Clint Baskin Wins Lake Tahoe's WSOP Circuit Championship

There?s no way to measure the influence of family on one?s performance at the poker table. But it?s surely significant. Some poker players are blessed to have the full support of a close family when traveling and playing in tournaments. Other players are not quite so lucky. Clint Baskin is one lucky man.

He started playing poker 25 years ago. He was taught how to play by his great-grandmother. Although many years have since passed, she could not have possibly foreseen the windfall those early poker lessons would eventually produce. With at least a dozen family and friends cheering his every move, the 32-year-old plumber from Stockton, CA, won his first major poker tournament at Harvey?s Lake Tahoe and collected the largest poker prize of his life ? a whopping $372,240 in cash.

Heavenly Lake Tahoe was the final stop on the 2005-06 World Series of Poker Circuit. The Harvey?s Casino-Resort (owned by Harrah?s Entertainment) hosted the last major poker event before the 37th annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, which starts later this month. This was the second-consecutive year that Harvey?s has hosted a WSOP Circuit event. This year?s $10,000 buy-in championship began with 110 entries, creating a total prize pool of $1,034,000.

June 21, 2006
Posted By Guy Akers
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