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For the poker pros, luck is what the other guys need - 2004-01-04
"A lot of the time you don't even need a poker face," says Toby "Fat Tobe" Atroshenko.

Supposedly, that's because so many poker players -particularly Queenslanders and the French
- are not that great.

You can smile at your opponent, he says, "you can say whatever you want, but the guy is so desperate to see what you've got. You can tell them you've got aces and they will still put their money in."

Atroshenko, a professional player, acknowledges that luck remains crucial. Bad players can still get lucky about 30 per cent of the time, but the good player will win in the long run.
Read the full story at Sydney Morning Herald

TV poker -- hold 'em and watch 'em - 2004-01-04
There are lots of hats. Cowboy hats, straw hats, ball caps. And don't overlook the floral visor and the pink bucket hat.

The shirts range from floral to dress to tie-dye, even basketball and hockey jerseys, the pants from fatigues to slacks to sweats.

They are young and old, men and women, white, Asian and pretty much everything else, and they are sporting sunglasses, hoodies, leather jackets and Discmen.

Sometimes, the beginning of these suddenly monster poker tournaments can look like Halloween with money. But then you don't even notice, because it's money that makes the statements, and those with the big bully stacks wield it arrogantly and powerfully, if not artfully.
Read the full story at Lorain Morning Journal