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Young Online Poker Gun Takes The Grand Prix De Paris
Canadian online poker player beats the big names
The 18 year old Canadian online poker star Will Ma (better known
as cuteipi314 in the virtual arena) emerged as the champ in the
final table of the Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France
in Paris this weekend.
Unfortunately, French officialdom's clampdown on the originally
World Poker Tour event means that Ma's truimph over some heavyweight
poker pros will not be seen on television, but that did little to
dampen the enthusiasm and excitement that the tournament generated.
At one stage Ma lagged behind his heads up opponent by 2 to 1 on
chip count.
Six figure paychecks - and in Euros - went to the last four players
standing with Ma collecting the winner's check of Euro 422 560 and
runner up Runar Runarsson the second prize of Euro 224 480. Other
players who profited well from the event were third placed David
Redlin (Euro 158 460) and fourth Ram Vaswani (Euro 105 640)
The 18 year, who hails from Waterloo, Ontario had played through
a starting field of 132 top poker challengers that included the
likes of David Banyamine, Roland de Wolfe, Freddie Deeb, Jeff Lisandro
and Surindar Sunar, each paying a $10 000 buy-in for the right to
go after the big prize.
This was Ma's first-ever live tournament, a testament to the extraordinary
potential of this young player, who will surely be seen increasingly
in the big world poker events.
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