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PARTYPOKER.NET SPONSORS FIRST THREE-GENERATIONAL FAMILY
\nEVER IN WORLD SERIES OF POKER
\nThe Gouldings of Melbourne FL Range From 22 to 91\u2014and Take Their Poker Seriously!<\/p>\n
GIBRALTAR (July 29, 2006) \u2013 This is one family you don\u2019t want to bluff! Victor Goulding, 91; Rick Goulding, 52, and Brenton Goulding, 22 of Melbourne, Fla., are breaking new ground today\u2014as the first ever three-generational family to play in a World Series of Poker (www.worldseriesofpoker.com) Main Event.<\/p>\n
Sponsored by PartyPoker.net (www.partypoker.net), the Gouldings\u2014led by the irrepressible granddad Victor – have come en masse to lay their cards on the table against thousands of other competitors in the largest WSOP ever.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe at PartyPoker.net are proud to sponsor a family who remind us all that poker is a game of fun and skill for people of all ages,\u201d said Warren Lush, PartyPoker.net spokesman.<\/p>\n
Poker fans may recognize Victor from last year, when in one of the classic moments on the ESPN broadcast, he was given a \u201ctime out\u201d for cursing. At 91, he is the oldest player in the field this year, as well as last year, Victor says, “I’m very passionate about my poker. I can’t wait to play again. And, I hope to be here next year, too!”
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\nHowever, it\u2019s the first appearance at the WSOP Main Event for son Rick, a retired plastic surgeon-turned-film producer and grandson Brenton, a philosophy student at the University of Florida. The entire family is in Vegas to cheer them on and that includes Brenton\u2019s brothers– Blane 19, Barrett 17, and Bryce Goulding, 13 (affectionately known as the B GEES among their friends). Grandad Victor, who counts among his exploits going head-to-head with Amarillo Slim and bringing poker to New Guinea in 1943 during WWII, plays online regularly to stay sharp. The most any of the three have won online to date is $2,500. But that doesn\u2019t begin to tell the tale of their competitiveness, passed down from generation to generation.<\/p>\n
“Brenton is the best player in our very competitive home games,\u201d says Rick, the proud pop. \u201dHe probably wins six out of every 10. I, unfortunately, am at the bottom of the ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t stop his son Brenton from dreaming that they all advance in the tournament. “Wouldn’t it be funny if–out of all those thousands of people–I ended up on a table with my dad or granddad,\u201d he says. \u201cI hope it would go the way of our home games!”<\/p>\n
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PARTYPOKER.NET SPONSORS FIRST THREE-GENERATIONAL FAMILY EVER IN WORLD SERIES OF POKER The Gouldings of Melbourne FL Range From 22 to 91\u2014and Take Their Poker Seriously! GIBRALTAR (July 29, 2006) \u2013 This is one family you don\u2019t want to bluff! Victor Goulding, 91; Rick Goulding, 52, and Brenton Goulding, 22 of Melbourne, Fla., are breaking new<\/p>\n