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It was just after 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night in Statesville when Brian Curtin took a quick peak at his hole cards. Then he quickly folded his hand.

“Queen-six, offsuit,” he said when asked why he dumped them so hastily.

Curtin was among about two dozen people playing Texas Hold ’Em in an event called World Tavern Poker, which is held Tuesday nights at D’Laney’s Sports Bar and Grill.

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