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The
winner of the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em (with re-buys)
championship was Michael Graves. He is a 23-year-old college student
from Dallas, TX. This was his first victory at the World Series
of Poker. Prior to winning three quarters of a million dollars at
the WSOP, Graves had just two previous tournament cashes on his
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The
winner of the $1,000 buy-in Limit S.H.O.E. championship was Dao
Bac, from Garden Grove, CA. He is a 51-year-old professional poker
player. This was his first victory ever at the World Series of
Poker. Bac was born in Vietnam. He arrived in the United States
in 1989. He is married and has two children; and during much of
the tournament, Bac read from a leather-bound book when he was
not involved in a hand...
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The
winner of the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was Blair
Rodman, from Las Vegas, NV. Rodman, age 53, is a longtime professional
gambler. This was his first victory at the World Series of Poker.
Rodman gambles mostly on golf, sports, and poker. In fact, his first
love is golf. He has been active on the local Las Vegas scene most
of his adult life ...
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The
winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship is Ghandrasekhar
Billavara. He's a 38yr-old businessman from San Francisco, CA. This
was only the second World Series of Poker tournament Billavara had
ever entered. It was his first tournament victory. Billvara was
born in India ...
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The
winner of the $2,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-Low championship was
Frank O'Dell. He is a 35-year-old professional poker player originally
from Denver, CO. He now lives in Long Beach, CA. This was his second
victory at the World Series of Poker. O'Dell has been playing tournament
poker for about ten years ...
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The
winner of the second annual $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship
was Freddy Deeb, from Las Vegas, NV . This was Deeb's second World
Series of Poker victory. He won a gold bracelet previously, back
in 1996. Deeb was born in Lebanon. He fled his homeland during the
1970s while his nation was in the midst of a civil war ...
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