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MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION

 Name: Steven Loube

 Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado

 Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

 Age: 34

 Education: Loube did his undergrad at Georgia Tech and attended the University of Georgia (UGA) for law school. He finished his degree in London, England.

 Profession: Personal Injury Attorney -- owns his own law firm.

 Number of WSOP Cashes: 1

 Number of WSOP gold bracelet victories (with this tournament): 1

 Best Previous WSOP finish: This marked Steven’s first WSOP in-the-money finish.

 First-Place Prize Money: $267,345

 Hobbies: When Loube isn’t playing cards or working, he can be found playing Call of Duty.

 
INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – MICHAEL “THE GRINDER” MIZRACHI

 The winner was Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi, from Miramar, Florida (USA).

 Mizrachi is 30-years-old. He was born in Miami, FL.

 Mizrachi is a professional poker player. He has been playing full-time since 2004. Prior to playing poker, Mizrachi was a college student. He entered college and was studying to become a doctor, but decided to pursue a poker career instead, after performing so well early in his career.

 Mizrachi is married. He has three children.

 Mizrachi’s father is of Iraqi-Jewish decent. Mizrachi and most of his family are fluent in Hebrew.

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – JOEY WEISSMAN

 Name: Joey Weissman

 Birthplace: Syosset, NY

 Age: 24

 Current Residence: Boca Raton, FL (however, also staying in Las Vegas and elsewhere)

 Marital Status: Single

 Children: No

 Profession: Professional Poker Player

 Previous Occupation: College Student

 Number of WSOP Cashes: 3

 Number of WSOP gold bracelet victories (with this tournament): 1

 Best Previous WSOP finish: 44th (2011)

 First-Place Prize Money: $694,609

 Note: Weissman will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he playa full-time exclusively and has no other occupation.

 INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER – JOEY WEISSMAN

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MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – ROCCO PALUMBO

 Name: Rocco Palumbo

 Birthplace: Genoa, Italy

 Age: 23

 Current Residence: Genoa, Italy

 Marital Status: Married

 Children: One

 Profession: Professional Poker Player

 Previous Occupation: Accountant

 Number of Years Attending WSOP: 2

 Number of WSOP Cashes: 2

 Number of WSOP gold bracelet victories (with this tournament): 1

 Best Previous WSOP finish: 81st (2012)

 First-Place Prize Money: $464,464

 Note: Palumbo will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he does play full-time exclusively and has no other occupation.

 INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER – ROCCO PALUMBO

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – HENRY LU

 Name:  Henry Lu

 Birthplace:  Brooklyn, NY

 Age:  22

 Current Residence:  Bensonhurst (Brooklyn, NY)  Marital Status:  Single

 Children:  None  

 Profession:  Professional Poker Player

  Previous Occupation:  Student

   Education:  Attended Syracuse University

 Number of WSOP final-table appearances:  1

   Number of WSOP gold bracelet victories (with this tournament):  1

 Best Previous WSOP finish:  56th (2011)

 First-Place Prize Money:  $654,380

 Total WSOP Earnings:  $669,938  

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – OLEKSII KOVALCHUK

The 2012 World Series of Poker $2,500 Mixed-Split Omaha / Seven Card Stud champion is Oleksii Kovalchuk, from Kiev, Ukraine.

Kovalchuk is a 22-year-old professional poker player.

Kovalchuk was taught to play poker by his father. He started playing in 2007. He plays about half the time online, and the other half in live games. Kovalchuk has played in several  tournaments in Europe.

When he’s not playing poker, Kovalchuk enjoys tennis, motorsports, and chess.

This is the second year Kovalchuk has attended the WSOP. He has cashed seven times and now owns two gold bracelets.

For his victory, Kovalchuk collected $228,014 for first place.

Kovalchuk is to be classified as a professional poker player (in WSOP records and stats).

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – RONNIE BARDAH

 Name: Ronnie Bardah

 Birthplace: Brockton, Massachusetts

 Childhood: Boston Area

 Current Residence: Brockton, Massachusetts

 Profession: Professional Poker Player

 Age: 29

 Marital Status: Single

 Children: None

 Best Previous WSOP Performance: 24th place in 2010 WSOP Main Event Championship

 AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

 Question: This is one of the biggest rails I’ve seen. So, talk about that.

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – JAN-PETER JACHTMANN

 Name: Jan-Peter Jachtmann

 Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany Current Residence: Hamburg, Germany

 Profession: Publisher

 Marital Status: Single

 Children: None

 WSOP Cashes: 2

 WSOP Final Table Appearances: 1

 WSOP Gold Bracelets (with this victory): 1

 Best Previous WSOP Finish: 43rd (previously this year)

 AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

 Question: First of all, congratulations. Tell us what you do in Germany with the media and your magazine.

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – DUNG “GOMER” NGUYEN

 Name: Dung “Gomer” Nguyen

 Birthplace: Vietnam

 Childhood: Immigrated to the U.S. a three-month old, grew up in New Orleans

 Family: The 9th of 11 children (both parents deceased)

 Current Residence: Wichita, Kansas

 Profession: Odd jobs

 Marital Status: Single

 Children: None

 AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

 Q: You almost made it look to easy. It really just was amazing. You just never were in danger it seemed.

 N: Part of it was just falling right today. I don’t know, maybe it was just destiny. And I wasn’t even going to play, my buddy over there talked me into playing and it was like destiny or something, I don’t know.