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Tyler Smith stays hot, wins Bayou Challenge
Poker pro Tyler Smith of Mississippi wins his third major tournament of the year, the Bayou Challenge.
Ante Up Magazine
December 18, 2010
Poker pro Tyler Smith of Mississippi wins his third major tournament of the year, the Bayou Challenge.
Tyler Smith, born and raised in Smithdale, Miss., has put on perhaps the greatest
run in southern tournament poker history. Since January he’s won Beau Rivage’s
Spring Break Poker Classic, Gold Strike’s World Poker Open and he made the final table
Mississippi native Tyler Smith wins WPO Main Event at Gold Strike while Florida pro Vanessa Rousso takes down Event 14, the 8-game mixed.
Tyler Smith of Smithdale, Miss., outlasted a field of nearly 150 players to capture the $2,500 Spring Break Poker Classic Main Event at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Miss.
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