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07-06-2008 17:13 UTC-8

Cigar Smokin'

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Paul "Cigar" McKinney is here today. McKinney won a bracelet in the 2005 WSOP Seniors event. He also made the final table of the WSOP Main Event back in 1998, finishing 9th. He's 83 years young.

McKinney was just involved in a big hand when he went all in preflop with {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{9-Clubs}

and was up against a player holding {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

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The board ran out {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{10-Diamonds}

{10-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

. When that heart came on the river, McKinney's opponent saw he'd made his flush and mistakenly reacted as though he'd won. McKinney's turned full house though had him beat. McKinney is now up to 37,000.

Incidentally, on his WSOP bio sheet McKinney lists his hobbies as "moonshine, cigars and young women."

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