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Evolution of Poker |
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The game of poker has
evolved through the
years, from seedy
backroom games to the
flashiest casinos around
the world, its
history studded with
famous places and
characters: presidents,
generals, movie stars
all have played and
continue to play poker. |
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Today, poker is
carefully regulated by
gambling laws, and
saloons have given way
to casinos and card
rooms. Poker is played
more than any other card
game in the world, and
it has grown into a
sporting event, with
competitions and
tournaments taking place
almost every week of the
year somewhere in the
world. |
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If you compare the
prizes of major sporting
events around the world,
you will find that the
monetary outcome of any
given event in Poker
would (pardon the pun)
stack up. Poker today is
one of the fastest
growing sporting events,
with plenty of air
coverage not just for
important events - such
as the WSOP and the WPT
- but also as regularly
scheduled shows, such as
the popular Poker after
Dark and High Stakes
Poker.) |
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The pinnacle of the
poker world is The
World Series of Poker.
This annual event
attracts players from
all over the world every
year to compete for
money and titles as the
world's top Poker
players. Every May, the
only place poker players
want to be is at the
World Series of Poker at
Binion’s Horseshoe in
Las Vegas, NV. |
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When it comes to online
poker “The
PartyPoker.com Million”
is one event you will
not want to miss:
qualify online for the
finals and play in the
$1,500,000 tournament
aboard a weeklong
cruise. |
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In spite of recent
restrictive legislations
banning online gaming in
several countries, poker
continues to grow and
flourish, both online
and offline, in more and
more countries around
the world. |
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"Poker is a game of people... It's not the hand I hold, it's the people that I
play with." |
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"Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the
sucker." |
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"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or
doesn't play poker." |
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"They anticipate losing when they sit down and I try my darndest not to
disappoint one of them." |
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