A Genuine Story Inside of the NBC National Heads-Up Championship

NBC National Heads-Up Championship starts this weekend (5th thru 8th) and places some of Professional Pokers top players in a Heads-Up elimination situation.  The 64 players can be broken down into Pro Players, Celebrities and winners of Satellite tournaments.   The Poker Pros is a list of well known players who have won many of the most prestigious poker tournaments between them.   There are three online satellite winners with one of them being a great story that proves the idea of «Only in America»

Blandino Gines, a 52 year old out of work handy man, won entry by playing in a free satellite tournament at Poker Stars.  He outlasted a huge field, by moving up over again in elimination tournaments, until he finally beat the last other survivor in the tournament.  This win was worth $1000, a flight to Las Vegas and four nights at Caesars for a party of two.  The best part of the win was the entry into the tournament, which amounted to $20,000. [Read][more...]