Athanasios Polychronopoulos (born 1984) is a

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-American professional poker player who won

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s at the

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Poker career

When he won his first bracelet at the 2,713-entrant $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2011 World Series of Poker Event 48, Polychronopoulos defeated a final table that included

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. According to ''Poker News Daily'', he is the first player to win two large field $1,500 or less buy-in events (2,713 entrants in 2010 and 2,105 in 2013). British professional Praz Bansi can make a similar claim over slightly smaller fields with victories over 1,100 entrants in 2006 and 2092 in 2010. At the 2010

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Spring Championship of Online Poker $1,050 No Limit Hold'em Main Event – M, Polychronopoulos was among the final three players who brokered a chop yielding him $418,500 when he finished third. In addition to his WSOP success, he has won some major online tournaments online at

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. On September 13, 2010, he won the "Full Tilt 1K Monday" for a $98,750 prize in the $1,000+$60 buy-in event against a field of 395 contestants. He had previously won the 560-person $500 + $35 January 29, 2010, Friday Night Fight No-limit Hold'em Bounty event on Full Tilt for a prize of $56,000.

Background

Polychronopoulos was born in

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and resides in

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, but his parents come from Greece. Polychronopoulos is a former restaurateur. When he won World Series of Poker bracelets, the

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was played. Athanasios, which is Greek, translates to either "immortal" or "eternal life". , the twenty-six letters in his full name make it the longest of anyone to ever win a World Series of Poker bracelet.

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References

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