WSOP in today's Indo - "Gambler flush with cash after poker blunder"

karlh

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=30&si=1427960&issue_id=12703

'Gambler flush with cash after poker blunder

WHEN Robert Guinther switched on his computer for a game of online poker, the most he thought he could win was a couple of hundred dollars. Little did he know that fate would deal him a slightly luckier hand.

Instead of entering a regular game with a $10 (€8.40) entry fee, as he had intended, he accidentally clicked on the wrong link and stumbled into a World Series of Poker satellite tournament costing ten times as much. Mortified but realising there was no going back, he played on. By the end, he had beaten 180 other contestants, scooped the $11,000 (€9,240) prize and earned a coveted seat at the WSP finals in Las Vegas, which has a prize pool of $100m. "It could be the best mistake of my life," Mr Guinther (65) of Killeen, Texas, said. "I'm just going to go out there to have some fun and, the good Lord willing, I might make something out of it." He added: "I must have touched the computer mouse with my thumb and clicked on the wrong game. Twenty minutes later, I'm playing and playing and I think, 'Let me see what the payout is for this table', and it said $11,000. And I think to myself, 'This can't be right'."

Calling itself the richest sporting event on the planet, the WSP brings together 23,000 poker players from 45 countries. The tournament lasts six weeks, but only 6,600 elite players are allowed at the main event, which will start on Thursday, either by buying their way in for $10,000 or by qualifying through an online championship. The gaming industry estimates that 50 million Americans play poker at least once a month. Tournaments receive hours of coverage on late-night television, including 'Celebrity Poker Showdown', whose contestants have included the Hollywood stars Ben Affleck, Martin Sheen, and Heather Graham. Jennifer Tilley, the actress, won $160,000 (€134,000) at the WSP's Ladies' No Limit event last month. (©The Times, London)'

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gerire

Thats putting it mildly