Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvimwe zvakakosha zvegore ra2008 zvinosanganisira kusarudzwa kwaErick Lindgren semutambi wegore. Pamberi peWSOP ya2008, Lindgren, uyo akahwina bracelet uye akaita matafura matatu ekupedzisira, aionekwa zvakanyanya se "mutambi akanakisa asina kumbobvira ahwina bracelet yeWSOP<unk>. Phil Hellmuth, Poker Hall of Famer, akaisa zvinyorwa zvitsva nokuda kweWWOP yakawanda yebasa remari (68) uye mazhinji eWWOP yemabasa ekupedzisira (41). Nikolay Evdakov akatungamirira vatambi vose vane chinyorwa chemari gumi yekupedzisira. Chiitiko Chikuru, icho chakatanga nevatori vechikamu 6,844 (chikamu chakadarika chete nenhamba yevatori vechikamu pachiitiko cha2006
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