Poker AI “Libratus” Soul-Crushes Humans

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Time to pack it in. The only hurdle left for computers to overcome in order to take over the Earth is sentience. This week, the Libratus Poker AI, developed by Tuomas Sandholm and Noam Brown at Carnegie Mellon University, completed a total destruction of four professional poker players in heads-up No-Limit Hold’em. This comes just… Read more »

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PokerStars Introducing “Seat Me” to Combat Bumhunters

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If you play online poker or have at least been keeping up with poker news, you know that over the last few years, online poker rooms and networks have made a concerted effort to make their games more appealing to recreational players by implementing features that strip away advantages from professionals (aside from actual poker… Read more »

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Virginia Poker Bill Passes Senate Committee, Full Senate Vote Coming

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Facing increased competition from surrounding states, the Commonwealth of Virginia appears to be slowly making its way toward legalizing at least some sort of brick-and-mortar gambling. On Monday, a bill which would legalize poker and authorize the regulation of poker tournaments passed through committee. The bill will likely be voted upon this week. The bill,… Read more »

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Super High Roller Bowl to Return in 2017

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Although they have ceased operations as a “cable television station,” Poker Central still exists as a streaming outlet online. With this in mind, the online site is moving forward with their seminal event, the Super High Roller Bowl, which will follow in much the same manner as last year’s tournament. From May 28-31 (just prior… Read more »

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Humans Being Drubbed By “Libratus” At Halfway Mark

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At the halfway mark of the rematch between professional poker players and a poker-playing computer program, the program – known as “Libratus” – is drubbing the professionals in a Pennsylvania casino. As the two sides prepare to enter the ninth day of competition, “Libratus” (programmed by the computer scientists at the Carnegie Mellon School of… Read more »

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2017 PokerStars TCOOP Underway

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The PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) began Monday and will stuff 65 tournaments into just a dozen days through January 29th. There will be $15 million in prize pool guarantees, $2.5 million of which will be in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event on the final day of the 2017 TCOOP. PokerStars sought… Read more »

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Big Weekend Events for 2017 WSOP Announced

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The World Series of Poker continues to trickle out details of the schedule for this year’s WSOP. Last week, the schedule what the WSOP calls its “flagship weekend anchor events” was announced. The 2017 WSOP will run May 30th through July 17th, meaning that there are six weekends available during the Series. It appears that… Read more »

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Nevada Sports Books Take Beating During NFL Playoffs

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The NFL is down to its final four teams: the Pittsburgh Steelers face the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game and MY Green Bay Packers will head down to Atlanta to take on the Falcons in the NFC Championship Game. Up until Sunday night, when the Packers and Steelers won games that went… Read more »

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