15 Aug 06
Improved poker-playing computer unveiled
fftimes.com -- If the crew of “2001: A Space Odyssey” needed to defeat evil supercomputer HAL, they should have challenged it to a game of poker. ...
“The skills that make human poker players really good are skills that don’t seem to match well with what computers can do,” said Schaeffer.
“Computers aren’t particularly good at learning, for example, or reasoning by analogy.”
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15 Aug 06
WSOP Golden Boy Signs With Poker Agency
pokernews.com -- Many stories came out of this year's World Series of Poker. The good, the bad, the overachieving – many stories emerged that could catch the public's eye for one reason or another.
Arguably the most compelling was that of Jeff Madsen. Barely 21, Madsen showed a talent that belies his age. ... But, the thing that makes Madsen's story so interesting is that he rode that hot streak to four final tables in three different games.
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14 Aug 06
Luck, Aggressiveness Turn WSOP to Gold
casinocitytimes.com -- To the several thousand poker fans and observers who packed the Rio's convention area Thursday night and early Friday morning, Jamie Gold's World Series of Poker championship was a foregone conclusion.
Of the 236 hands played during almost 12 hours of poker, Gold, a 36-year-old resident of Malibu, Calif., was involved in nearly 75 percent of the action, mostly on the winning side.
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14 Aug 06
Tilly Set to Defend WPT 'Ladies' Night' Title
pokernews.com -- The lineup for the fourth edition of the World Poker Tour's® Ladies' Night tournament is all but set, with Academy Award® nominated actress Jennifer Tilly set to defend the title she won last year against a strong handful of challengers. Tilly's win last year in WPT Ladies' Night III came on the heels of her unexpected triumph in the Ladies' Event at the 2005 WSOP, and cemented her newfound status as one of the best 'celebrity' players in the game.
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14 Aug 06
WSOP: record numbers continue
USAToday.com -- ... This year [Doyle] Brunson was one of 8,773 players in the WSOP's main event, the last of 46 tournaments played over seven weeks at the Rio Suites Hotel & Casino.
"We haven't seen anything yet," Brunson says. "I don't know where it's going to stop. I think in the next 10 years, they might have 50,000 players for the main event."
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14 Aug 06
Oh so close to 11th bracelet
by Phil Helmuth -- Just before writing this, I played for 21 hours straight in the last World Series of Poker (WSOP) event of 2006. We began the one-day event with more than 400 players at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, and it is now — as I write this — 7:40 a.m. on Thursday. I had a fantastic chance to shock the poker world and win my 11th WSOP bracelet — which would have given me the record for the most bracelets (Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson also have 10). With the spotlight on the final day of the main event today at 2 p.m., and the $12 million first place prize, I would have loved to steal a little bit of that thunder!
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11 Aug 06
Gold's Poker Face Wins Him $12 Million
forbes.com -- When Jamie Gold bluffed, his opponents folded. When he had the best hand, they threw in all their chips. With a run of cards, a huge chip stack and an uncanny knack for reading other players, Gold, a talkative former Hollywood talent agent, cajoled his way to victory Friday at the World Series of Poker for the $12 million grand prize.
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11 Aug 06
Final Details of Top 10 at WSOP
PLACE / PLAYER / PRIZE
1 Jamie Gold $12,000,000
2 Paul Wasicka $6,102,499
3 Michael Binger $4,123,310
4 Allen Cunningham $3,628,513
5 Rhett Butler $3,216,182
6 Richard Lee $2,803,851
7 Doug Kim $2,391,520
8 Erik Friberg $1,979,189
9 Dan Nassif $1,566,858
10 Fred Goldberg $1,154,527
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11 Aug 06
Gold grabs the cash in WSOP
chron.com -- When it was done in the wee small hours of this morning, when World Series of Poker commissioner Jeffrey Pollack had presented the jeweled bracelet and the $12 million in cash that goes to the world champion of no-limit Texas Hold'em poker, the only real surprise was that the recipient -- brash, mouthy, outspoken Jamie Gold of Malibu, Calif. -- suddenly morphed into such a modest, understated champion.
