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Life will never be the same for Jim Davenport.
On March 5, Davenport won the inaugural PokerRoom.com Become a Poker Pro freeroll tournament. By proving his mettle and winning the tournament, he got from PokerRoom.com an endorsement deal worth $250,000.
The endorsement package includes a $60,000 cash prize and travel expenses and buy-ins for at least 12 major poker tournaments. Some of the tournaments are the World Series of Poker main event, the World Poker Tour Bellagio 5 Diamond Classic, and the World Poker Tour Final.
Davenport is a 25-year-old University of Southern California graduate and works as an investment banking analyst. Players could probably guess he went to USC by his username at PokerRoom.com: JDtrojan3.
Billy Pero, a 31-year-old electrician and father of newborn twins, took second. He received a $13,500 WSOP main event package from PokerRoom.com.
The two were part of a 10-player group that made it through several free online qualifiers to the final table, which was held on a cruise ship off the coast of the Bahamas. They qualified for the final table in September.
Poker fans will be able to view the final table and interviews with players on the PokerRoom.com website throughout this month.
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