Editing Jim Bechtel (section)

=== Other poker tournaments ===
Aside from the WSOP and WPT, Bechtel has made numerous cashes and has won two other major tournaments.  His first major tournament victory was at the 1992 Hall of Fame Poker Classic, where he won the $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament, earning $214,000.

In 1994, he won the Queens Poker Classic IV $2,500 buy-in No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw event, earning a prize of $60,750.  Since then, he has cashed in many different tournaments and made more than a dozen final table appearances.  His most recent major tournament cash was 48th place (earning $4,139) in the 2010 Arizona Poker Championship $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event.

As of 2012, his total tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Bechtel's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=17 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=[[The Hendon Mob Poker Database]] |language=en}}</ref> His 23 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,838,861 of those winnings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Bechtel |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=142 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=[[World Series of Poker|WSOP.com]]}}</ref>