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Computers have figured out how to win at chess, checkers and tic-tac-toe, and now, a computer program has conquered the game of poker. A research team led by Michael Bowling, a professor of computer science at the University of Alberta in Canada, …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Professional poker player Dan Bilzerian and a friend are due for arraignment in a Las Vegas courtroom on felony explosives charges alleging they illegally blew up the cab of a tractor-trailer with a homemade bomb in the desert …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for flamboyant poker pro Dan Bilzerian says he hopes to reach a plea deal and avoid trial for Bilzerian and a friend on felony charges that they illegally blew up the cab of a tractor-trailer with a homemade bomb in the …

The sheer feat of a program that's essentially solved a type of poker has computer scientists in a tizzy. Unlike other games that have been completely solved such as checkers or Connect Four, where every past action is laid clear on the game board …

The new computer programme, Sepheus, was developed by Canadian scientists, and programmed to play 24trillion simulated poker hands per second over a period of two months, ultimately meaning that it has played more poker than all of humanity.

Earlier this week we reported that high-stakes poker pro Paul Phua, 50, and his son Darren, 23 – two of the Macau men previously arrested for their involvement in a World Cup betting scam – were seeking the removal of a court order that prohibited them …

The program considered 24 trillion simulated poker hands per second for two months, probably playing more poker than all humanity has ever experienced, says Michael Bowling, who led the project. The resulting strategy still won't win every game because …

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada — (CNN) — Poker players like to read another player's tell. That's the thing an opponent does that gives away the quality of cards he is holding. Well, you can't read Cepheus, and you can't beat it. You wanna take on the …

While I feel as if I have a solid grasp on how to play fundamentally sound poker, too often I've been calling with good (but second-best) hands when my opponents have been willing to put all of their money into the pot. I have been working hard to plug …

In lieu of our regularly scheduled programming (AKA Five Thoughts), it's once again time to make a few predictions. In 2014, after smashing eight softies over the centerfield wall in the previous year, we really upped the ante. In turn, we only hit on …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge says a Malaysian businessman and his son can't play poker at Las Vegas casinos while they await a ruling on whether the FBI illegally entered their hotel suites to investigate what prosecutors say was a $13 million illegal …

But, as he reports in a paper in this week's Science, Michael Bowling of the University of Alberta has come close enough to solving a version of poker called Heads-Up Limit Hold'Em (HULHE) that a player armed with his strategy can virtually guarantee …

Built with the precise goal to attract recreational players and semi-pros, each of the 2015 Everest Poker Live events in the schedule will evolve around a €300 Deepstack Main Event that the poker room believes will give everyone the opportunity to …

“Even if you played 60 million hands of poker for 70 years, 12 hours a day, and never made any mistakes, you still wouldn't be able to say with statistical confidence you were better than this program,” said study author and computer scientist Michael …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the first phase of the introduction of a new generic top-level domain for one of the world's favorite card games: “dot POKER” or .POKER. The first phase is the “sunrise” …

A great poker film comes around as infrequently as a straight flush over quad aces. The allure of gambling is easy to understand but difficult to quantify. The peaks and valleys are so emotionally internal that most cinematic attempts to codify them …

The arrest of several prominent Macau poker personalities for their involvement in a World Cup betting scam was PokerNews' No. 7 story of 2014, but for two of those involved — high-stakes poker pro Paul Phua, 50, and his son Darren, 23 — the story …

If you have been waiting to know whether you could book yourself a nice trip to sunny Spain and combine your holidays with some good poker, then you have been served. PokerStars has just announced the stops for Season 6 of the Estrellas Poker Tour …