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Monday 6th November 2006

Finnish Poker Player Wins Big for 1,000,000,000th Hand

Lady Luck was well and truly on the side of 27-year-old Finnish poker enthusiast Petteri S. as he sat playing Texas Hold em� on IntertopsPoker.com, when his table was handed the honour of receiving the 1,000,000,000th played hand on the network.

Petteri S. instantly won a cash prize and free entries to all guaranteed tournaments for a whole day. Additionally, he also received free entry to a $250,000 guaranteed tournament.

Using his alias 'T-Bone-Pete', Petteri S is a fairly new to online poker. �I have only been playing poker for six months. I never imagined that I could win so big, so quickly,� he said. The Fin had started playing at IntertopsPoker.com just two days previously.

The Billionth Hand promotion the latest in a series of player incentives from IntertopsPoker.com, the site which claims to offer the most satellites to land-based tournaments online.

Source: OnlineCasinoNews

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