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Norristown Man Cleans up in Borgata Poker Tournament

Norristown's Brian Lemke won the first round of the Borgata Spring Poker Open and took home over $100k.

According to the Borgata Poker Blog, Norristown resident Brian Lemke won the opening tournament in the Atlantic City casino's Spring Poker Open last week and beat out over a thousand other Texas Hold'em players to take home a $111,076 the purse.

Lemke is a reportedly no stranger to the poker table, with more than $1 million in tournament winnings and $400,000 playing online according to the blog.

Read more about the tournament and Lemke's big score here.

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