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I've been down in Hastings much of this week watching the murder trial of Thanh "Tony" Quan Tran. It's a fascinating case, ripe with sex, gambling, and violence. Tran met Laura Xiong out at Canterbury Park. They gambled and screwed and ran up huge debts. Then they allegedly conspired to kill Xiong's husband for an $850,000 life-insurance policy.
Speaking of Canterbury, the Fall Poker Classic gets underway out there tomorrow. There are 15 events over the next two weeks, with buy-ins ranging from $100 to $1,000. The big event is the $1,000 buy-in, no-limit hold-em tournament, with $100,000 in payouts guaranteed.
I'm a little too poor to properly participate. But I'm going to head out there tomorrow morning and see if I can win my way into an event or two via a $40 satellite tournament.
Posted by Paul Demko at September 17, 2004 12:03 PM
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