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		Steven Dannenmann Steven Dannenmann was born on August 15th, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland and still lives there with his wife and child. Dannenmann works as an accountant and mortgage banker and played Texas Hold 'em for the first time only two years ago. Steve Dannenmann claims to have read about 15 poker books and plays regularly online. With the help of a friend, Dannenmann entered the 2005 World Series of Poker for the first time, paying 5,000 himself and getting staked for the other 5 grand by his friend, Jerry Ditzell. As luck would have it (or skill, depending on which side you're on) Steve Dannenmann outlasted an incredible 5616 opponents in the WSOP's largest Main Event entry field in history to take second place and walk away with $4.25 million in prize money. Dannenmann received some memorable camera time during the Main Event. One such instance was after he just finished bluffing Howard Lederer out of a pot for about 30 thousand, and couldn't resist the urge to get up from the table and call home about it. What Dannenmann didn't realize was that he was still wearing an ESPN microphone which picked up all the comments Steve had to say about Lederer. "He looks like someone just shot his puppy - I popped him for 30 with 8 6 off". A few hands later, the Professor gave Dannenmann some 101 on how to extract chips with your pocket aces from an accountant in his first WSOP event. In the end, Dannenmann sat heads- up with Joseph Hachem in contention for the lion's share of the 52.8 million dollar prize pool, but 2nd place was all Dannenmann could bring home to Maryland. And what about the friend who put up the other 5 grand for the entry fee you might ask? Dannenmann revealed himself as a man of character by honoring the gentleman's agreement he made with his friend and splitting the prize money with him right down the middle as soon as the tournament ended (ESPN's cameras were not around to document this event). If anyone is still looking for "the next Chris Moneymaker", Steven Dannenmann can fit that bill just fine: accountant, played for 2 years, first WSOP event, goes home with a few million dollars from the main event. Dannenmann has proven once again that the WSOP Championship is up for grabs to anyone. Although Dannenmann bought his entry into the main event, most of the players at this year's final table won their seat playing online, and most of them winning much more than the champions of the previous 30 years. If you're interested in playing poker online, check out our guide for getting started in online poker. Click here for the Steven Dannenmann stats page

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