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Joe Barton: Now, you can get 1,000, 2,000, so anybody with any sense at all who--to use your term, Professor--a recreational poker…

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
Now, you can get 1,000, 2,000, so anybody with any sense at all who--to use your term, Professor--a recreational poker player, you are going to be an absolute idiot to go online and get into a high-dollar poker game.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton warns against recreational players entering high-stakes online poker games.

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