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The return of Spirit Rock

By Gary Wise
ESPN.com

Monday, October 12, 2009

The time of Prahlad Friedman is at hand. That wording almost makes it sound like the second coming, doesn't it? Across the world, Internet fan boys of all shapes and sizes whisper the names of the most successful high-stakes players on the Web with reverence. They whisper the names of long-standing kings like Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. It seems that every year or two there's a next big thing -- before Tom Dwan there was Brian Townsend, before Townsend there was Erik Sagstrom, before Sagstro ...

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