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Robin Hood signs with PokerStars

By Steve Rosenbloom

Friday, August 4, 2006

LAS VEGAS -- The romanticized outlaw image of poker pumps out notions of cards and chips and cheats and degenerates on weeklong benders clinging to the No. 1 rule: Follow the money. True things. All of it. To varying degrees, sure, but it's all true. Many outsiders, then, express surprise that poker has a social conscience. Phil Gordon, for instance, a smart, articulate pro who also writes for the ESPN Poker Club, spearheaded "Put a Bad Beat on Cancer,'' which raised money ...

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