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Dublin Man Wins $960,000 At Poker Tournament

Moon Kim defeated a talented field to win the World Poker Tour tournament at Bay 101 casino in San Jose.

Moon Kim, an amateur poker player from Dublin, defeated 363 other contestants to win the World Poker Tour Season X Main Event tournament at the Bay 101 casino in San Jose.

Kim pocketed $960,900 for winning the tourney late Friday night.

Some of the world's best poker players had flown in for the tournament, which boasted a prize pool of $3.4 million.

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There were 218 final table hands in the exhausting tournament.

For more on the championship, go to the story on cardplayer.com.

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