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When Grant Erwin started his poker club in 1962, there was no such thing as a personal computer, an online accounting tool or an Excel worksheet. The eight or nine men who met monthly around kitchen tables in Seattle and Bellevue to play low-stakes poker kept track of their winnings with tokens in old baby-food jars, labeled with their names.

Over the last 46 years, the “Puget Sound Probability and Chowder Society,” as it was called, has seen many of its members come and go. Some have moved to other cities. Some have passed away. Some have been divorced, had grandkids or retired. On Friday, after nearly half a century of monthly poker games, the remaining seven men of the society played their last hand.

Local News | After 46 years, poker club folds its hand | Seattle Times Newspaper

Author Contact Info: Haley Edwards

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One Response to “[WA] Seattle Times – After 46 years, poker club folds its hand (05/26/08)”

1. Donald Campbell Says:
   June 13th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

   What a interesting story.It is a good reminder that poker is a great social game.

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