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      Spring 2011 National Deaf Poker Championship

      The Spring 2011 National Deaf Poker Championships is currently underway at Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal Casino this weekend. The tournament is hosted by the National Deaf Poker Tour and the results of the March 4th Early Bird tournament, Omaha, and Madness is listed below. The Main Event being held on Saturday, March 5th is being played at the time of this article being written and there are 151 players. Results of the Main Event will be posted.

      Early Bird Tournament - 143 players

      1. Victor Viera $3100 split
      2. Martin Peabody $3100 split
      3. Francis Steffl $1249
      4. Heather Herzig $999
      5. Ralph Vice $749
      6. Michael Procopio $500
      7. Yusrf Yusufov $375
      8. Moose Plavsky $312
      9.  Robert Davilia $250
      10. Andrew Mochi $187
      11. James Hanson $187
      12. Barbara Lurman $187
      13. Radu Junc $187
      14. Joseph Robinson $187
      15. Michael Murphy $187
      16. Alan Brown $187
      17. Tam Cao $187
      18. Tony Ratcliff $187
      19. Peter Magistri
      20. Megan Conaghan
      21. Tom Brown
      22. MaryBeth Reffitt
      23. Chris Hammond
      24. Donald Witulski
      25. Martin Breiter

      Omaha - 23 players

      1. Francis Russo $904
      2. Anthony Lobue $502
      3. Rydzard Szynkowski $301
      4. John Klaver $201
      5. James Rydstrom $100
      6. James Forncrook
      7.  Larry McNutly
      8. Cren Quiegly
      9.  Tad Yamada
      10. Molly O'Hara

      Madness - 100 players

      1. John Mull $3143
      2. James Hanson $1746
      3. Kevin Garrett $960
      4. Alex Simmons $742
      5. Charles Haney $655
      6. Michael Nacci $567
      7. Mike Tayman $393
      8. Alex Welch $306
      9. Hong Diep $218

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