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...Pierre Salinger, in a jet over the Pacific heading for a meeting in Japan, got the words of the shooting via an AP ticker. Some immediately began jotting down notes of their personal impressions-which triggered bitter anger in others. Salinger, stricken to "a semi-coma," quickly organized a poker game, played blindly and madly during the entire nine-hour flight back to Washington, wound up winning $800 and "was appalled...
Under Massachusetts law poker is not illegal, but a player can be prosecuted for collecting winnings over $5. If the loser does not sue within 30 days, anyone else can file charges. The winner can be fined for twice the amount he has collected, but no one has been prosecuted by the state since...
...Harvard administration has quietly indicated to the hard core players that it does not approve of poker. But when asked to stop playing in his room one student merely moved his to a different entry. "What the eye doesn't see the heart won't grieve for," he said, describing Harvard's policy. "As long as it does not interfere with our grades they don't care," he added. In spite of his confidence, a number of Senior Tutors have allegedly been on the rampage...
Some regular poker players do maintain good grades, but a majority have taken leaves-of-absence for one reason or another. As one poker player explained: "These guys have not found anything else here. I was in a play but I didn't like the people. I tried out for the CRIMSON, but didn't like the people around there either. Freshman year I was the Young Republican ward leader for my entry, but that wasn't right. Then I took up poker--and the people are really great. This is the way I've decided to do Harvard...
Another player enthusiastically described the glory of a week at the poker table: "The game starts in the evening and continues on through the night. At 7:30 in the morning when the House dining room opens the players break. We go out into the sun, the white light which sears the eyes. It is the only time we see the sun. After breakfast we go to bed until the evening when the game begins again." For these students poker is not a game. It is a way of life.Julian LevyWheeler Dealers...