Video poker is as much about playing as it is about learning
Batavia Sun – Practice may not make perfect in video poker, but can spring some surprises on you. I got a surprise of my own recently as I was practicing my strategy on Not So Ugly Deuces Wild. It’s a game I hadn’t played in some time, but I was planning a day at

THINGS TO DO
Leaf Chronicle – 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. University Poker Tour Free Texas Hold ‘Em at The Pinnacle, 430 Warfield Blvd. 647-2695. 4 p.m. Free Texas Hold ‘Em at Cherries Bar and Grill, 808 S Riverside Drive. 802-2751. 8 p.m. “Chicago” at the Roxy Regional

Understanding Pot Odds in Online Texas Hold Em
Gambling 911 – If you’re not playing with an awareness of pot odds, then you will certainly become a very popular player in your poker room of choice! A knowledge of pot odds in online Texas Hold Em alone won’t make you a World Series caliber payer, but if you’re

Motor racing-McLaren knew Ferrari secrets in March, says Todt
Reuters UK – The Frenchman told the Ferrari Web site (www.ferrariworld.com) that the situation was like “playing a hand of poker with a rival who already knows what cards you are holding.” Speaking “in the cold light of day” after championship leaders McLaren went

City opens inquiry into video gambling
Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Luck could be running out for businesses illegally operating video gambling machines in Arlington. The city has begun investigating 50 businesses that are believed to have video poker machines and the casino-style slot machines known as eight- liners

Humans beat the machines at poker
ITnews – Humans take on computer in poker tournament Humans created 161 exabytes of data in 2006 IPod vending machines land at airports, hotels Robot poker player ups the ante Hackers beat the pirates Human poker players have won by a narrow margin in the

Humans Win Man-Vs.-Computer Poker Test
PC Magazine – While computers have the edge over humans in chess, the first man-vs.-machine poker championship is over, with a pair of humans taking the crown. Sponsored by the University of Alberta in Canada, the test pitted two top poker players, Phil Laak and

SHARE PHOTOS
MSNBC – With the World Series of Poker and its main event in full swing, it’s time to think poker. Do you think you can make anyone fold their hand when you have nothing but rags? Then you must have one heckuva poker face. Send us your best shots, and we’ll

‘Provincial first’
Regina Leader-Post – The bar checks occurred on the same weekend as a poker run involving Hells Angels members, police said. According to the Saskatchewan Motorcycle Association Web site, the Red and White Poker Run was scheduled to leave and return to Regina locations on

62nd place in world poker tourney not too shabby
Batavia Sun – Jeff Tunkel likes to play poker, and after last week, his interest paid off with big dividends. The 25-year-old Naperville resident placed 62nd out of 6,358 players in the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas. His four-and-a-half day run

Shannon Elizabeth deals herself in for poker match
News.com.au – VISITING American Pie actor-turned professional poker player Shannon Elizabeth arrived in Melbourne yesterday from Los Angeles, wasting no time seeing the sights of Melbourne. Elizabeth is here to plat in the Victorian Poker Championship, which

Laak-Eslami Team Defeats Polaris in Man-Machine Poker Championship
Poker News – Poker professionals Phil Laak and Ali Eslami have defeated a poker-playing computer program dubbed Polaris in the “First Man-Machine Poker Championship.” The two-day, four-session match took place at the annual meeting of the Association for the

No trial in the Hurricane Katrina mercy killings.
Slate – 500 billion possible positions shows it can’t be beaten. Hype : 1) Checkers has lost all suspense, just like tic-tac-toe. 2) Humans will never beat computers at it. 3) We’ll stop playing altogether. 4) Next, computers will conquer chess and poker.

Humans win tense poker match against computer
CBC News – In what scientists are dubbing the first man-versus-machine poker championship, two professional poker players beat a University of Alberta poker-playing software program called Polaris in Vancouver. The tournament began on Monday and ended late

Washington’s Hidden Taxes
Forbes – You might want to brush up on tax rules as well as your poker skills. Even if you have a net loss at the table, you’re still taxed on your winnings. Yes, you can list your losses as a miscellaneous itemized deduction–but you can’t deduct more than

Lee downs Miyazato for Match Play crown
Miami Herald – I liked putting here because the greens were fast and true.” “She played really good and had a good poker face,” Miyazato said of Kim. “I just tried to focus on my own game.” Miyazato, who won the 2005 LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, was denied

Police: Kids Left In Car While Dad Plays Poker
News Channel 2000 – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville father said he’s very remorseful about leaving his two young children in a car while he played a few hands of poker inside the St. Johns Greyhound Park. Police arrested Terrence Davis on Wednesday on charges of

