Mark Williams crowned Betfred poker champ

Last night saw eight competition winners sit down with two snooker world champions, Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams, to battle it out in a game of Texas Hold’Em poker - the hottest game around.

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Mon, December 5th, 2005

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