‘Weeds’ Producer Matt Salsberg Wins 2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix De Paris

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Matt Salsberg has won the €7,500 buy-in main event of this year’s World Poker Tour Grand Prix De Paris and the $515,720 that went with that honor.

This weekend’s win brings Salsberg’s live circuit record to just shy of $1 million.

Salsberg is an Executive Producer for the television series “Weeds”.  He has also produced the HBO hit “Entourage”.

Salsberg beat one of the biggest poker players on the circuit today, Dane Theo Jorgensen. 

Here were your finalists and cashouts.  

Matthew Salsberg $515,720

Theo Jorgensen $341,149

Philipp Gruissem $219,265

Timothy Adams $162,162

Mobsin Charania $121,987

Fabian Quoss $97,684

- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com

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