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Home History Games News Dictionary		San Jose saw the completion of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament this past weekend, a smaller contest that ended up having world changing effects for one Air Force Academy grad in particular. McLean Karr, aged 28 years, managed to hold his own against a crowd of 332 other poker competitors, including a slew of names well known in the online gambling circuit. Holding out against professionals, internet casino qualifiers like himself, and lucky amateurs alike, Karr walked away from the event $878,500 richer, a significant profit over his $1,200 buy-in. The seats themselves for the event cost $5,000, but Karr was already at an advantage having won his chance in an online casino qualifier costing only $1,200. A graduate of the US Air Force Academy, the 28-year old graduated with a degree in math and statistics, no doubt giving him a moderate advantage over some of the lesser-experienced players. He fairly won against much tougher competition, however, holding out against the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Dave Williams, Annie Duke, Matt Keikoan, Eli Elezra, Erik Seidel, Erick Lindgren, Joe Sebok, Sorel Mizzi, John Phan, Eugene Katchalov, Tim McDermott, Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Hachem, Tom Marchese, Men Nguyen, Greg Mueller, Scotty Nguyen, JC Tran and Jerry Yang by the end of the event. Twenty-five of the biggest names carried $5,000 bounties on their heads, increasing the incentive. At one point, victory seemed an impossibility, as Karr held one of the lowest stacks in the game, only narrowly missing being eliminated on his run to the final table before making an incredible comeback. The final seating itself included the likes of Andy Seth, Dan O'Brien, Hasan Habib, Matt Keikoan and Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth amused railbirds with his request of Seth upon elimination, asking him to sign his ‘I busted Phil Hellmuth’ t-shirt. Seth was able to hang in until the heads up with Karr, which was relatively short-lived. The former took home a check for $521,200 for his runner-up placement, while Karr himself was thrilled with the grand prize of $878,500. It’s the largest of Karr’s 8 career cashes, which totaled to a sum of $113,592. "I definitely thought it was possible,” he said after the win. “But it was definitely a long shot. I've played a lot of tournaments and there have been times where I've gotten down really short and came back, so I knew it was possible. I knew it was going to be an uphill battle against this field though. There were a lot of great players."

03/22/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Karr Wins Poker Tournament

San Jose saw the completion of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament this past weekend, a smaller contest that ended up having world changing effects for one Air Force Academy grad in particular. McLean Karr, aged 28 years, managed to hold his own against a crowd of 332 other poker competitors, including a slew of names well known in the online gambling circuit. Holding out against professionals, internet casino qualifiers like himself, and lucky amateurs alike, Karr walked away from the event $878,500 richer, a significant profit over his $1,200 buy-in.

The seats themselves for the event cost $5,000, but Karr was already at an advantage having won his chance in an online casino qualifier costing only $1,200. A graduate of the US Air Force Academy, the 28-year old graduated with a degree in math and statistics, no doubt giving him a moderate advantage over some of the lesser-experienced players. He fairly won against much tougher competition, however, holding out against the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Dave Williams, Annie Duke, Matt Keikoan, Eli Elezra, Erik Seidel, Erick Lindgren, Joe Sebok, Sorel Mizzi, John Phan, Eugene Katchalov, Tim McDermott, Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Hachem, Tom Marchese, Men Nguyen, Greg Mueller, Scotty Nguyen, JC Tran and Jerry Yang by the end of the event. Twenty-five of the biggest names carried $5,000 bounties on their heads, increasing the incentive.

At one point, victory seemed an impossibility, as Karr held one of the lowest stacks in the game, only narrowly missing being eliminated on his run to the final table before making an incredible comeback. The final seating itself included the likes of Andy Seth, Dan O'Brien, Hasan Habib, Matt Keikoan and Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth amused railbirds with his request of Seth upon elimination, asking him to sign his ‘I busted Phil Hellmuth’ t-shirt.

Seth was able to hang in until the heads up with Karr, which was relatively short-lived. The former took home a check for $521,200 for his runner-up placement, while Karr himself was thrilled with the grand prize of $878,500. It’s the largest of Karr’s 8 career cashes, which totaled to a sum of $113,592. "I definitely thought it was possible,” he said after the win. “But it was definitely a long shot. I've played a lot of tournaments and there have been times where I've gotten down really short and came back, so I knew it was possible. I knew it was going to be an uphill battle against this field though. There were a lot of great players."