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30 Years in the Making: CJ Sand Wins WSOP Event #1 For Late Mother
- Updated: June 3, 2016
CJ Sand won Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker on Thursday, and he dedicated the $75,157 win to his mother, who he said taught him poker when he was 13 and remained an avid player until her death.
“I’m blessed and I’m lucky,” he said. “It feels great. Her blood goes through my veins, and it worked out today.”
Official Final Table Results
The tournament featured a new format this year with a single reentry allowed — in years past it had been a freezeout — and an overall faster structure in the early going. The money was reached relatively early on Day 1, and some of the players among the 110 cashing included popular former WSOP dealer Shaun Harris (56th), last year’s champ Brandon Barnette (55th), 2013 runner-up Allen Kwong (53rd), and RunGood patriarch Tana Karn (52nd).
Just 23 players came back for Day 2, and by the time the final table was reached, stacks were pretty shallow and Sand was the chip leader with 32 big blinds. Sands was at risk of going out sixth after Brian Mikesh doubled through him with by making a straight against Sands’ .
“It was brutal, but it’s poker,” he said of the beat that caused him to go from chip leader to the …
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