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DN was a 40 hour a week grinder for a lot of years before the tourney success.
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I think I have heard that he had quite a fortune when he started playing poker.
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I think you heard wrong. Here are a few early cardplayer articles that chronicle DN's grinding days:
http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/4814
http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/6468
http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/4644
http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/7134
The above one is pretty funny - about the first time he met Harman
http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/4496
http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/7237