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Short stack Akenhead has big plans

By Gary Wise
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 10, 2009

One player per hand, or so the rule goes. Poker is as individual a game as you're going to find on the planet. For over a century, the very idea of sharing your holdings was ludicrous. There are friends at the table, but they're the kind of friends who are looking to steal your wallet when you aren't looking. Slowly, that reality has been changing. Only at the World Series of Poker do we really find players cheering one another on in a way that's reminiscent of one rooting for one's own best in ...

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