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WATCH: Bergen Man Wins $100,000 In 15 Mins Playing Online Poker
James Piccolo, 28, is a professional poker player.
A Bergen County man recently won $100,000 playing online poker in just a few minutes.
James Piccolo, 28, is a professional poker player who moved to Las Vegas in 2015. He was back in New Jersey last month to visit his father, who had surgery, when he logged onto PokerStarsNJ.com to play some Texas Hold'Em, NorthJersey.com reported.
Piccolo and two other people were randomly selected to participate in a "Spin & Go" format, in which people can win as much as $100,000 playing Texas Hold 'Em, the report said.
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Although he only had a short stack of chips, about 300 out of 1,500 in the game, he went all in with a queen and a 7, which, ended up being the winning hand.
New Jersey is one of three states where online gambling is legal. Nevada and Delaware are the others.
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