UA student returns home after poker win of $205,000 BIRMINGHAM,
Posted by admin @ 4:00 AM, Tuesday Jan 31st, 2006
Category: Poker
Category: Poker
UA student returns home after poker win of $205,000
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A University of Alabama student who sat out a semester to play in a poker tournament in Australia has won $205,000 playing Texas Hold ‘Em with some of the world’s best players.Family and friends gathered at the Birmingham International Airport terminal Sunday to greet Shannon Shorr, 20, of Irondale, who placed fourth in the Aussie Millions Tournament at Melbourne’s Crown Casino.Shorr started playing Internet poker two years ago, but playing for the first time in a live to