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Jewish grandfather wins $2m. in Australian poker tournament

By JTA

JANUARY 31, 2011 15:34

SYDNEY, Australia – A Jewish grandfather from Melbourne won the world’s second-largest poker tournament on Sunday.

David Gorr, 68, took the nearly $2 million prize in the Crown Aussie Millions Main Event 2011 tournament, beating 721 competitors, including the top poker players from around the world.

The prize also included a diamond-encrusted bracelet.

Gorr said he was first exposed to poker as a kid in the 1940s when his parents would organize charity fundraisers. He hasn’t missed a day’s work since 1976; and although he played poker 12 hours a day for the last week, he turned up at his job as a computer technician at a major insurance company on Monday as usual.

He said he would use his winnings to help his five grandchildren.

Last year’s tournament was won by Tyron Krost, who is also Jewish.

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