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Utah's All-Time Money Leaders Find Refuge in Southern California

There is not much poker in Utah. In fact, as one of the most conservative states in the country, one that outlaws both live and online poker, the closest place anyone in Utah's urban center can get a poker fix is Wendover, a border town straddling the Utah-Nevada state line that is currently home to two small poker rooms that may have a few low-stakes cash games running at any time.

I know this because I became a poker journalist despite growing up in one of the most unlikely places to cultivate such a career: Utah.