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...many as 16 virtual “tables” at once. The life has its perks. He was due to party with Charles Barkley last year, winning two tickets to a bash hosted by the retired athlete as part of a grand-prize package in an online tournament. The loot also included airfare to Palm Springs and two tickets to watch a celebrity golf tournament. (He didn’t go, he says, only because his friends weren’t free to accompany him.) To Darkhawk, $8,000 dollars doesn’t seem like...
Take Chris Moneymaker. He may have had the name, but nobody—much less professional players—knew who he was a little less than a decade ago. Through a $39 buy-in satellite tournament online, the then-27-year-old accountant from Tennessee won a seat in the main event of the 2003 World Series of Poker, where he won the first prize of $2.5 million. The crowning of a regular Joe as World Champion had seismic effects: interest in poker spiked—a trend that has been dubbed the “Moneymaker Effect?...
...reserved, introverted man who speaks softly with a slight lisp, Hawrilenko won a large tournament at the World Series in Vegas this past summer and was swiftly reminded just how unevenly his own lifestyle matches up with the stereotype of the poker champion. “People were asking me, ‘So how are you going to celebrate it? Are you going out to get booze and strippers?!’” Hawrilenko recalls. “Most of my housemates don’t really drink that much, and I don’t really...
...half in the quarterfinals today than Alexei,” Fish said. “He got a little distracted however and showed signs of two grueling matches from [Sunday] that left him arms sore and felt that the tank was on empty. It’s a grueling tournament to win if you’re playing both singles and doubles...
...team was without junior Aba Omodele-Lucien, who was sick and had to pull out of the tournament. Despite missing the veteran’s skills, Harvard came up with a solid performance at the tournament and has high hopes for the next...