On Friday Andrew Smith, a popular blogger for the Dallas News, published an article title "Will computer programs destroy online poker? Probably."
The article referred to a recent competition where Polaris, a poker bot made by the University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group, beat several Stoxpoker.com pros in a series of heads-up matches.
This was in stark contrast to the competition a year ago where Phil Laak beat a poker bot after a heads-up competition that lasted...
Of the 8,000 adults surveyed by the U.K. Gambling Commission as of June 2008 a total of 8.8% said they had participated in at least one form of remote gambling (through a computer, mobile phone or interactive/digital TV) in the previous month. This is the same percentage the study found in 2007.
The 2005 U.K. Gambling Act, which somewhat ironically went into effect Sept. 1, 2007, made casinos more accessible and gave gambling organizations the ability to buy TV advertisements. Many...
Espinar topped a field of 351 players, the second-largest on the LAPT so far, en route to claiming the Punta del Este title. Among those he busted on the way to the final table was Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso, who left in 10th place when her nines couldn't beat Espinar's pocket aces.
Once the final table began, Espinar kept up his winning ways. On just the third hand of...
After three days of play and a grueling final table, Jose Miguel Espinar found himself atop the field at the end of the PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour Punte del Este championship, adding an LAPT win to his PokerStars Caribbean......