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He had finished second to Alexandre Gomes at the 2,317-entrant $2,000 Number-Limit Hold"em 2008 Event 48 for a prize of $491,273.
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Marco Johnson
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Johnson also has excelled online in Limit H.O.R.S.E. earning both a World Championship of Online Poker championship among large prizes. Although that was his only bracelet up to that point, it was not Johnson"s largest prize. In fact, prior to his first bracelet, he had finished as runner up three times in events — $2,500 Limit Hold"em Six Handed 2012 Event 40 and $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 2013 Event 31.
The 2013 bracelet was in the same $2,500 Limit Hold’em Six-Max event that he earned his 2012 runner-up finish in.
41 against a field of 598 for a prize of $33,727.20. His biggest online prize came from a 3rd place finish in the $10,000 + $300 buy-in September 20, 2009 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Limit H.O.R.S.E. 44 that earned him $133,900.
Johnson"s residence is in Mexico, where he plays high-stakes online poker. Johnson was inspired to play poker by Chip Reese who was a neighbor of his growing up.
Achievements
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Johnson won the 343-entrant $2,500 Limit Hold"em Six Handed 2013 Event 48 at a shorthanded final table that included Juha Helppi and Maria Ho, earning a prize of $206,796. On September 15, 2012, Johnson won the $320 buy-in PokerStars 2012 World Championship of Online Poker Limit H.O.R.S.E. Event Number. Johnson"s biggest online win came on February 15, 2009 in the $150 + $13 buy-in Full Tilt Poker 200K Guarantee Number-limit Hold"em with Rebuys when he defeated a field of 637 who had purchased 1142 rebuys and 547 addons for a prize of $85,481.
