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• Ronnie Bardah [41] b. 1982 Stoughton, MA
  First and still only player with 5 straight Main Event cashes (2010 to 2014). Won 2012 $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($182,088).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• According to Hoyle Day: Edmund Hoyle was one of the original members inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame despite the fact that he died long before poker was invented as his name is simply synonymous with the rules for any card game.

• 2005: History Channel Airs "Breaking Vegas - The Prince of Poker"
  Episode covers James McManus's 2000 WSOP Main Event run with James C. Burns as the author, Scott Beringer as T.J. Cloutier, and actual tournament footage.

• 2021: Armando D'avanzo Wins Online $400 Colossus for Malta's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 10,903 for $409,007.

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