Former Ballet Dancer Wins a Million in Paradise

Tuesday, 9 January 2007

The Pokerstars.com Moneymaker Millionaire tourney came to a close last weekend with the Chris Moneymaker legend of an unknown player beating out tough opposition continued by a little known player who won both the limelight and the top prize.

The Pokerstars.com Moneymaker Millionaire tourney came to a close last weekend with the Chris Moneymaker legend of an unknown player beating out tough opposition continued by a little known player who won both the limelight and the top prize.
830,000 players took part in the PokerStars.com freeroll and 27 were eventually flown to the Bahamas for the televised final.
All vying for a $1 million prize that included a 2007 Aston Martin DB9, 15 Americans, 10 Canadians, a German and one Slovenian player made the finale in a tournament that took five months and three rounds to play.
Triumphant was a former ballet dancer called Quillan Nagel. The 30-year-old student from Canada, took home $850,000 and the $150,000 car after a gruelling 16 hours of play. Nail-bitingly tense heads-up play saw Nagel eliminate Jerry Watterson of Florida, calling with K-5 on what turned out to be a $700,000 Q-T bluff to win the big prize.



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