Name: Jamie Gold
Nickname: The Poker Philanthropist
Born: 1969
Birthplace: USA
Lives in: USA
USA
At the 2006 WSOP, Gold maintained a significant chip lead from Day 4
onwards to win the World Series of Poker Main Event (No Limit Texas
hold 'em, $10,000 buy-in), outlasting 8,772 other players.
Excluding
4th place finisher Allen Cunningham, Gold had more casino tournament
final table finishes than the rest of his final table opponents
combined.
Gold eliminated 7 of his 8 opponents at the final
table. Gold defeated Paul Wasicka heads-up, earning a record
$12,000,000. Jamie won the event despite earlier saying that he would
prefer to finish second as he felt uncomfortable with the idea of being
famous.
Gold ate blueberries during the play of the 2006 WSOP
main event final table and joked in a post-tournament interview that
the blueberries were "brain food" and the reason he won.
His
WSOP win was marked by an uncanny ability to goad his opponents into
either calling his bets when he had an unbeatable hand or folding to
him when he was weak. He consistently told his opponents that he was
weak or strong, telling the truth sometimes, and sometimes bluffing,
with the net result of successfully deceiving his opponents most of the
time. Prior to the 2006 WSOP Main Event, he had compiled a solid record
in tournament competition, using lessons learned from poker legend and
previous two time WSOP main event winner and owner of 10 WSOP
bracelets, Johnny Chan.
Gold's total live tournament winnings
exceed a record $12,100,000 making him the player with the most
winnings in the world, and he was also the first person to eclipse the
$10,000,000 mark in tournament poker.
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