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A Million and Two Reasons

by scribe | Jul 7, 2018 | current news, off-topic, people, ruminations, tournaments

For poker players, this is one of the biggest weeks of the year — the week of the “Main Event” at the World Series of Poker. And even though there are a million reasons why I don’t play poker, I thought it would be fun to catch up on some...

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