Poker players deal Obama a full house - World - smh.com.au
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BARACK OBAMA is winning support for his presidential bid from a novel quarter - America's poker players.
Las Vegas professionals who approve of his belief in the freedom to gamble are putting their chips on Senator Obama, who is a a skilled player of Texas hold'em and seven-card stud.
Doyle Brunson, America's foremost living player and formerly a lifelong Republican, has come out for the Democrat candidate. Another leading poker player, Andy Bloch, said most players in Las Vegas for the main event of the World Series of Poker, which began on Thursday, were pro-Obama.
