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The World Series of Poker begins at Rio-All Suite Hotel and Casino in just two weeks. Sunday June 25,2006, the Satellites and Live Action starts. The winners from last year will be in attendance trying for a repeat of last year, only better. Look for some new names to appear at the final table, but I have a feeling some of the " best" in the world of poker will be bearing down this year. Here are the million plus winners from last year.

1 Joseph Hachem... Melbourne, Australia... $7,500,000
2 Steve Dannenmann... Severn, MD......... $4,250,000
3 Tex Barch... McKinney, TX................... $2,500,000
4 Aaron Kanter... Elk Grove, CA............... $2,000,000
5 Andrew Black... Dublin, Ireland............. $1,750,000
6 Scott Lazar... Studio City, CA.............. $1,500,000
7 Daniel Bergsdorf... Umea, Sweden......... $1,300,000
8 Brad Kondracki... Kingston, PA.............. $1,150,000
9 Mike Matusow... Las Vegas, NV............ $1,000,000

I'm a betting person and I don't think I'll see any of these names this year hitting the million mark. However with the right luck, anything is possible.