World Class Championship Poker - 2004-01-28
A field of 1,200 players is supposed to participate in the eight days of heated poker action that will include Texas Hold'em and Omaha Hi-Low Split. Each day will feature an early morning satellite event, then a different tournament game followed by an evening second chance tournament each with a $120 buy-in and no re-buys.

Satellite tournaments are held daily starting at 8 a.m., daily tournament action gets underway at noon and the second chance games start at 7 p.m.
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Cable channels raise poker stakes - 2004-01-28
The five are seated in Mark Seeger's Milwaukee basement when the anthem starts to play. Not that anthem. This one is more Kenny Rogers than Francis Scott Key.

Because in this event, you really do have to "know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em."

Seeger and his friends, who faithfully listen to Rogers' "The Gambler" before their every-other-month poker game, are part of an estimated 50 million Americans playing the card game nowadays.
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