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- ↑ "Marlon Manalo Wins 2005 Texas Hold 'Em Billiards". AZ Billiards. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ "Johnny Archer Wins 2007 Texas Hold Em Billiards". AZ Billiards. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
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