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Behind the Bets

By Chad Millman
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Think about Peter Eastgate, who, at 22, came from nowhere to win $9 million in the World Series of Poker's main event last year. Tony Cousineau does. Think about Mike Eise, that out-of-work plumber whose $1,500 buy-in this year turned into a WSOP bracelet and $600,000 in cash in his first event. Tony Cousineau does. And after nearly a decade of playing pro poker, he wonders: What must that be like? Cousineau holds a WSOP record for most cashes without ever winning a bracelet. And ...

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