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Jamie Totman is on her way to Las Vegas to compete in a national poker tournament. Totman, a Mankato native and MSU student, earned the tournament berth by performing well enough in a recent state tournament. She plays regularly at Pub 500.
To get an idea of how good Jamie Totman is at poker, consider this story.
She played well enough at Pub 500 in Mankato to earn a trip to the state tournament in Mahnomen, and at one point got into a hand with a pretty sizable pot.
Her opponent was known as a good player, and he pushed the stakes higher and higher. But something about him didn’t seem right. Out of the corner of her eye, as she gazed at the cards in her own hand, she saw the man twitch a little.
That was enough. She knew. And even though her opponent fronted a good hand, she knew otherwise. Totman called his bluff.
She won, obviously, and Totman’s performance at the state tournament — she finished 14th out of more than 200 poker players — was good enough to get her in the national tournament in Las Vegas. If she does well enough early on, she’ll have a chance to get a seat in the World Series of Poker.
Not bad for a Minnesota State Mankato pre-med student.
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