Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Stan Weiss wins WPT Mirage Poker Showdown

By Lianne Elias

Pro player Stan Weiss championed a field of 383 players to take first place at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas on May 17, 2006. Weiss, a resident of Nashville, Tenn., was awarded $1,294,755 of the $3,724,800 total prize pool.

Weiss defeated fellow pros Harry Demetriou, David Williams, David Singer, and Alan Goehring at the 9-player final table. Other pros who finished in the money include Hasan Habib, Eli Elezra, Eric Mizrachi, John Juanda, Kristy Gazes, Casey Kastle, Jason Lester, Joe Cassidy, and Minh Nguyen.

Final table results for the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship are as follows:

PlaceNamePrize
1st Stan Weiss $1,294,755
2nd Harry Demetriou $673,272
3rd Devin Porter $332,937
4th David Williams $221,958
5th Steve Frederick $166,469
6th Robert Mizrachi $129,476
7th David Singer $92,482
8th Alan Goehring $73,987
9th Tam Van Nguyen $59,190

Please see www.worldpokertour.com for further details.

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