Thursday, June 19, 2008

Meet Your Michigan Poker Pros: Craig Natte

This gentleman is Craig Natte. In real life, he may or may not be a marketing consultant.

According to Pokernews (which also gets credit for the pic), Natte finished 6th in WSOP Event #19 ($1,500 PLO) and picked up more than $46,000 in winnings, pushing his career tournament total over the $100k mark.

Natte lists Hudsonville, Michigan as his residence. Hudsonville is boring, agricultural going suburban, is known as "Michigan's Salad Bowl" and is notoriously conservative. The chances of a successful poker pro being from Hudsonville are about the same as those of Larry Flynt being from Provo. (Hang on while I look. Oh, drat, he was born in Kentucky.)

It is not known if Natte enjoys a cold Milwaukee's Beast Best Light or six or if he will be telling WSOP bad beat stories at Grand Rapids-area charity poker games for the next 12 months. The early Vegas line is -150 favoring "yes" in both cases.

Congratulations to Craig Natte, who is apparently really good at poker and is most likely not a douchebag unlike some other poker pros with Michigan connections.

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