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Texas Hold'em poker is sweeping the globe as a favorite pastime of gamblers, young and old, novices and experts. | |||
The following web site discusses a proposition from an amateur poker player to gain financial backing for entry into the 2006 World Series of Poker. Is this a reasonable investment with "medium risk and high return"? | |||
[http://www.pledgebank.com/investmentpoker Pledgebank: Investment poker] | |||
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Revision as of 19:44, 22 December 2005
Quotation
"Then there was the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches." - W.I.E. Gates
Forsooth
Here is a Forsooth from the December 2005 issue of RSS News.
The current rate of shrinkage they calculate at 8% per decade; at this rate there may be no ice at all during the summer of 2060
Investing in a poker player
Texas Hold'em poker is sweeping the globe as a favorite pastime of gamblers, young and old, novices and experts.
The following web site discusses a proposition from an amateur poker player to gain financial backing for entry into the 2006 World Series of Poker. Is this a reasonable investment with "medium risk and high return"?