North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News
North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News:
Teri Braun stroked her chips for an extra second before tossing them all to the center of the table. "I'm all in," she declared, risking her winnings from the last four hours for a shot at $6,000. Then she laid down her pair of kings, and the men at the table groaned in defeat.It was a Saturday-night game of Texas Hold'em, the poker game that has exploded into the nation's casinos, living rooms and home computers in the last two years. Braun wasn't at a card house, but at her home in Leucadia.
And the $6,000 wasn't real ---- it was all in chips.
Braun and her husband, David, host invitation-only tournaments for friends every two weeks. Players pay a $20 buy-in for a shot at the community jackpot, which is divvied up to the top players at the end of the night.
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Posted by Jay Brewer at April 25, 2005 8:38 PM
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