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UTenn PiKapaPhi poker tourn. won by Chris Moneymaker
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A University of Tennessee fraternity held its first-ever poker tournament yesterday and there was a "full house," so to speak.
Pi Kappa Phi sponsored the tourney despite warnings from a state official the event constitutes illegal gambling.
It drew 240 players who helped raise thousands of dollars for Pi Kappa Phi's charity PUSH America, which assists disabled children.
Each player paid a 30-dollar entrance fee and was given a commemorative T-shirt.
Some players entered the tourney with hopes of knocking out celebrity player Chris Moneymaker of Nashville, the 2003 World Series of Poker champion and a former brother at U-T's Pi Kappa Phi house.
But Moneymaker proved impossible to beat, winning the tournament hands down.
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