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Poker ain't like it used to be

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Thursday, June 17, 2004

Editor's Note: This column appears in the June 21 edition of ESPN The Magazine. Have you ever stumbled across one of those celebrity poker shows on cable, and practically blown out your elbow bringing the remote to a screeching halt? That happened to me a few weeks ago, when Travis Tritt and Mena Suvari were battling for the same pot. Just the sight of them at the same table nearly had me scheduling my first Tommy John surgery. Travis was eyeballing Mena like she was covered in those roses fro ...

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