Nearly One Million Won at WSOP
Event 46 has wrapped up at the 2008 World Series of Poker, playing now in Las Vegas, and the winner takes home nearly one million dollars. The victory goes to Joe Commisso, who took down Event #46, a $5,000 buy in, No Limit Holdem Six Handed tournament. His prize of $911,855 came along with a coveted gold WSOP bracelet, a tangible sign of greatness in the poker world…
Freddy Deeb Won’t Repeat at WSOP This Year
Playing in the much hyped $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at this year’s World Series of Poker is Freddy Deeb, the winner of the same event last year. Deeb will not repeat his win this year as he was eliminated on Day Two of the event along with many fellow pros, such as Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Mike Sexton…
Poker Playing Robot Dog
Using a discontinued robot puppy pal, students from Griffith University have decided you can teach an old dog new tricks, and in this case it’s all about playing poker. The poker playing dog is a Sony Artificial Intelligence Robot (AIBO), and they called the project MiPal AIBO Texas Hold ‘Em. The dog has a few tricks of its own: it will wag its tail when it has a good hand, but it may also wag its tail in order to bluff…
New Poker Book on Winning Poker Tournaments
According to a recent press release, a new poker book is out just in time to help the hopeful win a tournament at the World Series of Poker, going on now in Las Vegas. The book, “Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, Volume 1″ is from Dimat Enterprises, Inc and was penned by three top poker pros: Eric Lynch, Jon Turner, and Jon Van Fleet. According to the press release, the first book in the series will look at the beginning and mid way stages of poker tournament play…