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El Presidente, the Sterns and the standings

By Gary Wise
ESPN Poker Club

Saturday, May 24, 2008

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA -- There's an exuberance here that I haven't seen at a poker tournament in a while. With the growth of the American game, there's come a blanketing how-do-I-get-mine cynicism that's fierce and unrelenting and sometimes frustrating to those who love the game. Here in Costa Rica, on the Latin American Poker Tour, they're just happy to be doing something they love. You can see it in every fiber of their beings. Every win is met with a cheer, loud, proud and exuberant. Where su ...

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