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CelebPoker player wins big at WSOP event

TNews Imagehe tournament, which ran from June 30th to July 2nd, ranked as the third largest live poker tournament of all time with only the WSOP main events of 2005 and 2006 attracting more players. This was also the busiest day in WSOP history in terms of total number of tournament entries within a 24-hour period.

As a consequence, many new names registered themselves on the final leader board. In fact, of the top 324 finishers who made it into the money, only two players had previously won a WSOP gold bracelet and neither of these made it onto the final table.

One of these new names was CelebPoker player Cort Kibler-Melby. After battling through qualifying, he took his seat on the final table ... an outstanding achievement considering the level of competition and quality of poker being played. Kibler-Melby eventually finished in sixth place behind eventual winner Ghandrasekhar Billavara from California, who took home a cheque for a cool $722,914 after five hours of intense play. Kibler-Melby was delighted with his work, and his cheque for $96,755, and is now aiming to take Europe by storm and continue to fly the flag for CelebPoker.

Dave Donovan, CelebPoker CEO, said: "We are so excited about Cort's achievement and really pleased for him. It is another clear indication of the calibre of poker player that CelebPoker is associated with. We have some of the best online, and live tournament, players in the world as part of the CelebPoker network. Cort is a tremendous player and a fantastic ambassador for our company… we wish him well as he targets the WSOP Europe Event, in London, this September."

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