Event #1 | $360 No Limit Hold'em ($200,000 GTD)
Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/6oo)
Total Flight 1F Entries: 192
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| From the football field to the felt, Keith Saunders (Miami, FL) is looking for that "breakthrough" tournament score. |
Athletes playing poker is nothing new, as it's one of the more common ways to pass the time on trips from state to state...and game to game. During the FSPC, we saw Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson in action, a former NFL player turned philanthropist. Just moments ago, Keith Saunders (Miami, FL) took his seat at Table 5, a former Alabama (and Miami Dolphins) linebacker. After a short career in Miami, Saunders finished off his career in the Canadian Football League, with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
With his football career now behind him, Saunders has been playing more poker, recently seeing some nice success. Keith cashed in three events during the most recent SHRPO, including a final table finish in the last tournament of the series ($300 No Limit Hold'em Turbo). His tournament resume now has earnings just short of $10,000, but with the time he puts into the game (studying), that number will likely grow exponentially in the near future.
We wrap up the list of notables in the largest Event #1 field, which includes names like:
Rudy Miret
Walter Bravo
Matt Smith
Jonathan Beskin
Nicholas Visconti
Jose Parra
Yue-Jian Wang
Haim Tooregeman
Scott Zakheim
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Andres Morales
Christopher Lawson
Andre Rakusa
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