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Can anyone be a Great Poker Player?

Posted by PokerBarney on 12:21PM, 10th Jun 2008
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Did your grandmother use to gather her friends for a good game of poker and some strengthening beverages too? To many, poker seems like a game that, in order to succeed requires both a certain set of skills and a specific kind of personality not to mention a taste for expensive whiskey. But how skilled was grandma Ruth and her buddies really? Will the grandma Ruth of the future be gathering her friends in an online poker room and keep her whiskey to herself? Perhaps they are already out there.

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