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I realize that much has already been said here about the unprecedented overt religiosity shown at this final table--but I had a lot more to say about it. Roughly 2000 words more, in fact. So instead of cramming it all in here, I'll just direct interested readers to my blog, where I posted it:
http://pokergrump.blogspot.com/2007/...ker-table.html
Comments are welcome, here or on my blog.
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That was an entertaining read.
But all the chapter and verse you quoted suggests that you may be more obsessed than the people who were there.
In the middle of a tourney where each hand can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, people do lots of weird things, but its all in the heat of the moment.
Raymond Rahme rooting for baby cards and wanting to kiss Jerry Yang's picture of his kids was just as weird as the praying was.