Independent voices from the TWT Communities
A 24-year-old poker professional from Laurel won the World Series of Poker main event, outlasting his final opponents in a marathon card session of nearly 12 hours for the $8.53 million title on Wednesday.
"It was kind of swinging emotionally," Mr. Sylvia said. "Thinking that you're going to be heads-up and then to make something on the river, and think you're going to be heads up and someone else hits something."
"That was nuts, man," Mr. Sylvia said. "I thought whoever was going to heads-up was going to be much deeper than we were."
