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Online Poker - Video Poker News for Saturday - January 31, 2004

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World Class Championship Poker - 2004-01-31
A field of 1,200 players is supposed to take part in the eight days of exciting poker action that will include Texas Hold'em and Omaha Hi-Low Split. Each day will feature an early morning satellite event, then a different tournament game and end 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. The action begins with a warm up Satellite Day game with a $60 buy-in followed by the first of the second chanced games each evening.
Read the full story at PokerMag.com
 
Poker gone wild - 2004-01-31
Steve Lipscomb remembers the reactions of TV executives when he first presented the idea of a globe-trotting, prime-time show dedicated to poker.

"They laughed me out of their offices," recalled the man who invented the World Poker Tour.

Look who's laughing now.

Poker is television's hot new game, with network executives scrambling for a piece of the pot.
Read the full story at Sacramento Bee
 





 


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