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Lee Markholt . (born May 24, 1963 in
Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...
) is a professional
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player from Tacoma Washington. A former bull rider, he has been playing poker professionally for more than 29 years. Markholt's first major win came on the
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when he won the Five Star World Poker Classic in 2005. He has had success in both the
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and the
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in his career. He has 40 career WSOP cashes, including 5 final tables. He has cashed 28 times in the WPT, including six cashes each in
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and
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. He reached his first WPT final table at the World Poker Challenge in 2008, claiming his first WPT title and the $493,815 first prize. As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Markholt, Lee 1963 births American poker players World Poker Tour winners People from Eatonville, Washington Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington Living people