Professional poker players can get rich overnight by competing in major events in casinos or playing poker online.
Elezra’s propensity for poker and gambling seemingly comes by way of heredity. His father, a postal worker, gambled away his meager earnings in games of stud poker at the Mahane Yehuda market.
The Israeli Poker Community welcomed the news, seeing it as a possible loosening on the tight noose around its neck.
Currently, poker is not permitted, because in the past it was considered gambling. Poker players were subject to a year in prison and organizers of poker tournaments to three.
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