December 27

One lucky online casino poker player won a million bucks with a pair of 8s.

Santino Sgambelluri, 32, of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, triumphed from a field of almost 5,000 poker players to win a free online casino poker tournament.

This week, the naval officer returned to Hawaii after his win by dominating a 10-player, No-Limit Texas Holdem final Sunday in the Bahamas.

He won from ParadisePoker.com's yearly Million Dollar Free-roll competition.

Mr. Sgambelluri, is an air safety officer,. He is originally form Guam and has been stationed at Pearl Harbor for just over one year.

He has been playing the casino game of poker for about a decade. He has only been playing Holdem for about 2 years though.