Congrats to neighbor and poker pro, Bernard Lee of Wayland, Massachusetts who was named official spokesperson for Foxwoods Resort Casino today!
Bernard Lee will wear the Foxwoods logo at all official poker events and his radio show, The Bernard Lee Poker Show, which has been running since 2007 will now be “Presented by Foxwoods Resort Casino”. Mr. Lee’s radio show is aired on 1120am in the Boston area and at 7:00 pm on Tuesdays at www.roundersradio.com.
Lee and Foxwoods have history. Bernard started playing at Foxwoods way back in 1992 when it first opened. He played in his first poker tournament at Foxwoods, and during 2006 – 2008 won 3 tournament titles there.
From the press release…
A Wayland, Massachusetts resident, Lee has won more than $1.35 million and three titles on the tournament
circuit since becoming a professional poker player three years ago. The Harvard University and Babson College graduate worked as a senior marketing/new business development manager at a Fortune 500 company before finishing 13th — New England’s top finisher — in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP).…
Bernard Lee is co-host of ESPN.com’s weekly online poker show, “ESPN Inside Deal,” and is a poker columnist for the Boston Herald, ESPN.com, PokerNewsDaily.com, and other media outlets. He has released two books, The Final Table, Volume I and Volume II, which are compilations of his Sunday Herald poker columns. He is also an instructor for the WSOP Academy and a poker commentator for the WSOP and New England’s Eastern Poker Tour.
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