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HEADLINE: World Series of Poker: Who are these
guys?
Body:
No Scotty Nguyen, let alone a Phil (Hellmuth, Ivey, Gordon), but
we count two solid pros and a few guys with some experience (or
at least some money) in World Series of Poker events. And only
two players appear to have day jobs, so they must be doing something
right in casinos around the world.
The final table, with names are linked to World Series of Poker
/ PokerNews profiles (occupations from AP report):
Philip
Hilm: Poker pro, 31; from Denmark via England. $6,930
lifetime WSOP earnings.
Tuan
Lam: Poker pro, 40, from Toronto. $10,443 lifetime
WSOP.
Jon
Kalmar: Poker pro, 34, from England. Almost quit
the game. $91,950 lifetime WSOP -- all in this event two years
ago, when he finished 82nd.
Raymond
Rahme: Retiree, 62, from South Africa. No WSOP winnings.
Lee
Childs: Software engineer, 35, from Reston, Va. No
WSOP winnings.
Lee
Watkinson: Poker pro, 40, from Cheney, Wash. $1,283,183
(one bracelet) lifetime WSOP; 2006 Pot-Limit Omaha champion; $138,556
in big-money circuit event; 345th in Bluff-ESPN rankings; $1,166,807
on World Poker Tour; works on behalf of chimpanzees.
Hevad
"Rain" Khan: "Internet player,"
22, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y. $20,255 lifetime WSOP.
Jerry
Yang: Not the Yahoo! executive. Psychologist, 39,
from Temecula, Calif. No WSOP winnings.
Alex
Kravchenko: Poker pro from Russia. $278,844 (one
bracelet) lifetime WSOP, most of it this year; 143rd in Bluff-ESPN
rankings. $51,660 on World Poker Tour.
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