Yes please, you read that headline correctly.
After the incredible success of Ray Rahme coming in high at the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the past it was (in my opinion) to be expected that a South African would do well again, sometime. But I didn’t expect it to be that well, this soon.
Apparently Mr Zackey is through to Day 7 but is short-stacked and high-spirited! Here are his thoughts:
Warren Zackey, from Johannesburg, South Africa, is the chip leader at the World Series of Poker Main Event following Day 5 Sunday with 4,872,000 chips. Zackey is a plumbing supplies salesman in Africa.
Zackey, a 42-year-old plumbing supplies salesman from Johannesburg, South Africa, currently owns the largest chip stack at the World Series of Poker Main Event after five days of play in his first WSOP event during his first trip to Las Vegas.
“It’s brilliant, excellent,” Zackey said. “If I tell somebody in South Africa what it is like, they are not going to believe me. They have to come here. Las Vegas is unbelievable.”
Zackey won his entry fee into the Main Event through a tournament at the Piggs Peak Casino in Swaziland in May.
Heading into Day 6 Monday, with only 185 of the original 6,494 players remaining, Zackey has amassed 4,872,000 chips. The average stack is 1,053,081 chips.
- source
I love it. Let’s hope Mr Zackey holds out to become another poker dollar millionaire! Bring it on.
Thanks to Mel for the tip.
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May 28th, 2010 at 1:39 am
nice one, he did well in the end
May 28th, 2010 at 11:06 am
I am really glad South Africa is doing well in Poker industry too and this is the challenge to whole world, we South African’s going to give you guys hard time as we did in cricket.
Regards,
Andrea
July 18th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Let’s hope this year our South African do even better!
Good luck to all our players at the WSOP.
October 30th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
i think that there is an increase in the plubming supplies this month ;
November 18th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
plumbing supplies should always come from reputable suppliers so always check their backgrounds ,~`
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