Poker Career
Townsend became a professional No Limit Texas Hold'em player during his injury. He plays under the moniker 'ricestud' at PokerStars, where he holds the record for most Heads Up Sit N Go's played by anybody (101,062 as of January 11th 2012). His online winnings are in excess of $1,000,300.00
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