} Mitch Schock is an American professional

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player. He won his first

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at the

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where he made three final tables and has had at least five in the money finishes in each of the last three

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(WSOP). Upon winning his first bracelet after several years of trying, he was quoted in '' The Bismarck Tribune'' as comparing poker with farming saying "some years are better than others."

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His first in the money finish was a 477th-place finish in the 2005 5,619-player $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship (2005 Main Event) Event 42 for a prize of $14,135. His first final table was an 8th-place finish at a 2009 359-player $1,500 Seven Card Stud Event for a prize of $13,373. He believes himself to be the only bracelet winner from

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. At the 2011 WSOP, he finished in 1st-place, which earned him his first bracelet, at the 606-player $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha/Hold'em Event 39 for a prize of $310,225,

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