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It’s Hard To Choose Between These 2 Poker Playing Heros

The long awaited PokerStars Final has taken place and the winner certainly earned every cent of his winnings, although it was a tough choice on who to root for. The 2 main contenders were the priest who was happy to donate all his winnings to his church so a new roof could be built. Then we have the badly injured 9/11 veteran policeman who due to injuries sustained whilst rescuing people trapped in the towers, has been unable to work.

Playing on behalf of his parish was Father Andrew Trapp, who needed to win to finance the 1 million Dollar quote for the new roof on the church.  With Father Trapp already having won almost 100,000 US Dollars in the first round, the final had the potential to cover the new roof costs.  During round one, he relied quite a bit on a spot of divine help to assist him with winning the much coverted first prized.

It would seem however that the church were not going to be lucky on this night as the big chap upstairs was smiling down on retired New York Police detective Mike Kosowsk.

It’s a hard one and you certainly wouldn’t think that the prize could have a more deserving winner than Father Trapp, however Mike Kosowsk is certainly up there as well.  Back in September 2001, Detective Kosowsk was on scene when the terrorists attacked the World Trade Center.  He rushed into the falling buildings to help those trapped inside escape and unfortunately suffered serious injury himself.  His injuries included three herniated discs in his neck and two herniated discs in back after he found himself under the collapsing South tower.

Although he was in a great amount of pain, he managed to somehow escape to the nearby World Financial Center, where he even managed to help other people to their safety.  He says it was undoubtedly the worst day of his life.  He was awarded the Medal of Valor for his heroic efforts to save members of the public and the forces.

It was a great shame as due to the extent of his injuries a few years later he was forced into early retirement.  Being house bound due to the pain in his back, Mike took to learning poker to distract himself.  After seeing an advert for the tournament, he decided to try for a place and it proved to be the best decision he ever made.  The final turned out to be a real hum dinger with him scooping the jackpot prize of 1 million US Dollars.  Mike is planning to use the money to not only ensure his family are well taken care of, but plans to ensure children of parents who were killed during 9/11 get a chance to attend college and he also intends giving money to the homeless project called CityHarvest.

With such a fantastic winning steak, perhaps they could try their hands at Online Poker, with a game of Full Tilt Poker or maybe Betfair Poker thrown in to the mix.

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