Call the wife and update your Facebook status. That’s what Craig “Smitty” Smith did after winning the Midwest Regional Poker Championship at Southern Indiana’s Horseshoe
Ask any poker player when they started playing poker and they’ll probably say one of two things: the boom or sitting at the kitchen table with their parents or grandparents. John Nelson, the winner of Hollywood Casino’s Tri-State Poker Championship in Lawrenceburg, Ind., went the latter route for his exposure to the game. “I started […]
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