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Peter Eastgate wins £5.8million as youngest World Series of Poker winner
Peter Eastgate, a 22-year-old from Denmark, has become the youngest player to win the main event at the World Series of Poker, collecting more than £5.8 million.

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my queries:-

1.what is this Poker?
2. How he won so huge amount of money?
3. Can any person play this from anywhere in the world and win some good amount of money?
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Best reply by lestermount:

Poker tournaments now are mostly Texas Holdem.
There are tournaments in Europe and most other countries around the world.
The prize is based on entry fees, and promotional money made by the organizers.
Each entry puts up $10,000 U.S.
Anyone can put up the entry and play.
You can play on line there are lots of sites that play for money.
Most tournaments have prizes of several thousand dollars, but not nearly as much as the World Championship.
To explain the game each person is dealt two cards face down, eventually there are 5 cards dealt face up in the middle that everyone can use to make the best 5 card hand.
Betting takes place before and after the community cards are dealt.
You can buy books explaining how to play.

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