901 |
| 54th | Seth Berge | $8,901 | |
| 55th | Neil Florin | $7,418 | |
| 56th | Mike Bradshaw | $7,418 | |
| 57th | Fred Goldberg | $7,418 | |
| 58th | Daryn Firicano | Woburn, MA, USA | $7,418 |
| 59th | Quinn Do | Seattle, WA, USA | $7,418 |
| 60th | Frank Digiacomo | $7,418 | |
| 61st | Richard Sharpe | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $7,418 |
| 62nd | Kevin Nathan | $7,418 | |
| 63rd | Men "The Master" Nguyen | Bell Gardens, CA, USA | $7,418 |
| 64th | Dustin Pattinson | $5,934 | |
| 65th | Joel Criste | $5,934 | |
| 66th | Kurt Paseka | $5,934 | |
| 67th | Tony Cousineau | Daytona Beach, FL, USA | $5,934 |
| 68th | Kevin Ho | Gainsville, FL, USA | $5,934 |
| 69th | Jon Friedberg | Las Vegas, NV, USA | $5,934 |
| 70th | Andrew Kurita | $5,934 | |
| 71st | Derek Dix | Chico, CA, USA | $5,934 |
| 72nd | Eric Hicks | $5,934 | |
| 73rd | Salvatore Passariello | $5,934 | |
| 74th | Matthew Ing | $5,934 | |
| 75th | Ariel Schneller | $5,934 | |
| 76th | Doug Sanders | $5,934 | |
| 77th | Keith "The Camel" Hawkins | Ascot, UK | $5,934 |
| 78th | Harry Scannel | $5,934 | |
| 79th | Garrett Patrick | $5,934 | |
| 80th | Michael Brown | $5,934 | |
| 81st | David Minto | Alamogordo, NM, USA | $5,934 |
| 82nd | Marcello Cabrera | Visalia, CA, USA | $4,451 |
| 83rd | Joel Nichols | $4,451 | |
| 84th | Tyler Herdklotz | $4,451 | |
| 85th | James Smith | McKinney, TX, USA | $4,451 |
| 86th | David Raby | $4,451 | |
| 87th | Greg Violette | Henderson, NV, USA | $4,451 |
| 88th | Jay Minor | $4,451 | |
| 89th | Bao Dong | $4,451 | |
| 90th | Daniel Bates | $4,451 | |
| 91st | Steve Day | Edmonds, WA, USA | $4,451 |
| 92nd | Scott Bohlman | Glenview, IL, USA | $4,451 |
| 93rd | Brian Hua | $4,451 | |
| 94th | Lily "Mrs. Grinder" Elviro | Hollywood, FL, USA | $4,451 |
| 95th | Minh Ly | Temple City, CA, USA | $4,451 |
| 96th | Brian Wideman | $4,451 | |
| 97th | John Hurst | Dallas, TX, USA | $2,671 |
| 98th | Leonard Demehak | $2,671 | |
| 99th | Musa "Mike" Mustafa | $2,671 | |
| 100th | Allie Prescott | Memphis, TN, USA | $2,670 |
| 101st | Dwight Derringer | $2,670 |
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