The 2006 North American Poker Championship has wrapped in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, and there is a new millionaire in our midst. Soren Turkewitsch claimed the bracelet, a $25,000 entry into the WPT Championship Event, plus $1,352,224 in cold hard cash for his efforts at the table. Placing in second was Jason Sagle who collected $676,107. The top six final table finishers and their cash prizes were as follows:
1. Soren Turkewitsch $1,352,224
2. Jason Sagle $676,107
3. John Lam $352,541
4. James "KrazyKanuck" Worth $289,760
5. John Juanda $217,320
6. Marc Karam $169,027
You can read Soren's exit interview on the WPT site via this link - it is pretty amusing, and very obvious that the win hadn't quite sunk in yet. Since this was a World Poker Tour event, the final table action will be broadcast on an upcoming episode. Next up on the tour will be the World Poker Finals held at Foxwoods November 12-16.
1. Sounds like poker has become like some sort of a sport. I can't imagine the pressure must be in during championships. After all, there's a large amount of money involved. Especially if you know you got people betting on you. Although this game requires skill...I think without luck there's nothing more you can do than hope.
Posted at 3:59AM on Nov 16th 2006 by Mark Avery