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A Couple’s Journey from Online Poker Final Table to Wedding Bells

With 107 players returning to the Rio for Day 2 of the $565 Pot Limit Omaha, Houston's Jim Hademenos, 60, sat among the top 10 stacks in the field. A longtime poker fan who's been coming to the World Series of Poker for several years, his journey to the WSOP this summer began with a marriage three months ago that literally played out on the poker felt – and proved to be quite a crazy hand he and his new wife were dealt.

The Meeting

On New Year's Eve 2014, Sara Hademenos, 52, sat in front of her computer.