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It was the final table at the World Series of Pokers Atlantic City circuit event, and Mimi Tran was playing tight. As usual for the final table, the game was No-Limit Texas Holdem, and Tran had stayed out of the majority of pots, seeking the right hand to make an aggressive move.

People do silly things in the name of momentum. Baseball players will turn their hats inside out, and wear them that way in order to keep a rally going. Hockey players will shun razors and clean underwear if their playoff momentum carries them from one opponent to another, poker players, well, should just keep playing. Like it or not, momentum is a very real phenomenon that seems to follow a special set of rules of its own.