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Jack Keller (poker player)

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Jack Keller was an American professional poker player, born on 29 December 1942, who died in Tunica, Mississippi on 5 December 2003. He served in the United States Air Force before turning professional. Keller won the 1984 World Series of Poker Main Event and three WSOP bracelets in all, and his 26 cashes at the WSOP brought in about 1,610,940 dollars of his lifetime tournament winnings of 3,900,424 dollars. He also won two Super Bowl of Poker Main Events at a time when that tournament was regarded as the second most prestigious in the world. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1994. His daughter, Kathy Kolberg, was also a professional poker player.

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    Jack Keller (December 29, 1942
  • Competed In: World Series of Poker, lead paragraph, competed-in
    Keller won the 1984 World Series of Poker Main Event, three WSOP bracelets, and more than $1,580,000 in tournament play at the World Series of Poker during his career.
  • Competed In: Super Bowl, lead paragraph, competed-in
    He also won two Super Bowl of Poker Main Events when the SBOP was considered the second most prestigious tournament in the world.
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