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The ups and downs, online

By Jay Lovinger
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Online poker is the 21st-century version of Dodge City -- homicidal maniacs behind every cursor, paranoia in the streets. Every hand has the potential to be a Wild West shootout. Every single hand. Sunday night, when the ESPN game between the Steelers and the Jags ended, I decided to play for a few minutes before I headed off to bed. (Anything to put off writing for another day.) I was alive in a six-man, $20 sit-and-go (four players left, blinds at $20-40), with about $1,200 in chips (we sta ...

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