 | Julian Gardner hails from Manchester,
England. He turned pro the moment he left high school, and is the youngest
millionaire in the sport. He finished second in the 2002 WSOP to Varkhoni
and made his presence known early in the event and after day 1 trailed
only professional sports bettor and 7 card stud specialist Alan Boston by
a few dollars. By day #2, the only former WSOP winner remaining was Phil
Hellmuth, as Gardner moved into the #1 spot ahead of Chip Reese. Gardner
slipped to #6 on day 3, still good enough to make the final table. None of
the final 9 that year had ever been at the final table before and had a
combined career earnings in the WSOP of
$450,000.
On the final hand, Varkoni had
the J and 8 of clubs and Varkohni had Q 10 when the flop came Q-4-4 with 2
clubs. Gardner went all-in on a flush draw. The turn card was a 10, and
the river was a club to make Gardner's flush but it was a 10 of clubs to
make Varkonyi a full house - for a second, Gardner had thought that he had
won but he had to settle for "only" 1.1 million dollars.
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Alan Goehring
