Winning a major tournament twice, back-to-back, easily qualifies as one of the ultimate fantasies of most serious poker players. Greg "DuckU" Hobson was on track to accomplishing that goal on April 22 of 2007 when he made the final table of the major Sunday tournament on Full Tilt just... more

Winning a major tournament twice, back-to-back, easily qualifies as one of the ultimate fantasies of most serious poker players. Greg "DuckU" Hobson was on track to accomplishing that goal on April 22 of 2007 when he made the final table of the major Sunday tournament on Full Tilt just one week after he had taken down the major Sunday event on that same site. On April 15, he had outlasted 1,646 other entrants to win the monthly $750,000-guaranteed tournament, earning $152,000. The next week, the tournament had a $400,000 guarantee, and he again saw himself in position to take it down. He got down to heads up, and in the final hand, his K-Q went up against his opponent's dominated K-6. The 6 failed to materialize, and the Full Tilt virtual railbirds went wild with DuckU's unprecedented back-to-back wins. He earned $86,000 and a certain amount of legendary status for his second win in a row.

Hobson has gone on to make quite a few Online Player of the Year-qualified cashes since that time, which is especially respectable considering he plays much more rarely nowadays.

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