For those of you who may not have been following the Party Poker Million tourney (since it’s not Stars and it’s not going to be on the WPT this year), all I’ve got to say is:
SKOL!
Mike Schneider, aka “schneids” on 2+2, won it all, a cool million. Schneids is from the Twin Cities beatches.
See the press release, quoting:
Currently at the University of Minnesota studying journalism, he is planning to graduate in fall 2006, and has paid for his education through his poker winnings. The native Minnesotan began playing in home games four years ago, and graduated to his hometown card room, Canterbury Park at 18, the legal age in Minnesota. In 2003, he began playing online with PartyPoker.com. The PartyPoker.com Million is only his second high stakes tournament. Wisely, he hopes to put some of his PartyPoker.com winnings into investments, after building up his bankroll a bit and tucking some away for day-to-day expenses.
Schneids gained a lot of noteriety back in 2004 for his “$60K in 60 days” challenge. I watched him and others donk off huge chips and put the 3/6 pros at Canterbury on mega-tilt back in December, 2004. See my post and Gonores’ report. Good stuff.
Congrats Schneids. Too bad this won’t be on the WPT.