Here is a quick look at the 2006 World Series of Poker bracelet winners and final table finishers over the past few days:

Event #9, $5000 No Limit Hold'em
Total Prize Pool: $2,293,400
Entries: 622

This must have been an epic event to watch - Phil Hellmuth was vying for his tenth World Series of Poker Bracelet in a final heads-up match against Jeff Cabanillas, however had to settle for second place and $423,893. First place finisher Cabanillas claimed the bracelet and $818,546. To make things even more exciting, Marcel Luske and Isabelle Mercier were also competing at the final table, though they went out in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Quoc Al 'Vinnie' Vinh, who has lifetime tournament earnings of over $2 million dollars, also made the final table and finished in eighth place.

Final standings:

1. Jeff Cabanillas $818,546
2. Phil Hellmuth Jr. $423,893
3. Eugene Todd $233,872
4. Marcel Luske $204,638
5. Isabelle Mercier $175,404
6. Thomas Schreiber $146,170
7. Douglas Carli $116,936
8. Vinnie Vinh $87,702
9. Dan Smith $58,468

Event #10, $1500 Seven-Card Stud
Total Prize Pool: $652,470
Entries: 478

David Williams has over $5 million dollars in tournament earnings to date, 3.5 million of which was earned for placing second in the 2004 WSOP Main Event. This marks his first-ever World Series of Poker championship bracelet though, and places David in 4th place on Card Player's 2006 Player of the Year race, only behind Michael Mizrachi, Nam Le, and Anthony Reategui. Final nine players in the $1500 Seven-Card Stud event were:

1. David Williams $163,118
2. John Hoang $110,920
3. Jack Duncan $71,772
4. Mitchell Ledis $45,673
5. 'Miami' John Cernuto $35,886
6. Ivan Schertzer $29,361
7. Johnny Chan $22,836
8. Matt Hawrilenko $16,312
9. Mark Dickstein $8,482
    
Event #11, $1500 Limit Hold'em
Total Prize Pool: $956,865
Entries: 701

701 players signed up for this event, and Bob Chalmers of Vancouver, Washington took down the win. This is Chalmer's first (reported) tournament cash - but I suppose if you have to start somewhere, it may as well be for a championship bracelet. Top nine were:

1. Bob Chalmers $258,344
2. Tam Ho $135,396
3. Warren Wooldridge $76,549
4. Thanh Nguyen $66,981
5. Doug Saab $57,412
6. Jan Sjavik $47,843
7. Graham Duke $38,275
8. Bob Bartmann $28,706
9. David Calla $19,137

Event #12, $5000 Omaha Hi-Low Split
Total Prize Pool: $1,245,500
Entries: 265

There are few players I like watching as much as Sammy Farha, so I was pretty thrilled to hear he won Event #12. Beating out Phil Ivey of all people, Farha took home the bracelet and almost $400,000 for the win. Like David Williams (above), Farha was also the second place finisher at a World Series of Poker Championship Event, having lost to Chris Moneymaker in 2003.

1. Sam Farha $398,560
2. Phil Ivey $219,208
3. Kirill Gerasimov $112,095
4. Mike Henrich $87,185
5. Mike Wattel $74,730
6. Brian Nadell $62,275
7. Jeffrey King $49,820
8. Jim Ferrel $37,365
9. Ryan Hughes $24,910

Event #13, $2500 No Limit Hold'em
Total Prize Pool: $2,967,000
Entries: 1290

These final tables seem to be littered with well-known professionals, which I didn't really expect due to the vast fields of the tournaments. However event #13 was no excpetion. Max 'The Italian Pirate' Pescatori took down the championship and earned himself a WSOP bracelet by beating a large field of 1290 players in the $2500 No Limit Hold'em event. Second place went to former bracelet winner Anthony Reategui, which makes this his ninth tournament cash in 2006 and catapults him into 3rd on the CP's Player of the Year race. Final nine and their prize money:

1. Max Pescatori $682,389
2. Anthony Reategui $356,040
3. Justin Pechie $206,207
4. Mike Leslie $148,350
5. Corey Cheresnick $118,680
6. Tri Ma $103,845
7. Mike Matusow $89,010
8. Terrence Chan $74,175
9. Matt Heintschel $66,758

Don't forget about the people who are live in Vegas covering the events and keeping us informed, some of which include:
Pauly at Tao of Poker
Otis at the Official PokerStars Blog
Jason Kirk at Bluff Magazine
Amy Calistri and Jen Leo at Breakfast Club Poker
CardPlayer
PokerWire