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June 1st 2006
Student clears debts after becoming VC’s ‘King of Poker’
A 21-year-old student from Chester has won the VC ‘King of Poker’ tournament in his first ever attempt at a live event.
Simon Pettet, a third-year maths student from the University of Chester, was playing in his first ever live tournament when he won the VC ‘King of Poker’ title and the £5000 first prize, enough to clear his student debts in one fell swoop.
Pettet only began playing poker in 2005 after a friend of his introduced him to Chester University’s poker society.
Despite coming from a deeply religious family that are strongly opposed to gambling Pettet says his mother now “loves it” after she realised that he wasn’t really gambling.
Submitted: 01/06/2006 10:40:10
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