Naval Officer Wins Paradise Poker's $1 Million Freeroll

The winner of ParadisePoker.com's second million-dollar freeroll was decided in the Bahamas Sunday.

Santino Sgambelluria, who came to the final table with more than 1 million chips more than his closest competitor, rode his chip lead to the end.

Sgambelluria, who's originally from Guam, is a Naval Officer stationed in Hawaii with his wife and two children. He said he's going to take care of his debts and invest the money wisely. He also said that the win might be a good way to start a poker career.

Almost 4,000 players signed up for the freeroll. Play was suspended when 10 players were left. They were flown to Nassau to play out the final table.

In a strange twist, the players finished in the same position in which they came to the final table. For example, John Medlin, Kevin McCann, and Stephen Fiske came to the table in seventh, eighth, and ninth place in chip counts, and that's how they finished, respectively.

But first place was the real winner. Everyone else received $10,000.

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