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Online Poker - Video Poker News for Tuesday - February 3, 2004

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Poker Players Deal For Fortune - 2004-02-03
Elvis left the building, and he did so rather quickly.

Tony Hartman - dubbed "Elvis" by an onlooker for his glasses, sideburns and portly appearance - made a quick exit from the 2004 Jack Binion World Poker Open finals in Tunica Thursday afternoon, spending his $111,000 stash in under 45 minutes.

For finishing sixth, Hartman walked away with $120,927 in cash.

That left five competitors still vying for the top prize in the four-day tournament: an astonishing $1,278,370.
Read the full story at PokerMag.com
 
TV Poker A Gamble That Is Paying Off Big - 2004-02-03
Poker is a game of odds. The odds, for example, of being dealt two aces from a 52-card deck are 220-to-1.

Steven Lipscomb's odds were far worse when he entered the game two years ago. Lipscomb, you see, had the senseless idea that he could turn poker into not only a hit TV show, but a national craze as well.

Long shots? He couldn't even find a partner to play with.

Crazy odds bring mad money to the winner, Lipscomb is holding an insane jackpot.
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