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Online Poker - Video Poker News for Thursday - January 29, 2004

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You, too, can fight poker-style depression - 2004-01-29
When I began learning poker, a video poker playing
friend of mine who had played Texas Hold'em for a long time before switching to VP, tried to warn me how disgusted I'd get with the game. "You'll wait and wait and wait for a good starting hand, and then when you get one and play it, you'll lose to some idiot who stayed in the pot and drew out on you," he said. "Linda, you're one of the most disciplined video poker players I've seen, but the discipline you have for video poker isn't half what you're gonna' need for poker."

As I was walking out to my car one Thursday afternoon, I remembered his what he had said.
Read the full story at Biloxi Sun Herald
 
World Poker Tour Events Continue Dramatic Growth - 2004-01-29
The Jack Binion World Poker Open at Horseshoe Casino/Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS which started on January 26, 2004, is the most recent event on the World Poker Tour to illustrate the domino effect of the TV show's huge popularity. Records have been set in each of tour stops and the
Jack Binion World Poker Open is no exception with a huge increase in players, prize money and first place payout over the previous year's tournament.

367 players signed up for this week's event, which will culminate on January 29, 2004 with the filming of the Final Table for broadcast as part of the World Poker Tour series on The Travel Channel.
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