Newcomer Wins at WSOP; Dwan Crushes Antonio
July 2, 2009 by Kris Jones
Filed under Sports
Tony Veckey is a software engineer. He’s also a WSOP champion. Veckey was the sole survivor of the $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em tournament to win $673,276. In a field of 2,817 players, Veckey won despite having never played in a WSOP before. He has quite a percentage going there. I don’t know if anyone has ever been 1 for 1 at the WSOP.
I also came across a great hand I wanted to share with you. It involves one of my favorite players, Tom Dwan, who gets unlucky and then lucky against Antonio Esfandiari. Here is the video:
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