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Student could dump law career for poker

2007-01-29 16:27:41

A college student at the University of Iowa has become so successful playing online poker that he is considering abandoning his efforts at forging a career in law, it has been reported.

Dustin Dirksen has already won over $400,000 in his short career through online poker sites, with $250,000 coming in 2006 alone, reports the Des Moines Register.

The paper comments that Dirksen has roughly $100,000 in his online accounts and plays high stakes games for up to 70 hours a week.

"Right now there's just too much money in poker […] the more I play poker, the less desire I have to gamble anywhere else," he told the Register.

Dirksen is just one of a growing number of college players who find that large amounts of free time and easy internet access are almost the ideal poker playing environment.

Last month a Penn State student won $1.5 million at a Caribbean tournament during the winter break.


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