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Texas Hold 'Em

By Tim Keown

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The closer's life: hours of soul-crushing boredom followed by spasms of frantic action. Hurry up and wait is not a cliché, it's a way of life. The closer waits all day in the hope of finding work, then tries to finish as fast as he can. The tenets of the job traditionally demand a certain kind of man, one possessing a seen-it-all arrogance and blood that flows as cold as the North Sea. Into this world we give you A's closer Huston Street, a just-turned-22-yearold rookie with bright brown eyes, ...

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