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Poker (or Magic: The Gathering) Will Be the Next Game We Lose to DeepMind
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Go-playing humanity has suffered a decisive defeat: On Tuesday night, Google's artificial neural network AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, the best Homo sapiens had to offer, completing a four-to-one series that felt one-sided from the start. Go joins checkers …

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Grand Prix Poker Tour
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Dusk Till Dawn has done some great work this year for the grass roots poker scene. The Grand Prix Poker Tour seems to be a great success so far. For a $109 buy in, players are able to get a chance to play a multi-day event with the same sort of feel as …

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Inspired by Martin Jacobson, William Luciano Wins Chicago Poker Classic for …
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William Luciano won the 2016 Chicago Poker Classic Main Event for $254,892, topping a field of 736 in the $2,000 buy-in event held at Horseshoe Hammond. He drew inspiration from a certain recent World Series of Poker Main Event winner when he was …

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Poker Central's $300K Buy-In Sells Out, With Many Of The World's Top Pros …
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Las Vegas-based Poker Central, a 24/7 TV network devoted to all things poker, announced Monday that the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl has reached its 49-player cap. The high-stakes event drew 43 players last year. The $300,000 buy-in event, now in its …

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Amaya swings to loss in Q4 as new vertical gains contribute to poker decline
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amaya-loss-poker-casino Canadian online gambling operator Amaya Gaming posted a net loss in Q4 2015 thanks to the declining Canadian dollar and the cost of diversifying beyond its flagship online poker operations. Amaya lost C$15.8m in Q4, a dramatic …

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Google's AI Beats Top Go Player is Poker Next?
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Google's AlphaGo beats one of the world's top players in the ancient Chinese board game Go, prompting the question as to whether the program could also beat games of imperfect information like no-limit poker? 10-months ago the quartet of Bjorn Li, Dong …

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Poker Loss: The 5 Stages of Grief
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At every level of the game, poker players suffer losses. In free-play online poker or at a home game, losses may be easier to handle by forgetting, letting go, or learning from the situations. But at higher stakes, where significant money, not to …

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Wolfsburg forward Max Kruse fined £20000…for leaving £60000 poker winnings …
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The German forward had a decent night at the poker table but on the way home managed to leave €75,000 (£60,000) in the back of the taxi on the way home. Oops! Wolfsburg 's reaction to finding this out? They FINED HIM €25,000 for the trouble, according …

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More is always better with your poker data records
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A kid with increasingly expensive demands and a complete unplugging of the old, unregulated online poker world that allowed me to make money in my pajamas put a pretty major dent in my poker time. But it's always there, ready to add another chapter.

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A Look at the Global Poker League's Rome Emperors and Montreal Nationals
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Pescatori has four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets to his name, each in a different variant. In 2006, Pescatori won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for a career-best score of $682,389. He won the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha event two years …

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Max Kruse leaves €75000 poker winnings in a taxi and is then fined €25000 by …
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Wolfsburg have fined forward Max Kruse the €25,000 after he accidentally left poker winnings amounting to €75,000 in the back of a taxi. According to Bild, Kruse won the money at a World Series Poker tournament in Berlin back in mid-October after …

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Christopher Stephan Leads Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Main Event Going into Day 2
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The Card Player Poker Tour Wynn $1,600 No-Limit Hold'em $500,000 Guarantee Main Event began March 11 and concludes March 15 with the crowing of the first CPPT Champion of Season IV. The main event drew a total of 499 players and the prize pool …

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What The Global Poker League Can Learn From The XFL
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People have been complaining that entrepreneur Alex Dreyfus hasn't revealed all the details about his Global Poker League project. However, I compared the GPL's decision to slowly trickle out information and keep some of its innovations close to the …

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Online Poker and Custom Poker Chips Sensory Deprivation
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Ever since I stumbled upon the existence of online poker sites in 2002, I've been primarily an online player. Sure, I'll play in occasional home games with my buddies. And I'll visit casino poker rooms from time to time. But for the most part, I play …

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Christopher Stephen Leads Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Main Event Going into Day 2
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The Card Player Poker Tour Wynn $1,600 No-Limit Hold'em $500,000 Guarantee Main Event began March 11 and concludes March 15 with the crowing of the first CPPT Champion of Season IV. The main event drew a total of 499 players and the prize pool …

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Sheriff's Posse benefit poker tournament Saturday
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The annual Sheriff's Posse Texas Hold 'Em Tournament fundraiser will hit the VFW Hall, 329 Douglas St., to help support the Jackson County Sheriff's Mounted Posse, and Posse 100 organizations. The $50 donation includes one buy-in, appetizers and two …

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Poker in Russia Booming with 28 Million Supporters Despite Legal Uncertainty
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Following the news that Russian officials are considering regulating the poker industry, the International Business Times (IBT) published details of a poll which suggested that 20 percent of the country's 143 million residents currently play the game …

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Why The Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Wants Nothing To Do With Online Poker
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When daily fantasy sports started running into problems in the fall of last year, some proponents of online poker thought the two industries might start working together for legal clarity and regulation. That hope was misplaced, however; the online …

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