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Poker Tourney Draws Full House - 2004-02-03
The tension in the room was intolerable, so when College sophomore Harry Crane finally put all his chips in the center and said, "call," it was like a weight had been lifted. Soon it was all over.

Engineering junior Dave Thornton won this year's Penn Poker Championship, the largest free-entry poker tournament ever at Penn with over 175 students and faculty participating.

Sponsored by the Penn Poker Club, the Texas Hold'em-style poker tournament took place in Houston Hall on Saturday and Irvine Auditorium on Sunday. Participants varied from novices to mavericks and freshmen to faculty.
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Poker room planned - 2004-02-03
A 30-table poker room will open by the end of February at St. Johns Greyhound Park after an alteration to state law made the venture potentially more lucrative.

Jacksonville Greyhound Racing is spending $750,000 to open the 14,000-square-foot card room, which will operate Wednesdays through Mondays from noon until midnight, said Howard Korman, president.

The Race Track Road park was selected over the company's Orange Park and McDuff Avenue locations because it is a high-growth area and close to patrons from Ponte Vedra Beach and Jacksonville, Korman said.
Read the full story at Jacksonville Business Journal