22-year-old poker professional Griffin Paul entered yesterday's final table of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event with almost a third of the chips in play, however, early in the final table, the chip lead was traded back and forth between Joe Ebanks and Andrew Crooks.
Later on, after three players had been sent packing (Ryan Rivers, Brian Green & Shawn Nguyen), Ebanks and Pa[...] Read more » WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown: Griffin Paul Defeats Joe Ebanks Heads-up For The Title
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Many congratulations to Griffin Paul on winning his first WPT event and, perhaps more importantly, the $1,000,000 first prize. Imagine waking up this morning one million richer!!!
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Well done to Griffin Paul for winning this tournament,before this he had only won 70k in tourneys and now in just a year or so of playing live tournaments he wins a massive million in one game which is a great story for players starting out in the poker world.
Of course there isn't a final table on any poker tournament without somebody named Nguyen playing on it. That is probably in the terms and conditions under the rule how should everybody react when Phil Hellmuth throws a hissy fit after he dropped out...
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