1993 WSOP WINNER JIM BECHTEL
At the bottom of this page you will find a short bio of 1993 WSOP winner Jim Bechtel. Click on any one of the WSOP winners below to read their bio!
At the bottom of this page you will find a short bio of 1993 WSOP winner Jim Bechtel. Click on any one of the WSOP winners below to read their bio!
1993 WSOP WINNER JIM BECHTEL
Jim Bechtel (born 1952?) is an American cotton farmer and poker player, based in Gilbert, Arizona.Bechtel came close to winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 1979 when he finished 2nd to Perry Green in the $1,500 no limit Texas hold 'em event.
Bechtel made the final table of the $10,000 WSOP main event in 1988, finishing 6th for $49,000.
At the 1993 WSOP, Bechtel reached the final table in second chip position with $631,000. He went on to eliminate 1990 world champion Mansour Matloubi and John Bonetti before defeating short-stacked Glenn Cozen in the third-hand of heads-up play. Bechtel's J 6 held up against Cozen's 7 4, and as a result Bechtel won the title on the strength of his Jack-high on a T 8 3 2 5 board. Bechtel took home the top prize of $1,000,000 and his only WSOP bracelet, becoming the first amateur player to win the WSOP main event since Hal Fowler in 1979.
Bechtel also finished in the money of the main event in 1986 (11th) and 1989 (31st).
Bechtel was also one of the players to make the final table of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event of the 2006 World Series of Poker, where he earned $549,120 for his 4th place finish.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,475,000.
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Bechtel made the final table of the $10,000 WSOP main event in 1988, finishing 6th for $49,000.
At the 1993 WSOP, Bechtel reached the final table in second chip position with $631,000. He went on to eliminate 1990 world champion Mansour Matloubi and John Bonetti before defeating short-stacked Glenn Cozen in the third-hand of heads-up play. Bechtel's J 6 held up against Cozen's 7 4, and as a result Bechtel won the title on the strength of his Jack-high on a T 8 3 2 5 board. Bechtel took home the top prize of $1,000,000 and his only WSOP bracelet, becoming the first amateur player to win the WSOP main event since Hal Fowler in 1979.
Bechtel also finished in the money of the main event in 1986 (11th) and 1989 (31st).
Bechtel was also one of the players to make the final table of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event of the 2006 World Series of Poker, where he earned $549,120 for his 4th place finish.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,475,000.
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