Flipchip's Vintage 2006 WSOP Photos

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Hogwarts foil hat guy playing the 2006 WSOP

Two weeks from today the command will be given for the players seated in the first event of the 2007 World Series of Poker to “Shuffle Up and Deal.” I’ve selected a few photos from last year’s record setting 2006 WSOP at the Rio resort in Las Vegas. The WSOP is the poker event that started it all when a wise ole gambler named Benny Binion got together with some of his poker playing friends and they figured out a way to determine who was the best poker player in the world. Anyone with $10,000 and a little card sense could enter and win the coveted World title, thus guaranteeing poker immortality and a place in history. A bracelet and some cash, too. The tradition continues into the new millennium starting June 1st, High Noon at teh Rio Resort in Las Vegas. Hope the photos gets the adrenaline pumping.

Flipchip’s 2006 vintage World Series of Poker photos after the jump…

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I ask him, “Where’d you get the fish?” and the fish said, “I won him in a cash game at the Excalibur.”

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Marcel Luske, the Flying Dutchman

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You gotta love the WSOP main event

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WSOP Main Event poker face

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Poker whiz Dutch Boyd plays the 2006 WSOP ME

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Phil “Unabomber” Laak

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2006 was a record year for poker players at the World Series of Poker

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Dave “Devilfish” Uliott playing the World Series of Poker

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2006 was a record year for Jeff Madsen. Youngest player to win a WSOP bracelet, actually two

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Mikey the poker playing monkey made it to the 2006 World Series of Poker

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