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News from Texas Holdum - January 06, 2009

Dewey Weum has been playing poker for 45 of his 60 years. He's earned wads of money and won his share of tournaments. Darren Johnson, 35, started playing online texas holdum online just six months ago. Weum, who grew up in Monona and still lives there, has spent the past month in Las Vegas playing in tournaments, a routine he has followed for the past decade. Johnson, a former business owner from the Dallas area who plans to study nuclear medicine at the University of Arkansas, has never played in a face-to-face tournament.

Both are trying their luck in the 35th annual World Series of Poker, which began Saturday at Binion's Horseshoe Casino and runs through the week. If you want to understand how much the world of poker has changed, it's on display in spades at Binion's, in the likes of Weum and Johnson. Among the roughly 2,500 players this year are professionals or very good amateurs such as Weum, and rookies like Johnson, who could be considered "dead money," the term texas holdum pros give to the hopelessly outmatched. They all believe they have a shot at winning this year's jackpot of $5 million. After all, a "dead money" player ended up winning the World Series last year, pocketing $2.5 million.

For Weum, who plays 150 days a year, the explosion in the popularity of poker means he no longer worries what people will think when they learn he makes his living, and a decent one, at the card table.

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"For half of my life, I was embarrassed to talk about my poker playing," Weum said. "But now my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are asking me about (hot new poker player) Phil Ivey."

Thirty years ago the online texas holdum world was populated by middle-aged guys in Stetsons with beer guts and cigars, who hung out in the smoky back rooms of casinos. Now it cuts across demographic lines, from college kids to grandmothers, and from clerks to cops to construction workers. There are still characters and oddballs, but many of the players look like they just stepped out of the checkout line at a grocery store. Most poker rooms are smoke-free, and the drink of choice is often mineral water rather than Jack Daniels.

Salem said he texas holdum tournaments began playing poker more then a decade ago just after he arrived in the United States from his native Iraq. He and his three brothers own a small chain of grocery and convenience texas holdum stores in the San Diego area.

This is not a job," said Salem. "It's just for fun."

Salem's uncle, Lee Salem, a better-known player nicknamed Baghdad butcher, taught Naseem all of the skills he uses in the game.

Just outside of the pokerstars main tournament room, an impromptu high stakes game broke out during the second day of the main event between several well-known players who were knocked out early.

Gus Hansen, who was recently named one of People Magazine's sexiest men, Phil Ivy and Daniel Negreanu remained late Tuesday evening. The game had gone on for more then 24 hours with more than $1 million on the table.

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Considering the stakes texas holdum and the poker star status, few spectators were catching the action. While it caused quite a stir among the casino staff who are used to much smaller-caliber games, player texas holdum Chad Brown said such games are commonplace at tournaments.

Brown is a Los Angeles based actor who hosts Ultimate texas holdum Challenge on UPN with fellow final round player Robert Williamson.

The championship event texas holdum started out with 208 players hailing from as far away as England, Greece, and Mexico City. Reigning World Series of Poker Champion Gregory "Fossilman" Raymer, formerly of texas holdum San Diego, was eliminated on the first day of play along with veteran star Howard Lederer.

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