In 2003, an unknown accountant showed up at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. He’d never played in a live tournament before, and he had certainly never played against pros. But Chris Moneymaker, that unknown accountant, came out of nowhere, stormed the WSOP, and conquered the pros.
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From casinos to the Internet, from high-schoolers’ living rooms to television tournaments, it seems like suddenly everyone is playing Texas Hold’em. Only thirty or forty years ago, the world of poker was very different. Today, some people still say that poker is a dangerous game of luck. Many others, however, insist that it’s a game [...]
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