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As reported by: Big News Network
Alisha Backus, a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Illinois at Springfield, faces an important exam: the College Poker Championship semifinals.

She's one of some 4,500 students who will be in front of their computers Sunday trying to make the cut in an online poker competition that began eight months ago, the Chicago Tribune said.

The game is Texas Hold 'Em and it culminates in a $41,000 scholarship to the winner with the next nine finishers sharing a $53,000 scholarship pool. The finals are set for the following Sunday.

I'm not obsessed like some of the students I see playing all the time, but I could sure use the scholarship, said Backus, who had never played poker before coming to college.


Article By: Big News Network

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