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Gershon Distenfeld, who recently moved from Teaneck to Hollywood, FL -- will be donating his winnings from the $1,500 No-limit Hold’em Shootout to charity: All $204,063, PokerNews.com reports.
Distenfeld was crowned champion after a more than three-hour back-and-forth heads-up battle against Johan Schumacher, the outlet said.
Distenfeld works in the investment management industry and took up poker about a decade ago, he told Daily Voice.
"I wasn’t looking to get rich playing poker," he said. "If I win, great! But it should benefit those less fortunate."
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