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Lisle Man 169th in World Series of Poker Main Event

Daniel Schacher finished his World Series of Poker play with $44,655 in earnings at the recent No-Limit Main Event.

The annual, 6,600-seat "main event" of the World Series of Poker has filtered out all but nine players around the final table, who will compete for the grand prize in October.

Daniel Schacher of Lisle finished at No. 169 out of 6,598 entrants. He won $44,655.

The No-Limit Hold'em Main Event started Saturday, July 7 and ended Monday, July 16, with a total prize pool of $62,021,200 from each of the entrants' $10,000 buy-ins.

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