Online Poker: Kentucky Amateur Takes Event No 2 At WSOPC Las Vegas
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
by Bodog Poker
A 54-year-old recreation poker player Randy Huberty won Event #2 at the World Series of Poker* circuit stop at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. The semi-retired construction worker was on vacation in Vegas with his wife and he casually decided to enter the $500 (+60) No Limit Hold 'Em poker tournament. That offhand choice to spend a day at the tables left the man with his first major tournament victory and over $29,000 more in his bankroll.
What makes Huberty stand out from the rest of the pack, even more than his strictly amateur status, is the fact that he recently received a liver transplant and that his trip to Vegas was his first vacation since the operation a few months ago.
The bearded man won in style too, coming back in a big way when playing heads-up against an opponent named Brian Hunt when he was behind by nearly 3:1 and then finishing his opponent off in short time.
Just after he beat Hunt and kissed his wife, Huberty called his son at the University of Kentucky to give him the good news.
Skill is a big part of poker, but a little luck never hurt anyone, and Huberty seems to have that in spades.
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