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Johnson satellites to stardom

By Andrew Feldman
ESPN.com

Friday, June 5, 2009

Event 6 | Event 8 Travis Johnson headed to Las Vegas for a couple of days with $3,500. Playing the cash games the first two days proved to be painful, as he lost $1,000 and his confidence as well. With $2,500 left, he entered a satellite for $340 and just a couple of days later pocketed $666,853 and a WSOP bracelet by winning Event 7, the $1,500 no-limit hold 'em tournament. The 30-year-old amateur from North Hills, Calif., is currently an underwriter for Bank of America. Throughout the th ...

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