Former State Treasurer...Good At Poker

Former Kentucky state treasurer Jonathan Miller finished eighth overall in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, walking away with $69,896 in winnings. Miller, a Lexington lawyer, was one of nine players left in a No-Limit Hold 'em tournament that started with 4,620 players. Miller says he plans to give part of his prize money to his temple and that a good portion of the rest will probably go into his daughters' college funds. The winner, Dominik Nitsche of Germany, received $654,797. Miller wrote Saturday on his Web site that most of the competitors left in the tournament were professionals. But he quipped that "being Kentucky's State Treasurer has equipped me with some pretty good money management skills. And being in state and national politics for two decades has empowered me to cope with tables filled of liars and posers."