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Published Thursday, July 14, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

2005 WORLD SERIES OF POKER: OK. If you're going to Vegas for a travel story and find out you're there for the start of the main event of the World Series of Poker, do you cover it? Silly question. Of course you do. Here, several hours late, is my feature story on the event. I talked quite a bit today with Bernard Lee, who hails from the Boston suburbs and at this moment, is still one of 21 players in the tourney. Look for that story tomorrow.

Read it: It's in the cards: Poker craze in spotlight as World Series explodes in glitzy Vegas (Boston Herald)

No. Really. Read it. I've got quotes from Daniel Negreanu, Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, Greg Raymer and Norman Chad. So what are you waiting for? Click the link!