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Brad Kondracki



Brad Kondracki was born in 1981 and studies law at Penn University. Kondracki qualified for the 2005 Main Event by winning a $160 satellite tournament on PokerStars.com. In this year's Main Event, an amazing 1116 out of 5619 entrants also won their entry fee by playing smaller tournaments online at the very same online poker room. In the Main Event, Brad battled his way to the final table although he entered with a dangerously short stack. On the very first hand, Kondracki was able to steal the blinds and antes by pushing all-in. A few hands later he managed to double up against Steve Dannenmann for a total of 2.6 million in chips. This chip stack was enough to let Kondracki coast through Mike Matusow's elimination and secure himself the next pay out level of the tournament of $1.15 million. Kondracki's 8th place finish puts him among the growing list of tournament poker millionaires who won their entry in an online tournament for a fraction of the actual tournament entry fee.

After the tournament, Brad explained to reporters that he would be returning to Penn University in the fall to continue his studies in law, much to the approval of his father who was not far way. Kondracki's performance in the Main Event has revealed once again that anyone who enters the Main Event has a shot at the big money no matter how many seasoned pros are in the field. Much like 2003's Champion, Chris Moneymaker, Kondracki had only 2 years of experience playing No Limit Hold 'em before multiplying his $160 investment into 1.15 million. Time will tell if Kondracki will continue pursue playing poker professionally or recreationally - in the mean time, you can contest some of that 1.15 million dollar bank roll by playing poker with Brad online - look for him under the screen name "bogey54" on PokerStars.com

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