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Richard Lee- 6th Place Throughout the final day, Richard Lee seemed to play flawlessly. He built up his stack very nicely from his starting point of $11,820,000 to over $16 million by playing very aggressively and picking his spots, oftentimes avoiding having to show his hand. However, one small mistake was all it took to end Lee's day in 6th place, earning him $2,803,851.

Lee's demise came after Jamie Gold called from the cutoff and Lee raised to $1,200,000 from the small blind. Gold re-raised to $4 million and Lee moved all-in. Gold called and showed QQ, while Lee showed JJ. The board failed to offer any help for Lee's jacks, and he was sent to the rail in 6th.

Explaining his thought process on pushing all-in on his last hand, Lee commented, "Jamie had been raising in a lot of spots and actually, I thought he had AK or tens, and I made a decision to come back over the top of him and pick it up right there. Jamie runs some small bluffs for some small money, but I knew he had some kind of a hand. I feel good – I gave it my best shot. I evaluated the hand, obviously I didn't evaluate it quite good enough, but I played to win. I wasn't going to back off. If I was going to call, I was going to raise."

Lee raised some eyebrows among the audience when it was announced during his introduction that he didn't care about winning the $12 million associated with first place. He elaborated on this statement by explaining, "I've been blessed by the good lord, whatever the money was, it would have been great, but I was more interested in winning the championship for the city. I've gotten incredible support from San Antonio."

Lee backed his words when he explained why he was the only player not endorsed by an online poker site. He said that he had been approached by many companies, but he responded to all of them, "The only thing I'm going to endorse is god, my family, and the city of San Antonio. There wasn't enough money they could give me to change my mind on that." Richard Lee is definitely devoted to San Antonio, and he returns to his beloved city a hero and almost $3 million richer.

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WSOP Final Table Updates – Douglas Kim- 7th Place Five hours into play, the final table was narrowed down to six when Doug Kim was eliminated in 7th place. After Kim smooth-called a $700,000 raise preflop by Paul Wasicka, the flop came down 4d-4s-3s. Wasicka bet $1 million, and Kim moved all-in. Wasicka called immediately and showed pocket queens, while Kim flipped over pocket nines. The turn and river came blanks, and Kim was eliminated in 7th place, winning $2,391,520.

Explaining his thought process before the flop, Kim commented, "I was calling to see a good board that I could push nines with. I wasn't short enough to push all-in. I had position and I could see what he did after the flop. It's almost automatic that both of us played our hands the way we did after the flop."

Kim expressed no regrets about busting out in seventh, despite sporting a very healthy stack before he was eliminated. He noted, "When I was playing the tournament, you can't really focus on the numbers because then you're not playing for first. There were two other short-stacks behind me and I could easily have waited to move up two pay levels, but you can't really think about that. You have to try to maximize your chances at first place and worry about the money later."

Kim also seemed happy with his play in general throughout the day. He stated, "I had several good hands and key bluffs against good players like Allen Cunningham. I felt like I was going on a rush. All I needed was some good cards to neutralize the situation with all of the big stacks."

The biggest stack that he was referring to was chip-leader Jamie Gold, who was on Kim's direct left all day. With Gold being incredibly aggressive, Kim was in arguably the worst position at the table. Commenting on playing with Gold, he reflected, "It's definitely a disadvantage to sit next to a pretty loose, aggressive player because at any moment, he could put you at a decision for all of your chips. He can make loose calls in position, and position is everything in no limit hold'em. He's got a big stack, and he can push me around so my strategy was to trap him with a hand. I couldn't do that and the one time I caught queens up on him, he folded."

The World Series was Kim's first major tournament, and he noted that he learned a lot on playing live tournament poker. "The biggest lesson I come away with is that you get a sense of how fatigued you can get and how that affects your play. You can't go on tilt and you have to make the best decisions possible. I took some big beats, but I was just like, 'You have to shrug that off and think about the next hand.' If they show you a bluff, you can't let it get to you."

Kim learned primarily how to play online and also at home games while at Duke, where he played with established online poker player and chip-leader through various stages of the Main Event, Jason Strasser. Strasser reminisced, "Freshman year, they had a $20 buy in game and I was probably the worst player there, and Doug was middle of the pack. We bumped the stakes up a little bit to $1/1 blind, no cap no limit game. I play a lot with Doug, played with him for three years. Doug really developed on his own for the most part. He got very good online, and he posts a lot on two plus two, which helped him a lot." With their excellent poker minds, the two should be making news in the poker world for years to come.

