James Mackey became the champion of the World Poker Tour Choctaw Main Event on Tuesday after defeating Benjamin Zamani in the heads-up play. On the final hand, Mackey's pair of eights held up against Zamani's pocket fives after both players went all in pre-flop.
The $3,700 re-entry event attracted 1,066 players to Choctaw Casino Resort in Oklahoma, USA, and MacKey received $681,758 and a se[...] Read more » James Mackey Wins WPT Choctaw Main Event
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Many congratulations to James Mackey on winning this event and the first prize of $681,758. I have never heard of this player but he has also won a WSOP bracelet so he must be one heck of a player
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When ever I see the name Choctaw I just can't help thinking it says chocolate..... Which gets my mind wondering off to little square pieces of brown glory...... I then drift off to the song Choctaw Ridge (Ode to Billy Joe) I am now struggling to think how it goes but know it exists. Back to ChoColate and poker!
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Congratulations to James Mackey on being crowned the champion of the World Poker Tour Choctaw main event! He made over $680,000 return on $3,700 investment. That is just incredible. He certainly will be a force to be reckoned with in the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.
Posted by damosk: When ever I see the name Choctaw I just can't help thinking it says chocolate..... Which gets my mind wondering off to little square pieces of brown glory...... I then drift off to the song Choctaw Ridge (Ode to Billy Joe)!
Now you could associate to casino and poker as well. Yummie, yummie - right?
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I never heard about this poker Player, but he got a verry nice winning of over $600.000. What a amazing cash winning in this WPT main event and it was a dream to win one time a big tournament like this. But we can try it again and again and perhaps one time a mobster was a big winner
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This is a good investment for your money. With almost 4k winning 681k. I could quit playing poker after such a win. A bit of vacationing and some small investment, would make lots easier many years to come : But these players are glued to it.
