Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Tall Man Poker

Level 5 - Binds 200/400/50

Mike Linster

Mike Linster (Levittown, NY) is a Parx/Borgata tournament regular, who is another of the class players coming out of our area.  Linster doesn't have any recorded cashes yet at Parx, but considering how his 2013 has been going, it shouldn't be long before we see his name in the results.  Linster started off with some cashes early in the year at Borgata/WSOP Circuit/DeepStacks Poker Tour, but his breakout score came in April at the WPT Best Bet Jacksonville.  Linster won the $3,500 NL Hold'em Main Event at the WPT BestBet Open, netting him just under $300,000.

Linster took that good run and at points he was the chip leader in the $25,000 NL Hold'em WPT World Championship, but fell short of the cash.  This is the first time we are seeing Linster back in the room since his big win, and congratulations are in order.