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Whenever anyone busts out of a BARGE tournament, they are given a round of applause—-not as an ironic gesture, but as a thank-you for participating in BARGE. Many players also bring a "bust-out gift," which they give to the player who busted them. These are typically small, memorable tokens, but have
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The winner of the No-Limit tournament is traditionally tasked with designing a set of chips for next year's BARGE, with some sort of commemorative design. These chip sets are then sold the next year. The BARGE Chip
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BARGE is the progenitor of all the other annual "ARG" events, including ATLARGE (held in
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