Analysis - Poker ace Santos must play smart Colombia re-election cards


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Sep 2013

BOGOTA (Reuters) - As a young business student at the University of Kansas, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos spent many a late night playing low-stakes poker and then invested his early winnings in shares of a pizza company.

"It was just nickel and dime stuff, but he was the man to beat. He was really good and knew how to bluff to win," said old university pal Phil Miller, recalling how Santos' steely face would break into a grin as he revealed a winning hand.

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