March 8 -Online Poker room Pokerroom.com's "Become a Poker Pro" tournament was won by Jim Davenport, and investment bank analyst. He beat out a tough
field on the Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas this past weekend...
Davenport trailed the leaders for most of the tournament, but dominated the
action for the last hour.
Davenport called an all-in bet with A-Q after the flop came A-J-7 to win the
tournament'. His opponent held Q-7, and the Ace on the turn spelled his end.
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"I'm still feel very nervous," Davenport said. "I believe in doing something
that I am excited about in the mornings, and now I have a new employer."
Davenport will receive a total prize package of $250,000 and will be
sponsored by PokerRoom.com for the next year. He will receive $60,000 in cash,
plus have all his expenses covered in 12 tournaments, including the 2006 WSOP
Main Event.
The "Become a Poker Pro" tournament saw all player who had won satellites for
poker tournaments in the last two years compete. The tournament started online
with 69 players, and players carried their chip stacks into the final table that
was played live on the cruise ship. Davenport went into heads up trailing 1:2 in
chips, and played power poker from there.
Poker Room is truly one of the best places to play online poker tournaments.
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