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James Collopy: First participation in the WSOP of a prodigy
James Collopy alias Mr_BigQueso, a newcomer in the arena of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), is still in the race for a bracelet in the Event # 16 $ 1,500' Short-Handed' no-limit Hold'em. For this first attempt, the young student of economics has a big target, for that he will take part in many tournaments as possible in Las Vegas including the 'mixed events' low buy-in. Indeed, over the previous two years, he had only fund poker players and just watched the parties. Until now, Collopy has only played in competitions 'live' outside the U.S. because the legal age of 21 years to play in casino in America, against 18 in the Old Continent, obstructed his participation. Until here, he was able to accumulate a little more than one million dollars in winnings pocketed during the European Poker Tour Barcelona 2009, the EPT Vilamoura, EPT Snowfest, and the WPT Marrakech. He was 21 years old since last March 21st.
In addition, this third year student of economics and Irish history at the University of New York, "Mr_BigQueso" has also accumulated good ranking on online poker tournaments. For example, he pocketed $ 57,000 in November 2008 by finishing fifth in a great online dating or another gain of $ 51,000 in January 2010. Briefly, the course of Collopy as a poker player has resulted in an initial introduction with his big brother in Washington DC at the college, after that, he subsequently found his own way to online poker with his friend Dan Kelly aka “djk123”. "Mr_BigQueso", in now one of the best existing online poker player.
Source: Poker 777
Thursday, 10 June 2010
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