2006 July 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In poker, it’s common to see pros covering up to keep from revealing their emotions and tipping their hands. Phil “Unabomber” Laak hides his head in a sweatshirt hood.

LAS VEGAS—-July 6, 2006–Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. said the third season of the popular World Series of Poker Circuit® will include 11 tournament stops that will bring high-stakes poker action and excitement to players at nine Harrah’s-operated casinos around the country.

LAS VEGAS — In poker, it’s common to see pros covering up to keep from revealing their emotions and tipping their hands. Phil “Unabomber” Laak hides his head in a sweatshirt hood.

In poker, it’s common to see pros covering up to keep from revealing their emotions and tipping their hands.

A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist has demonstrated that you don’t necessarily need to know much about poker to create a computer program that can play a winning hand of Texas Hold’Em. A knowledge of game theory, not the specialized expertise of a human poker player, is at the heart of the poker robot called GS1 developed by Tuomas Sandholm, director of Carnegie Mellon’s

A local child need your help and a poker run is one way organizers hope to raise some money. It is set for this weekend at the Players Nite Club on State Route 60 just outside of Duncan Falls. Proce…

While Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better does not have quite the following of Texas Hold’em, there was certainly a large audience for today’s final table. Stars such as Phil Hellmuth, Eric Lindgren, John Bonetti, and T.J. Cloutier…