Harvard Law Charters First Student Poker Society as Nationwide Network Forms on Large Campuses

An initiative at Harvard Law School to promote poker strategy as a learning tool has prompted students at several top universities to form poker clubs in preparation for a national collegiate team tournament and conference next year, among other activities designed to promote the educational benefits of poker in a university setting.

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