A technologically significant poker match is going down right now in Canada — Phil Laak and Ali Eslami vs. Polaris, a supposedly bad-ass poker bot — for $50,000. This is a scientifically controlled experiment, being played in \”duplicate poker\” format. […]
Julian in Dallas writes back with official (but terse?) information about last night\’s armed poker robbery. Says the DPD vice unit deputy chief: We had an Aggravated Robbery about 12:30 AM, at 13340 Audelia, #108. The offense location is a
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LAS VEGAS–Be sure to check out Tiffany Michelle\’s interview with newly crowned WSOP champ Jerry Yang. I gotta say … seems like a great guy. In this vid, he spells out the details of his poker tithes – to Make-a-Wish,
As the World Series has concluded and the new poker year begins, just like that we get a reminder of some real issues facing poker players in search of a good, honest game. Details are sparse as they filter in
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LAS VEGAS–The WSOP dealers, as mentioned before, were wanting to see Jerry Yang win for the sake of a bigger tip. He couldn\’t have had a reputation as a big tipper — because as a guy playing in his first
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LAS VEGAS–Remember how I was telling you that Full Tilt honchos henchmen weren\’t too excited about the prospects of Jerry Yang winning? Well something must\’ve changed by the time they got heads-up. The players had just gone on break, and
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LAS VEGAS–Tuan Lam moved all-in with AQ, got instacalled by 88. Flop: 5-Q-9 Turn: 7 River: 6
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LAS VEGAS–Raymond Rahme, the first ever African to make a main event final table, just went out (on a questionable play running a quasi-bluff with KK after an ace flopped) … so they\’re heads-up now. \”I made one mistake this
LAS VEGAS–OK, so maybe the Euros didn\’t totally dominate this year as I predicted … and the internet young punks — much to the relief of non-ranting poker traditionalists — couldn\’t quite hack it at the final table. Perhaps all
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LAS VEGAS–Tom\’s doing the live radio broadcast right now on Sirius 119 and Bluff Radio … with ESPN\’s Howard David and Robert Williamson. Go Tom … sorta. Even Howard pointed out that Schneider isn\’t on his \”A-game.\” Considering that I\’ve
