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World Class Championship Poker - Peppermill Reno Hotel Casino - 2004-01-27
A field of 1,200 players is anticipated to participate in the eight days of heated poker action that will include Texas Hold’em and Omaha Hi-Low Split. Each day will feature an early morning satellite event, followed by a different tournament game and ending with an evening second chance tournament each with a $120 buy-in and no re-buys.

Satellite tournaments are held daily starting at 8 a.m., daily tournament action gets underway at noon and the second chance games start at 7 p.m.
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Texas Hold’em finds new players, thanks to television programs and casino tournaments - 2004-01-27
Tony Gines, 22, and Joe Melillo, 24, both of Paramus, sized up the competition for a Texas Hold'em poker tournament at the Sands Casino Hotel Friday night. At first look, the group looked like usual poker players - older guys with bad toupees and loud shirts; young men with lots of attitude and bravado.

But Gines and Melillo weren't nervous. In this room they were seasoned vets. Melillo had been playing Hold'em for a solid year. Gines, all of six months. And the "players" in the room were dominated by doctors, lawyers, plumbers and truck drivers, not to mention a few grandmas and soccer moms, many of whom were in their first poker tournament ever. The buy-in for the event - $35 bucks.
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