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It's no longer dark smoky rooms or casinos and tuxedoes, poker is everywhere and all kinds of people are playing…

What comes into your head when you think of the game poker? James Bond type characters in their tuxedos sipping dry Martinis? Or maybe dark smoky rooms with shady blokes gambling for real money?

Well, poker may have been like that in the past but today the card game's everywhere and people of all ages and walks of life are having a go.

Poker nights at casinos are more popular than ever, people are playing on their own on-line and more and more of you are sitting round a table to have a game.

BBC Radio Stoke's Mick Tucker went to play a hand with a group of friends swept up in the poker revolution...

last updated: 17/04/2008 at 17:46
created: 03/08/2007

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