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“Competition from state lotteries, Indian casinos and riverboat gaming – along with pressure from animal-rights groups – have cut into greyhound profits. And consumer tastes are changing; witness the proliferation of televised poker tournaments on various networks.
Before meeting with the Figueroas on Friday, I asked 30-year-old Bradenton resident Troy Bailey why he prefers the action inside Sarasota’s One-Eyed Jacks Card Room to wagering on canine competitors giving their all on the dirt oval.
“In poker, you can use your own skills and abilities,” Bailey explained. “If you play well, you’re consistently going to win, and if you play poorly, you’re going to lose.
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“Law enforcement authorities contend poker tournaments that are advertised, and held for profit and not for the benefit of a licensed charitable organization, are illegal.
No charges have been filed against Burns, who contends his poker tournaments are not illegal.
In an interview, Burns confirmed that he operated the card games but said he violated no state law. He contends that face-to-face poker tournaments are not illegal in Pennsylvania because poker is a game of skill, not chance.
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Categories: Legal · News
“For anyone stuck on a casino stool, playing hours of video poker, rest assured: humans can still beat a computer.
Phil Laak pitting his poker skills against a software program. Mr. Laak, working with a partner, Ali Eslami, won two rounds out of three.
But computers may soon dominate on the felt-top table, as they have on the chessboard.
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Categories: Academic · Computers · News · PokerBot
“Hal Lubarsky stares down at the table as he is dealt his cards, a young guy in a baseball cap leans forward and whispers into his ear. Is this a friend on the rail, passing along a possible tell he noticed about another player, or just passing on words of encouragement? Is he stopping to say hello? Are they making dinner plans for later?
No, the young guy is telling him what cards he has been dealt, because Lubarsky is unable to see them for himself. He is blind, and he is playing in the main event at the World Series of Poker.
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Categories: News · WSOP
“I’ve lost you. Shouldn’t this article be in the Features section? Or next to sudoku? Poker is clearly not a sport.
Why not? The sports desk dictionary (the cover and pages up to “Alabama” have fallen off due to overuse, so forgive me for not being able to tell the edition) defines “sport” as “an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often taking a competitive form”. Poker fits.
Other definitions might require a “sport” to involve physical exertion, which some would claim rules poker out. On the contrary, there are few sports that require the stamina, physically and mentally, necessary to beat 8000 poker players.”
The Herald (07/09/07)
Categories: News · Sport · WSOP
“By making the case for poker as a skill, aficionados hope to roll back the law, and even win the game newfound freedoms in states where wagering on poker is currently banned. Poker has been on a tear for years in the U.S. and is “rampant, in a good way,” among Harvard law students, Prof. Nesson says. Poker-players-turned-celebrities vie for million-dollar purses on ESPN and the Travel Channel. Millions of Americans now play the game with some regularity. The Department of Labor last year recognized “professional poker player” as an official occupation. Even Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who sent his regrets for the Harvard session, plays in a regular game.”
Wall Street Journal (05/03/07)
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