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Thursday 20th September 2007
Blackjack pair defy the odds
A blackjack fan and his girlfriend of ten years have defied the odds to both win a seat at the final tables of TV's Ultimate Blackjack Tour in the same year.
According to the Ann Arbor News, the couple, both from Ypsilanti in Michigan, both had to beat over 1,000 online players to qualify to appear on the TV show.
Only months after Brian Soper had filmed his episode of elimination blackjack, his long-term girlfriend Deb Opalewski beat 1,149 online players to claim her own seat on Ultimate Blackjack Tour.
"The odds of both of us winning are just astronomical,'' Mr Soper said."Both of us are absolutely amazed that it happened at all.''
The couple each had to win a single qualifier against seven people, then a daily qualifier of 100 people, before winning through a monthly qualifier against over 1,000 other players.
Opalewski had to play against Annie Duke and 'Hollywood'' Dave Stann, but said that she wasn't too nervous.
"It was intimidating at first," she said. "But I had been lucky enough, through Brian, that I had actually gotten to meet Joe Payne and Hollywood Dave during his taping. To me, it was more relaxed because I knew them as people before I knew them at the table. It was very exciting.''
Source:Direct News
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