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Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Is A Spin-Off From Texas Hold'em - 2004-01-25
It is said that Texas Hold'em originated in the Lone Star State back in the beginning of the 60s. Then, in 1982, a new breed of "flop style" game emerged in the Vegas poker rooms named "Omaha". Like Hold'em, there was a three-card flop, then a fourth "turn" card and finally the fifth "river" card. Difference was, in Omaha you had four cards in the hole.

That didn't really make it a nine-card poker game, though, because you could only use 2 cards from your hand. In fact, in Omaha you must use exactly two cards from your hand -- unlike Texas Hold'em where you could use two, one or none.
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What does George Bush have to grin about? - 2004-01-25
What was it about the look on President George W. Bush's face while he gave the State of the Union address Tuesday night? That grin, I thought as I watched the president of all the people. It looked frustratingly familiar. But why?

Then it came to me. I've seen grins like that on the faces of men who have just bluffed me out of a big pot at the poker table with nothing in their hands.

Bush may be president of the people, but he is not president by the people. Most Americans who voted in the 2000 election cast their ballots for someone else.
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