Player Profile - Ira Blumenthal
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Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand
Chip Count: 184,000
They’ll be breaking out the champagne in the offices of law firm Blumenthal, Richter & Sumet in Bangkok on Monday should senior partner Ira Blumenthal triumph at the final table of the APPT Manila tournament. The father of two manages a staff of 60, but still finds time to enjoy a regular game of poker after getting his first taste of the game 10 years ago. Like the majority of the final-table qualifiers, Blumenthal has no big-time tournament poker experience but remains confident of prevailing over the equally inexperienced field.