Local poker player wins two hands

Lee rakes another pot; eight players remain We’re less than 30 minutes into action at the final table of the World Series of Poker at Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and Shavano Park’s Richard Lee already has …

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Thu, August 10th, 2006

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