Amateur Wins 25 Hours in Jet Through PartyPoker.comHe'll Take the $125,000 Equivalent Prize |
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Paul Wieber, a 32-year-old customer service manager at a Grand Rapids sign company, won PartyPoker.com's "High Flier Jet Promotion" tournament. By being the last man standing, he won 25 hours of flight time in a private luxury jet.
But since he is the father of a seven-month-old boy, he decided to take the $125,000.
Wieber, who has been playing online poker for only about six months, got into the tournament through a freeroll. If he paid to enter the tournament, it would've cost $270.
Satellites to the private jet promotion began Nov. 26, 2005, for as little as $6. Wieber got into the main tournament by entering one of the daily freeroll events that cost him 500 Party Points.
He says part of the money will go to his son's college fund, some will go to "toys" for himself and at least part of it will go toward his first visit to Las Vegas.
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