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Online Poker Tournament Winners Pocket $179k

Well-known online poker room Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS tournament series is rampaging through its tenth run, seeing more huge prize pool guarantees met than ever before. DuckU, better known outside of poker circles as Greg Hobson, took down the No-Limit Hold ‘em Shootout tournament for $87,000 last night. In addition to this victory Hobson has placed third in the World Championship of Online Poker $530 6-max rebuy event for $119,000. In the live arena he has cashed in the World Series of Poker 2007 Main Event. In the second event played last night, the $109 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys, kutuz_off outlasted 962 entrants to win $92,000. The New York City native is an actuary outside of poker but this win coupled with previous final tables in tournaments such as second in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed or a victory in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance means he might giving up the insurance premiums game soon.

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