2006 World Poker Challenge - Final

Posted Apr 3rd 2006 5:15PM by Joanne Lutynec
Filed under: Tournaments, World Poker Tour, Reno

The 2006 World Poker Challenge held in Reno, Nevada, wrapped up on March 30th. First place of over $1 million went to Mike Simon after a final heads-up battle against Jason Stern. Sorry Derek, Liz Lieu didn't take it down.

The main event will be televised as part of the World Poker Tour.

Final 9 players and their prize money were as follows:

1 Mike Simon $1,052,890
2 Jason Stern $529,300
3 Tom Schneider $256,115
4 Greg Mueller $142,285
5 Jonas Norman $113,830
6 Barry Greenstein $85,370
7 Carl Olson $71,145
8 Fang Tian $56,915
9 Gary Jacobi $42,685

You can read the complete play-by-play of the event over at Bluff Magazine, provided by the always entertaining Jason 'Spaceman' Kirk.

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