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11 Aug 06
Gold Pulls Away at WSOP
forbes.com -- Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold took out the first two players at the final table of the World Series of Poker on Thursday, extending his chip lead to more than double the nearest competitor.
Gold's chip stack swelled to 39 million by the second break, while tournament pro Allen Cunningham slipped from second place into fourth with 11.8 million. Richard Lee was in second with 17.6 million.
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10 Aug 06
Players, Fans Eye Long Day
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Poker professional Mike Matusow has some advice for the nine players at today's final table of the World Series of Poker, as well as for the hundreds of fans making the trek over to the Rio to watch the action: Go heavy on the Red Bull and pop a few NoDoz pills, because you're in for a long night.
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10 Aug 06
A safe bet for ESPN
chron.com -- Norman Chad is bewildered, too. Not that he's complaining, but ...
Why would anybody watch a sporting event on TV weeks after it was held, and everybody knows who won, and by how much?
That's just what happens each year when ESPN shows the World Series of Poker — over and over and over — weeks after it's over.
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09 Aug 06
WSOP: Who is Jamie Gold?
gambling911.com -- With a $13 million chip lead, Jamie Gold has been dominating the 2006 World Series of Poker main event tournament these past few days with the next biggest chip leading being Erik Friberg with almost $8 million at press time.
So who is Jamie Gold?
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09 Aug 06
Opulence, Poker and Large Bar Bills!
uk.pokernews.com -- With half the poker-playing population evidently swarming around Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker, the proprietors of the countless number of casinos and entertainment joints up and down The Strip and beyond are counting the dollars flashing before their eyes.
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09 Aug 06
WSOP Final Table Decided
casinotimes.co.uk - The seating at the final table are:
1 - Richard Lee - 11,820,000 chips
2 - Erik Friberg - 9,605,000 chips
3 - Paul Wasicka - 7,970,000 chips
4 - Dan Nassif - 2,600,000 chips
5 - Allen Cunningham - 17,770,000 chips
6 - Michael Binger - 3,140,000 chips
7 - Doug Kim - 6,770,000 chips
8 - Jamie Gold - 26,650,000 chips
9 - Rhett Butler - 4,815,000 chips
The final will start at 10PM Thursday, UK time.
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08 Aug 06
PokerWire: Day 6 Chip Counts
"With 27 players remaining, the average chip count is about 3.25 million. Jamie Gold leads the field with 13 million. The two big names still alive are Jeffrey Lisandro (3.75 million) and Allen Cunningham (2.65 million)."
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08 Aug 06
WSOP - Top Three Leaders Are All Jewish
eog.com - The Word Series of Poker has finished this evening, with play to resume tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon, August 8, at 3 PM EST.
There are 27 participants remaining.
The top three positions are currently held by players who appear to be of Jewish descent.
"Crushing Hezbollah is not like ordering pizza. It takes time," Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser told a news conference in Jerusalem today.
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08 Aug 06
Live From WSOP: Winners, Losers, etc.
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg): Peter Alson, a native New Yorker and poker lifer, has never won a big-time event. He has other gifts, however, chief among them the ability to write winningly about the game.
"Take Me to the River: A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker" chronicles his 2005 trip to Vegas for the series. He had hoped to win enough money to pay for his wedding, as well as summon the courage to go through with the nuptials, having spent most of his 50 years as a commitment- phobic bachelor.
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07 Aug 06
WSOP: 69 Players Left - Gold Widens Lead
"As of 9:15 PM EST Sunday Night, Jamie Gold had more than a 1 million chip lead over his closest competitor.
Jamie Gold, 36, is a former Hollywood agent for Felicity Huffman, 'Desperate Housewives' and 'The Sopranos' star James Gandolfini."
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07 Aug 06
Will Congress Cripple Internet Poker?
"The U.S. House of Representatives has just approved a bill, HR 4411, which, if the Senate and President agree, will create the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. If the bill becomes law, online poker will be changed forever."
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