Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken, who is widely thought to be the world’s best online tournament player, continued to show that he could translate that success onto the live felt by emerging victorious from the 537-strong field in the $500 buy-in event. Dicken receives $48,189 for his first place finish and a $10,000 seat to the WPT championship event at the 2007 Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas.

Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken, from Waterloo, IA gets his unusual nickname from playing online poker.

“Gigabet” is well-known in Internet poker circles, having won a considerable amount of money in recent years. Dicken acknowledged that online poker helped to sharpen his real-life tournament skills.

Name: Darrell Dicken AKA "Gigabet"
Location: Waterloo, IA, United States
Cashes: 24
Total Winnings: $1,158,113
First Place Finishes: 3
ProRank 1 Position: 90 [ DETAILS ]
ProRank 2 Position: 345
Age: 29
Marital Status: Single
Children: none
Started Playing Poker: professionally, 5 years ago
Favorite Poker Game: NL Hold'em

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