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New year has arrived, and for poker world it's likely to be an interesting one. Here's a look at some of the things I expect to see in 2014.

If it was a winning night there would be Cheshire cat style grins and a wad of notes squeezed underneath her morning coffee mug; and if I had lost there would be nothing but silence.

De Niro could be in line to play the leading role in the movie The Gambling Man - an adaptation of Gary Green's iconic book.

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