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Monday 24th July 2006 Benjamin Lin Wins First Gold Bracelet at WSOP 2006
Benjamin Lin walked into Las Vegas’ Rio as a 31-year-old accountant from Washington-DC, who liked to play poker in his spare time. Having won the Seven-Card Stud championship at the 2006 WSOP and beaten an all-star line-up in the process, Lin walked out of the Rio as the latest WSOP gold bracelet winner.
Over a period of two days, some 174 players were eliminated from event #28, leaving eight players with a place at the final table on the Rio poker stage. Of those eight, two were former WSOP gold bracelet winners – “Miami John” Cernuto with three wins, and Cyndy Violette with one victory.
When play became three-handed, Cyndy Violette, who has been playing professionally for 15 years, and Sean “Sheik” Sheikhan, described as poker’s lightening rod, were left in the game with Lin whom the audience labelled “the other guy.”
On her final hand, Violette was dealt several high cards and missed a flush draw, which knocked her out of the tournament. Sheikhan ran bad in heads-up play, often starting with a solid hand which turned into a loser.
Benjamin Lin took his place the elite class of 396 players (out of over a 100 million worldwide) who have won a WSOP gold bracelet over the entire 37-year history of the world’s premier poker spectacle. His winnings amounted to $256,620.
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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