Taking a Year off from Poker

Here's a lucky story..
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Uni student Tyron Krost wins 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
From: The Daily Telegraph February 01, 2010 11:30AM

Tyron Krost is $2 million dollars richer after winning the largest prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.

A 23-YEAR-OLD university student from Sydney has become a multi-millionaire literally overnight after a shock win at one of the world's biggest poker tournaments. The Daily Telegraph reports Tyron Krost came from nowhere to knock out 746 other players and win Crown Casino's 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, pocketing a cool $2 million prize.

But his biggest luck was simply competing in a tournament he very nearly decided not to enter. After taking a year off poker to focus on his studies at UNSW, Krost entered the showdown via a satellite tournament he was dragged to by a friend after other plans fell through.

"I was looking for something else to do that night," he said.

Now after a marathon 13 hour all-night sitting, Krost stunned the poker world - and himself.

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Wow, Lady Luck has smiled on you Tyron Krost!!

What interests me is the sentence "After taking a year off poker" , umm, seriously how much poker did this kid play before taking this year-off from poker???

Also, He "was dragged there by a friend".
Damn Tyron Krost, you had better be giving that friend of yours some of that sweet poker cash!!!!

So ill have to put this one down as an example of proof for Hard Work + Random luck.

Because the fact that he "took a year off poker" tells me he has put some seriously lonely lady-free hours into his poker-love in the past...

I wonder if he will go back to Uni now that he has all that sweet cash??
Or will he bet it all on Black in Vegas??