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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Have any of the poker players here ever gone to a tournament at a casino? Do people go to these for kicks or are the players all professionals? I know virtually nothing about gambling and I'm curious because I just heard from a friend who's going to a tourney in Atlantic City later this week.
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Several dozen times. Los Angeles has large numbers of legal poker rooms, most of which hold low buy-in daily or weekly tournaments. Here, it's about 90% amateurs, though the amateurs are such fixtures around the poker rooms that they're better categorized as semi-pro. It's a great way to play poker for a few hours for a fixed amount of money ($40-$100 usually, including rebuys).
