A champion has been crowned at the World Poker Tour Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event ($3,500 buy-in) after 4 days of intensive play! Nabil Hirezi, who brought the largest pile of chips to yesterday's final table of six players, topped a field of 258 players to earn $206,041 and his first WPT title! Hirezi is a 59-year-old dentist who has run a successful practice for 22 years in Jacksonville a[...] Read more » Local Dentist Wins WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
Ok, so Nabil Hirezi is experienced at the tables and he knew what he was doing and what would expect him at the final table because he plays almost everyday. What is more intriguing is the fact of being a dentist. That easily explains the fact of having $3,500 available to pay for the buy-in. But, being also recognized at his profession, he must be a very busy man, how can he find time to play almost poker everyday? The truth is he just got rewarded for that and we know it was for a good man who helps his comunity. Nice!
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
Great to read about such a worthwhile champion. Its always nice to see that an amateur player can take down such a big event. There is hope for us amateurs all over the world yet!
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 2688
Yep always refreshing to hear winner that are working and stil l play poker, this is a nice story and good luck to him in his future tournaments, it is fun to have a good back ground story on the winners. Also he must have had a lot of support as it was at his home town. Cheers to him, guess he is already popular by now!
Joined: Feb '12
Location: Canada
Age: 64 (M)
Posts: 6036
Yep,...nice to see the little guy win big like that...! Being that he's a dentist, he probably doesn't need the money,...but still,...it's still a fine prize...! His wife will probably spend it all on shoes...! < heheee...
I have it on good word,..that he and his buddies use extracted teeth for chips....
< heheee...
