Poker

Tracks Have ‘Exciting’ First Weekend of Poker
Intelligencer - WHEELING — Robert Marshall — the president and general manager at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center — has worked at casinos in Atlantic City, so the sounds of cards being shuffled and chips hitting the table are familiar to him. He

This week’s lesson: saving the land - Conserving
Winchester Star - portrays an invasive Ailanthus tree and Toni Crouch (on stool) portrays a native oak tree, while Cathy Mayes (top right) narrates. The children represent seedlings of the Ailanthus; they take up the oak’s food and water supply (the poker chips

Let the games begin
Charleston Gazette - for the debut, the 73-year-old retired General Motors worker played poker although his 57-year-old wife prefers the track’s slots. “This all looks very nice,” he said while waiting for his table to open. The rustling cards and clinking chips

Betting On the Horses
Multichannel Online - as tiny microphones that bring viewers the sounds from the track itself (as opposed to the grandstand) and satellite chips And just as professional poker players such as Phil “The Unabomber” Laak have become television stars that fans follow

Online Poker Spotlight: Nick’s Prey
FOXSports.com - Keep a close eye on your children. When sliding chips into a pot against Nick Niergarth, don’t look away; he will eat your young. Before you can blink, he will raise, re- raise, call you down with 7 high if he believes it’s the best hand, check raise

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