Big Man on Campus
Study math? maybe you might do well at Poker.
From the Pennsylvania
CentreDaily:
Penn State student holdin' $1.5 million
N.J. native beats out 936 poker players
Ryan Daut didn't expect to come back to college this semester as a millionaire.
Daut, a 22-year-old doctoral candidate in mathematics at Penn State, went to the Bahamas to play in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which started Jan. 4 at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in Nassau.
The New Jersey native was the last man standing Wednesday -- beating 936 opponents and walking away with the tournament's $1.5 million grand prize.
Daut, who said online poker is his primary source of income, was one of 937 people who each put in $8,000 to enter the tournament.
"It was a big relief when I won," Daut said. "I was pretty excited about it."
Daut said his math skills were part of his winning strategy, but his hand selection and "reading" of other players were what won the game.
"Math is a big part of poker, but a lot of things are more important than mathematical aspects," Daut said. "I played pretty standard, played a strong game."
Daut said when he was down to just one opponent, the game became much more interesting.
More "
interesting" -- I don't doubt it...
Good job and great luck with future games!
Posted by DaveH at January 16, 2007 8:13 PM