Poker As a Game of Skill: Interview With Congressman Robert Wexler
Poker News – In part one of our interview with Congressman Robert Wexler yesterday, we discussed the piece of legislation that he recently introduced into Congress. In part two of the interview, Wexler talks about the process that must be undertaken to get bills

Upstart Yang captures World Series of Poker
Baltimore Sun – LAS VEGAS – Jerry Yang pounced when he sensed weakness. When he needed outside help, his prayers were answered. Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist from Temecula, Calif., began playing poker only two years ago, but he quickly jumped from eighth in chips

NBA had eye on ref
New York Daily News – Anstey told the investigator – who said she worked for a local firm hired by the NBA – that Donaghy bet on golf games, neighborhood poker games and at an Atlantic City casino. The prober never asked Anstey whether Donaghy bet on pro basketball games.

Poker-playing computer takes on human aces
Guardian Unlimited – A showdown pitting human brains against artificial intelligence is to go ahead this evening when two professional poker players take on a computer in the world’s first such man-machine challenge. Phil Laak and Ali Eslami will play Polaris, the most

Chips were down for poker champion
Sydney Morning Herald – A 31-YEAR-OLD player with just $250 to his name is $300,000 richer after winning one of the world’s largest poker tournaments last night. Rodney Davidson’s financial situation was so dire his car was on the verge of being repossessed when he won the

Two people, restaurant, indicted in alleged gambling scheme
Portsmouth Herald – Richard Deangelis, owner of the Happy Clam Bar and Grill in Hampton, faces a felony gambling charge, over allegations he made an $80 video poker payout to an undercover police officer last year. Patricia Barry, who worked as a bartender at the Happy

Concerned father spreads word about water safety
Miami Herald – He hopes to get a boost from a charity poker tournament this Friday at the Carolina Country Club in Margate. Professional poker star Kathy Liebert, is flying in from Las Vegas as a celebrity guest, Miller said. Once produced, the brochure and the

CNBC Report on The 2007 World Series of Poker Now Up
Gambling 911 – A media piece that aired Tuesday night on CNBC’s “On The Money” featured – for a brief moment anyway – Gambling911.com Publisher, Christopher Costigan. The report focused on the 2007 World Series of Poker, how it has become such a mega event, but was

Internet producing a new breed of poker star
MSNBC – The future of poker isn t hunkered down in a smoky card room in the back of roadside tavern. It s not wearing a weathered face, chewing on a cigar and glaring lightning bolts from beneath a 10 gallon hat. The future of poker is fresh-faced and

ON POKER
Houston Chronicle – Q-9 and J-8 aren’t exactly monster hands. In fact, these two hands should come with a warning label because they could cost you all of your chips. I’m referring to situations where you end up with a straight but lose to a higher straight. Let’s say

World Series Poker player finishes in top 3 percent
Villages Daily Sun – THE VILLAGES Doing something for 16 hours straight would be quite exhausting except for sleeping. Piedmont resident Jerry Kane recently spent four straight days, averaging 12 consecutive hours a day, doing what he loves most. Two days

Calif. psychologist Yang wins World Series of Poker in Las Vegas
KRNV – LAS VEGAS (AP) – A 39-year-old psychologist from Temecula, California, has won the World Series of Poker’s main event in Las Vegas. Jerry Yang won the $8.25 million top prize a little before 4 am this morning (Pacific time). That was almost 16 hours

macon.com MIDDAY UPDATE: California psychologistwins World Series of
Macon Telegraph – Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist who uses his professional training in his card-playing arsenal, won the $8.25 million top prize this morning at the World Series of Poker. Yang vaulted quickly from eighth to the chip lead soon after play began

July 16: Female poker star on the rise
MSNBC – Maria Ho has just had the time of her life, picking up a spectacular $237,865 prize money for her 38th place finish amongst the field of 6,358 starters in this year s World Series of Poker main event. But what garnered her the most attention was

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Hays Daily News – Eds: RETRANSMITS to FIX slug. With BC-World Series of Poker-Finishers, BC-World Series of Poker-Main Event Glance, BC-World Series of Poker. By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — In no-limit Texas Hold ‘em, the game played at the main event of

Gold was sued by his friend Crispin Leyser
MSNBC – Defending champion Jamie Gold was unable to advance past the first day of the World Series of Poker main event. His ouster, along with that of several other high-profile players during each of the four opening days, illustrates just how difficult it

Sole survivor: Yang takes World Series of Poker, $8.25M
CBS Sportsline – LAS VEGAS — Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist from Temecula, Calif., won the main event of the World Series of Poker and its $8.25 million top prize. Yang, who said he uses his professional training and reads of players as a weapon, vaulted