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AP· Is a professional poker player from Odense, Denmark
· Won the 2008 WSOP Main Event, defeating 6,843 players en route to winning $9.15 million
· Career live tournament winnings in excess of $10.91 million, and ranks 11th on the all-time money list
· Eclipsed Phil Hellmuth’s long-standing record as the youngest WSOP Main Event winner in history by 2 years, winning the championship when he was only 22 years old, only to have that record broken the following year by Joe Cada
· In June 2010 announced that he was taking a break from poker, saying he had lost the motivation to play at high levels, and auctioned off his championship bracelet on EBay in November 2010 for $147,000, the proceeds going to the charity UNICEF, but returned to the scene in February 2011
NHPC record: 5-3
NHPC total winnings: $75,000
2009: Defeated Andy Bloch before losing to Sam Farha in Round 2
2010: Defeated Bertrand Grospellier, Erick Lindgren, and Jamie Gold before losing to Erik Seidel in Round 4 ($75,000)
2011: Defeated Chris Ferguson before losing to Vanessa Selbst in Round 2
PAD record: No appearances
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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Wesseling: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for AFC teams.