March 17

• Perry Green [87] b. 1936 Seattle, WA
  1981 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($150,000) & 1991 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($69,000). Three bracelets: 1976 $1,000 Ace-to-Five Draw ($68,300), 1977 $500 Ace-to-Five Draw ($10,000), & 1979 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($76,500). Seniors Poker Hall of Fame.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• St. Patrick's Day: The luck of the Irish was with Donnacha O'Dea on April 26, 1998 in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, when he became the first Irishman to win a WSOP bracelet (plus a small pot of gold -- $154,800).

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