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Surinder Sunar (born April 1, c. 1959, in Dhinpur Punjab, India
India

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) is a British
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 professional poker
Poker

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 player based in Wolverhampton
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, who gained fame as a three-time finalist (series 1 and 5, plus the 2008 edition) in the Late Night Poker
Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a Great Britain television show in which poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament games for a prize of approximately ?50,000....
 television series.

Sunar also won the season 3 World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
 Grand Prix de Paris event, defeating Tony G
Tony G

Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a professional poker player.As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11....
 in the heads-up confrontation with A7o. Tony G taunted Sunar before the confrontation, telling him "Surinder, you are going to bleed so badly once it is heads up.






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Surinder Sunar (born April 1, c. 1959, in Dhinpur Punjab, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
) is a British
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 professional poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 player based in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands , England. In 2004, the local government district had an estimated population of 239,100; the wider Urban Area had a population of List of English cities by population, which makes it the 13th most populous city in England....
, who gained fame as a three-time finalist (series 1 and 5, plus the 2008 edition) in the Late Night Poker
Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a Great Britain television show in which poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament games for a prize of approximately ?50,000....
 television series.

Sunar also won the season 3 World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
 Grand Prix de Paris event, defeating Tony G
Tony G

Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a professional poker player.As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11....
 in the heads-up confrontation with A7o. Tony G taunted Sunar before the confrontation, telling him "Surinder, you are going to bleed so badly once it is heads up. You're putting me to sleep. I'm scared for you!" Sunar sat expressionless throughout the final table, on the way to a €679,000 grand prize.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,400,000.

He stated that he does not play many tournaments anymore because of the rigorous concentration that is required. He explained in an interview that whilst playing a tournament and getting down to the final three players, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott
Dave Ulliott

David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an England professional gambling and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Kingston upon Hull Organized crime, but went on to become a World Series of Poker WSOP bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of poker on television....
 approached and told him that Princess Diana
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 had died. Although he felt like he could think of nothing other than the tragedy, he turned inward to the place where he has total concentration and still won.

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