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Study finds poker players using drugs to enhance performance

A Nova Southeastern University study recently presented at a national conference found that 80 percent of poker players around the world reported using drugs and other substances to enhance their performance in poker.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online poker advocates lobby Congress to lift federal ban

Poker players are gambling on Congress seeing things their way.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 9




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Caesars CEO: Poker indictments present opportunity

(AP) -- Federal indictments targeting the three largest online poker companies present an opportunity for the United States to fully legalize and regulate the $6 billion industry, the chief executive of the world's largest ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prosecutions turn online poker into a shaky bet

(AP) -- America's multibillion-dollar run at the online poker tables has been interrupted by what could be a killer hand: federal prosecutions of the three biggest websites.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Online social game star Zynga adds new lure

The startup behind hit online social games Farmville, Zynga Poker, and Mafia Wars ramped up the pay-off for its more than 250 million players.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video game site lets players bet on their skills

(AP) -- Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Man versus machine poker re-match

Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Poker program goes full-tilt this weekend

Poker professionals Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Ali Eslami might have some trouble honing in on a tell from their latest opponent - Polaris.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 23, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Physicist's Guide to Texas Hold 'Em

(PhysOrg.com) -- What are the odds that poker can be explained by statistical physics, much the same as a variety of other complex systems? They’re pretty good, according to physicist Clément Sire of ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 04, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (110) | comments 0 feature

University of Alberta program wins computer poker championship

The World Series of Poker wraps up later this week in Las Vegas, but a team of researchers from the University of Alberta has already won the de facto world poker championship for computers at the American Association of ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 08, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (20) | comments 0


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