Carnegie Mellon Wins Tuition in Absolute Poker's Free 'Win Your Tuition' Tournament

Jeremy Olisar, a 21 year-old Carnegie Mellon University student has won Absolute Poker's free "Win Your Tuition" tournament. To compete in the online tournament, which ended mid October, students only needed proof of enrollment for fall 2005 semester, be in good standing with their school, and have access to a computer. The next free "Win Your Tuition" tournament begins in May 2006 and registration is now open at www.absolutepoker.com/college.

Competing for the first time in a college specific online poker tournament, Jeremy Olisar, from Naperville, IL just west of Chicago, topped all college poker participants from around the World and from more than 300 colleges who were vying for the grand prize of tuition paid for one semester. Second place winner Adam Grapperhaus, a student at Kaskaskia Community College from Patoka, IL., won a laptop and third through ninth place winners listed below took home Apple iPod NANO’s.

1st Place – Jeremy Olisar - (OLYSPORTS) - Carnegie Mellon University, from Naperville, IL
2nd Place - Adam Grapperhaus - (MCGERK) – Kaskaskia Community College, from Patoka, IL
3rd Place – Robb Barbauld - (BULLDOGS242) – Butler University, from Indianapolis, IN
4th Place - Chris Walter - (EZMONIE) – Shippensburg University, from Shippensburg, PA
5th Place – Sean Gardiner - (ISEGATOR) – University of Florida, from Satellite Beach, FL
6th Place – Jason Scholl - (MAUIWAUI) – Eastern Oregon University, from La Grande, OR
7th Place – Andrew Gottsman - (GOTTS) – North Dakota State University, from Fargo, ND
8th Place – Alek Larson - (BEHOLDIR) – Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
9th Place - Matt Schoenholtz - (FREEROLLER31) Mary Wood University, Throop, PA

Jeremy Olisar, an honors student with a 4.0 GPA, is an avid card player who only began concentrating on Texas Hold’em recently. “I’ve been playing all sorts of card games for as long as I remember, but I only started playing Texas Hold’em about two years ago. This is my first ever tournament win. I am in shock and disbelief. I never imagined that my first tournament win would be as big as this!” Olisar, who has been assisted by his parents with tuition, also helps support the high cost of post secondary education by teaching each Saturday in the Carnegie Mellon School of Music’s Music Preparatory School.

Asked about the secret to winning at poker, Olisar said, "I typically play conservatively

Press Release - 2005-10-31 04:26:30