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Playing poker: The explosion of interest

Poker has exploded in the past decade. Once a game of mostly men in smoky backrooms of bars, it is now respectable enough to include lawyers, doctors, actors and grandmothers.

Part of that explosion is credited to the 1998 movie "Rounders," with Matt Damon as a young novice who swears off gambling until his friend, played by Edward Norton, needs him to help pay off a debt. John Malkovich is...

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