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Ren Lin Bringing His Infectious Charisma Deep into Five Diamond Main Event

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“Touchdown, Tom Brady!”

If you hear this at a poker table instead of during a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, you’re likely sitting near Ren Lin, and if you’re in a hand with him when you hear it, it likely isn’t good for you.

The tournament crusher, who is originally from China and now lives in New York City, really burst onto the scene last year with a huge World Series of Poker. That two months saw him earn over a million dollars across 14 cashes including a second-place finish in the $50,000 High Roller to Mikita Badziakouski for $903,610.