SIERRA VISTA — As the judge explains to me how poker is not gambling, I understand him, and maybe even agree with him on an intellectual level. Simultaneously however, as the players and dealers ready for the evening’s Texas Hold ‘em event, stacking the chips and shuffling the cards, my mouth starts to water as it might if I were walking past a spinning roulette wheel or a blackjack table with one empty seat.
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