UT Student One of the Final 9 in WSOP Main Event
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A 23 year old student from The University of Texas, Arlington is on break. He started playing poker a little less then two years ago and he recently outlasted 6,800 amateur and professional poker players to make the final table of the World Series of Poker.
He is now guaranteed a payout at least $900,000 dollars and he could get up to $9 million dollars if he takes first place in November when the Main Event continues. Craig Marquis was wearing dark Oakley sunglasses to help maintain his poker face at the tables and drinking coffee to keep up with the game.
Marquis was the man that sent home the 10th place finisher Dean Hamrick after Craig’s pocket Queens knocked out Dean’s Ace Jack to make the final nine players. Now we will have to wait until November as tournament officials have changed the structure of the final table this year to coincide with the airing of the event on television.
Marquis is happy with the four month break because it will allow more time for the excitement and buzz to build. According to an interview he plans on spending his time relaxing and is considering heading to Europe to play more poker.
Up until the Main Event he said that he was disappointed with his WSOP results because he had only cashed in one event. “I jokingly told my friends, ‘I’m saving all of my luck for the Main Event,’” he said.
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