Swede rules poker tilt, pockets $10M

LAS VEGAS—A Swedish man who got his start playing online poker after late restaurant nights while he trained to be a chef is $10 million richer after winning the top World Series of Poker main event prize Tuesday night.   Martin Jacobson, 27, had three tens to beat Felix Stephensen of Norway and his pair of nines.     “There’s no such thing as a ‘perfect tournament,’ but this was close to perfect, maybe,” Jacobson said. AP

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