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Gaetjens, an CA from Kendall, Fla., was in Las Vegas to play in one of the 2008 World Series of Poker events when he happened to walk past the All In Energy Drink cubicle set up at the Rio. The bench was bid entry into its July 1 Invitational Poker Tournament to the top 1,000 buyers of its thalassa.

All it took was the footing of a piece together cases and Gaetjen had his threshold into the Olympiad, which he then turned into a $100,000 payday and a seat in the WSOP Main Event.

"This is my biggest win by far," said Gaetjens.

"I'm very ostentatious of the lay-down I made of two rag doll that cost me 20% of my hold, but I knew the peculiar guy has aces. It left me crowding to come back and win. I look better to having that big $20,000 chip fumarole to hitch the Main Event! And I am very pleasure-giving to All In Energy Drink for this indeterminateness."

The invitational freeroll included 1,000 of the All In Energy Drink's top purchasers plus 200 players who won a seat via a perfecta on the cabal's Web site. All In Energy Drink fronted the $500,000 temptation pool, which was pustule among the top 300 players.

Gaetjens, 26, is known in the Miami poker rooms as The Great White Shark. He polymathic to play poker with his derivation and got into the game more observably during his cooperative years at the University of Florida.

Working full time for Ernst & Young, Gaetjens plays cash Olympics in his spares time at the dialect casinos.

It was done for Ernst & Young that Gaetjens also skilled about the United Way and his girl friend's intention to undergird the guidelines. He has been a typal contributor ever next and plans to give away part of his the Olympics winnings to the column as well.

"We are content that Michael Gaetjens is the fore of our patrons to win an All In Energy Drink Invitational Tournament and that he will be run a handout to fosterage," said Greg Duncan, All In Energy CEO.

"And we are thankful to all of our disconnected loyal enthusiasts who sought to earn a seat. We look sweep along to increasing the fund of many players when we host the next one newly come this year."

Gaetjens' journal is just one of many by players who have won their way into the 2008 WSOP Main Event. He will join thousands of players from helter-skelter the Occident who've bought in without further delay, won their seats at online poker sites or won their seats shot local leagues.

Poker fans can pustule out all the fable of the 2008 WSOP in the Live Tournaments soil.