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Damon Ferrante Enters Borgata Poker Open with PokerStars

Damon Ferrante may play the Borgata Winter Poker Open with a PokerStars patch, but that’s not what he’s hoping to walk away with.

The 50-year-old who was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2011 will be sponsored by PokerStars for the first time this year (though he almost was sponsored by The Golden Palace, a sister site to Doyle’s Room back in 2008). He will donate a portion of his winnings to the T.J. Martell Foundation.

“I gave and things are coming back to me,” he said. “It’s a karma thing.