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The Online Poker Phenomenon
By Cal Hyslop, Fri Dec 9th
Poker's favorite game of recent, Texas Holdem, has not onlybecome a hit on the television screen. This game is as hot asever online and people of all ages are cashing in. JordanBerkowitz, a highly successful online player at the age of 17,placed 7th among 843 players in the 2004 World Championship ofOnline Poker. Chris Moneymaker, a 29-year-old former accountantand online poker player, won the 2003 World Series of Poker inLas Vegas with a jackpot worth $2.5 million. The money is outthere and you don't even have to have a "poker face". People like to gamble at
these sites because they're greatplaces to learn the game. However, before playing online it issuggested that you are familiar with how toplay, the hierarchy ofhand rankings, and a few playing tipsto give you better grounding.
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