Josh Hale Wins 2012 WPT Legends of Poker

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Josh Hale was declared the winner of the 2012 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker held at the Bicycle Casino outside of Los Angeles.  The win yielded $500,000. 

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Hale, a relative unknown, defeated a field of 622 players over a five day period at the $3500 buy-in event.   He also managed to beat out million dollar plus live tournament career winners Max Steinberg and Jeff Madsen, among others.

The final table payouts were as follows:

  1. Josh Hale – $500,000
2. Max Steinberg – $293,490
3. Raouf Malek – $192,400
4. Ali Eslami – $133,700
5. Greg Mueller – $97,100
6. Jeff Madsen – $75,400

The next stop on the World Poker Tour is the WPT Grand Prix de Paris at the famed Aviation Club starting September 10.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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