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Did Roman Abramovich lose $500,000 yacht at poker?

May 6, 2009

The Italian Press are reporting that Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich lost one of his $500,000 yachts in a game of poker last week.
Apparently Abramovich has become quite a serious (although apparently not too good) poker player recently, and lost the yacht in a Spanish poker game last week, after watching his football team Chelsea play [...]

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Poker officially recognised as a sport

April 28, 2009

Poker is now an officially recognised sport in Russia, and poker clubs are springing up all over the country.

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