---------------- WSOP Final Table Updates – Erik Friberg 8th Place Finisher

On the 57th hand of play and almost three hours into the last day of play, Jamie Gold continued to add to his chip lead by knocking out the 8th place finisher at the final table, Erik Friberg. Friberg, the 23 year old from Stockholm, Sweden, earned $1,979,189 for his play while Gold eliminated his second player of the day.

Friberg limped in under the gun holding pocket jacks, and Gold made a big raise to $1 million from the button. Friberg re-raised all-in for almost $2 million more and Gold immediately called, showing pocket queens and letting out a triumphant yell. The board provided no help for Friberg, and he was eliminated.

Up to that point, Gold had been very active throughout the day, getting involved in a large number of pots and putting in a lot of raises preflop, while Friberg's stack seemed to bleed away. Friberg started the day with over $9 million in chips, but was down to around $3 million when he made his stand against Gold.

"I'm feeling very disappointed," said Friberg after leaving the table. "I think I played poorly today – I don't know what happened to me. [The last hand], I guess I just tried to get my chips in somehow."

When asked what he would do with his almost $2 million in winnings, Friberg flatly stated, "I'm probably going to gamble with it." He added, "I'm going to keep playing, of course, but I don't play in these big tournaments very often – I like to play cash games."

Friberg showed a lot of pride in his native Sweden, holding a flag during his press conference. He is the third Swede to make a final table in the last three years, joining Mattias Andersson in 2004 and Daniel Bergsdorf in 2005. He commented, "I think there are a lot of players from Sweden that are some of the best in the world."

Although Jamie Gold was the one to end Friberg's dreams of becoming World Champion, Friberg held no hard feelings towards him. He commented, "I like [Jamie], he's a nice guy." As for Friberg's thoughts on Gold's game, he reasoned, "To get that amount of chips, and to get this far, you need to get lucky. I don't think he would have a chance in a big cash game against the best, but I think he's okay."

With only seven players left, Gold is steamrolling the table and winning a lot of pots uncontested. He has built his chip lead up past $35 million from the $26 million he started the day with and looks like he is playing with all the confidence in the world.

----------- WSOP Final Table Updates – Dan Nassif is your 9th Place Finisher

Just a few hands into the day, the first player of the 2006 Main Event final table was eliminated. Dan Nassif, the short-stack coming into play, was knocked out by chip-leader Jamie Gold.

Gold limped in from early position, and Nassif raised it more than four times the big blind to $700,000. Gold called, and announced that he was checking the flop dark. The flop came down 5s-3s-2c, and Nassif moved all-in for about 1.5 million more. Gold immediately called, and showed pocket twos for a set. Nassif showed A-K and was looking for a four to make an inside straight. The turn came an ace, and the river a 10, knocking Nassif out.

After the hand, Nassif criticized his play, commenting, "I should have obviously pushed all-in preflop, but I had 2.5 million and I didn't want to push it all in right away just to win 400,000. With the flop of all rags, I didn't put him on an overpair. I put him more on AQ, AJ, so on that flop, especially when he checked in the dark, I thought AK was in the lead. I pushed right there to try to get some chips to play with. I priced him into calling preflop, and it was an error on my part."

While the hand was in progress, Gold came over to Nassif to comfort him, squeezing his shoulder and chatting with him. When questioned about what they discussed, Nassif answered, "[Jamie] apologized for calling, first of all. Jamie is a great guy and we had become friends. He told me, 'Sorry to see you go.' He mentioned that with my raise, he was priced into calling, which I think he was. He just said, great playing with you, good luck, and he was rooting for a four [for a chopped pot], which is the kind of person that he is – he's a nice guy."

With the huge amount of prize money, many wondered whether Nassif would continue in his day job. He said, "I've had a long career, and the job and the people there are great. I'm not going to leave. It would be a lack of character on my part to walk away." As for his prospects of playing more tournament poker, he commented, "It's a grind, an absolute grind. Starting at noon and ending at three in the morning, it's brutal. After you're done, though, you're excited and looking back, it's an amazing experience. I'm not playing any more cards though for at least a while."

In his exit interview, Nassif joked, "To everyone back home who ordered the pay-per- view, call me and I'll pay you back the $25. Hopefully, they all got together in one spot to split it." The $1,566,858 that he won for 9th place should go a long way in covering his bill. Pokernews.com

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