Imagine this … you\’re heads-up against Phil Ivey for your first bracelet … up and down up and down … you start to believe you actually have a chance:
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John Monnette, who banked $59,587 for finishing in 2nd place in the $2,500 2-7 NL-1d, can take pleasure in knowing that he won more money for his last win — \”Big Poker October\” — than Ivey did in this one.
Not counting sidebets, of course.