Cruiser skips Cayman, wins $1M Poker Tourney

Newly minted poker millionaire Mike Schneider has one regret about how he spent his spring break: He didn’t get to see much of the Caribbean.

But Schneider has a million other reasons to be happy. The 22–year–old University of Minnesota student won $1 million in a high–stakes Limit Hold’em poker tournament on a Caribbean cruise last Friday.

Instead of exploring the Cayman Islands with the other passengers during the eight–day cruise, Schneider holed up on board, slept in and relaxed in the sun so he would be in good form for the nail–biting tournament, which lasted five to eight hours a day.

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