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What a small world
I know him! His best friend is my ex.
Professional game show competitor Alex Outhred, who moonlights as a poker pro and instructor at the World Series of Poker Academy, became the biggest winner thus far on FOX TV's "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" tonight, winning $500,000, which ironically would take the average 5th grade teacher about 124 years to earn.
Outhred, who we must say was a total class act on the show and rep'd poker players well, was just one question away from winning the show's ultimate prize of $1 million but opted not to go for the final question and instead walk safely away with the $500k.
Had he gone for it, host Jeff Foxworthy revealed that the million dollar question was: "Who was the first American Secretary of the Treasury?" which we would have guessed was a woman based on the profession alone but Outhred somehow knew was Alexander Hamilton.
Outhred's half a million game show cash is about 2.5 times more than his total winnings as a tournament poker player, which according to the fifth grader we just asked calculates to $200,000.
Outhred will be back on the small screen this May 16 when his final table appearance at the 2006 WPT Mandalay Bay Championship airs on the Travel Channel.
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Preguntas
it's pretty precious
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Re: What a small world
Isn't this old? I remmeber him from a month or so ago. He was smart.
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| Posted 9/6/07 5:17 PM |
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Re: What a small world
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Isn't this old? I remmeber him from a month or so ago. He was smart.
yeah but I was just told about this from a friend recently.
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| Posted 9/6/07 5:18 PM |
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Re: What a small world
Congrats to him!! 
I'm smarter than a 5th grader too, somebody give me $500,000!!! 
And this the million dollar question was: "Who was the first American Secretary of the Treasury?" which we would have guessed was a woman based on the profession alone
is the stupidest statement I've heard in a long time!! 
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| Posted 9/6/07 5:48 PM |
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tourist
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I saw him! He was a good competitor.
That's so funny that you know him.
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| Posted 9/6/07 5:57 PM |
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MrsMerlot
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Re: What a small world
if he's sharing any of the $$$ w/ the ex...it's time to give him a call.  
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| Posted 9/6/07 5:58 PM |
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