The impossible has happened, Steve Hill a.k.a ‘HillyTheFish’ has made it through the first day of competiton at the Main Event of the 2006 World Series of Poker, being played at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

This is the guy that had never played poker a year ago. With the help of ParadisePoker.com we’ve been training up this complete novice to play in the biggest and toughest tournament in the world.

This year the Main Event, played as No-Limit Texas Hold’em, has seen well over 8,000 players all put up the $10,000 buy-in to compete.