Negreanu Nearly Nabs WPT Win at World Poker Open

Contact The 2007 World Poker Open in Tunica has come to an end, and walking away with the $913,986 first place cash is some guy you don’t know from a city you don’t know , but let us tell you it’s a bit …
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Fri, January 26th, 2007

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