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Sep 14 2004, 09:34am
CHAPEL HILL -- With no show of nervousness, University of North Carolina senior Deak Childress pushes more money than his entire education has cost him into the middle of the poker table.
The tournament began with $400,000 worth of chips spread evenly among 80 players. After this hand, Childress will have every last one of the chips -- and a championship to boot.
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Sep 14 2004, 09:33am
HARRISBURG - It doesn't take an act of Congress to get a friendly card game together, but it can take a City Council meeting. That was the case in Harrisburg two weeks ago, when the owners of the Ron-D-Voo Tavern went before the council to get a license to hold a poker tournament.
A city ordinance there prohibits gambling, except for the state lottery. But it makes exceptions for events such as church bingo and "social games," where there is no house player and no income from the operation of the game.
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Sep 14 2004, 09:32am
Televised poker has introduced America to the lingo of Texas Hold 'Em -- the flop, the turn, the river. But some worry that poker's rising popularity has introduced millions to the potentially addictive thrill of gambling.
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Sep 12 2004, 08:10pm
ST. PAUL, Minn. - It's hip. It's sexy. It's a fixture on cable TV. Ben Affleck is king.
So perhaps it's not surprising that poker's popularity among celebrities is infecting teens. From high school cafeterias to college dorm rooms to professional card clubs, teens and young adults are playing for money, sometimes big money. Many believe they can beat the system.
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Sep 12 2004, 08:09pm
The Online casino business is in full swing and one of the most popular online casino games is Poker. Recently, business at the online casinos has been soaring due in part to some external influences such as the World Series Poker Tournament in Las Vegas and a rise in celebrity endorsement. Poker is a great game that relies on skill and strategy and right now it's booming on the Net.
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Sep 12 2004, 08:08pm
If you want to play in a Texas Hold 'em poker tournament in Atlantic City, N.J., get in line.
Literally. Get in line.
The gambling public's appetite for the game is so ravenous that the major Atlantic City casino poker rooms are holding daily tournaments and, in some cases, turning away would-be Chris Moneymakers by the score.
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Sep 9 2004, 10:11am
WASHINGTON – Jan Edward Helfeld moves along the bar at the Hawk and Dove, a popular after-work watering hole on Capitol Hill, scanning his quarry.
He stops several people to ask: “Are you here for the poker meeting?”
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Sep 7 2004, 09:30am
If your teen comes home from his first day of high school looking pale and drawn, don't blame the class bully. Chances are your son lost his lunch money to a 15-year-old cardsharp.
Poker, a game traditionally associated with cigar smoke and potbellies, has become a wildly contagious teen craze, sparked by a profusion of high-stakes tournaments on cable television
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Sep 7 2004, 09:29am
It's a safe bet that Matt Dean won't be teaching high school mathematics anytime soon.
"I was a substitute teacher last year at Oak Ridge High School, and I was in the process of getting my teacher's certificate," said Dean. "Then I got into the World Series of Poker. Things have changed."
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Sep 7 2004, 09:28am
When Marla Schram Schwartz sat down at a Southern California poker club two decades ago, men rose from the table and swore never to play with a woman.
Not today. With Texas Hold 'Em transfixing millions of cable TV viewers, poker is red hot. And women like Schwartz have now turned the tables as the hottest draws in poker entertainment.
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