Ken Rabideau

Texas Hold ’em poker, in Ken Rabideau’s mind, is one part skill and one part luck.

You have to play your hands correctly, but in the end, you’ve got to get the cards.

Rabideau, a local mortgage broker, tried last week for the second time to make it to the finals of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Rabideau only made it to the first day’s evening session last Thursday.

His World Series of Poker quest began innocently for Rabideau four years ago.

“I got into a tournament at the Sahara (in Las Vegas),” he said. “Just by luck, I finished fifth.”