For a while Saturday, it looked as if Warrant Officer James P. Morris might pull off the improbable — a successful defense of his 2007 U.S. Army No-Limit Texas Hold 'em championship.

Morris, 26, who grew up in Port Chester, N.Y., won the Army's first-ever worldwide poker competition last spring. Against the odds, he advanced again this year to the championship online final table before a run of lousy cards doomed him to a fifth-place finish.

"The final table was horri ...

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