PORTRAIT. ‘Giraffe Ganger’ Bert Stevens won 2.66 million euros playing poker in a mysterious, shabby attic room of a farm abroad

“Never thought it would turn out like this, but congratulations to him!” Ten years ago, some in the Zwalm region feared that he would end up in the gutter, but Bert Stevens gave his critics a tit for tat this week: in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Online he clinched the top prize of 2,783,432 dollars (2,666 .890 euros). The new millionaire did not want to give an interview, but thanks to his nickname that he uses online, we suddenly got some very good tickets for a beautiful portrait.

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