Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society is Growing
December 17, 2007
The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), the brainchild of students at Harvard led by law school professor Charles Nesson, is catching on fast around the world, putting forward poker as an educational tool that especially applies to law and business, and also supporting an open education in an open internet, and raising awareness for the legality of poker.
“Poker teaches many lessons that are transferable to the challenges of life, including strategic understanding of risk, resource management and self control,” said Nesson, a tenured professor on the Harvard faculty for close to forty years, and founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center on Internet Law. “Know when to hold’em, and when to fold’em, as the song says.”
The organization also aims to promote the teaching of poker in an attempt to legitimize it, a goal in line with the Poker Players Alliance and other industry organizations.
SPORTINGBET CUTS LOSSES IN FIRST QUARTER
December 12, 2007
Hobday claims good potential for organic growth
British online gambling group Sportingbet plc has announced financial results for its first quarter ended 31 October 2007, reporting a net loss of GBP 1.7 million.
Before charging exceptional items, fair value restatements and amortization, the company reported earnings per share of 0.8 pence, up from 0.3 pence in the same quarter year earlier.
Operating loss for the quarter was GBP 1.6 million, compared to an operating loss of GBP 11.2 million in the same quarter a year ago. Before charging exceptional items, fair value restatements and amortization, the company posted an operating profit of GBP 4.2 million, up 110 percent from GBP 2 million in the same quarter prior year.
The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society Takes Off
December 12, 2007
It’s been two months since the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, or GPSTS, was introduced to members of PocketFives.com. The organization, which focuses on poker as an educational medium, launched back in August and has already made waves within the poker world. In the past 60 days, the GPSTS has held a major conference on their home turf at Harvard University, started up local chapters at institutions around the country, and hosted several poker matches pitting rival schools against each other in America’s game.
STARS COACH PLAYERS IN HORSEPLAY WITH A DIFFERENCE
December 7, 2007
H.O.R.S.E. Masterclass teacher is Barry Greenstein
Poker fans who want to train up online for this entertaining gaming combination have a new school in PokerStars.com, which recently completed its inaugural training session in H.O.R.S.E. playing.
H.O.R.S.E. is the acronym used to describe a combination of competitive poker games:
Using Poker Tells to enhance Your Own Poker Game
December 6, 2007
Poker tells are some of the most important clues to how your opponents are doing in the game. Different players will exhibit different tells, and if you play with them often enough, you will begin to recognize these signs and can stand to gain a lot from them. You can also use them as a way to not make the same mistakes, though this may prove to be a bit more difficult than you may think. There are even slight tells when playing poker online, learn to recognize these online tells at UltimateBet.com. Poker tells will enhance your live game more than your online game, but understanding the game and when to bet is your best bet.
Everyone has body language, various gestures and expressions they use when certain events or emotions take place. This can certainly apply to the game of poker, where there is most often money, sometimes a lot of it, at stake. When this is the case, poker players may make certain faces when they have a specific hand, or exhibit certain habits when a particular type of card is drawn. Either way, you should always be on the look out for anything that is genuinely a tell and could help you to know your opponent better.
At Home Poker Coaching
November 29, 2007
International poker ace Phil Gordon’s expert video tuition in poker will soon be widely available in download form following a deal last week between online multi-media company Zipidee and Expert Insight that will see a variety of content, including Gordon’s Final Table Poker instructional video available over the Internet.
“Zipidee.com will be an important channel for us to deliver digital content to our consumers,” said Gordon, the founder of Expert Insight. “We’re very excited about the opportunities and added benefits this partnership brings to Expert Insight and our customers, who can now gain immediate global access to our programming on demand. We are especially excited to offer our videos just in time for the holiday season.”
Play your cards right
November 28, 2007
Playing professional poker can mean big gains - for your wallet as well as your waitline.
It’s a sedentary lifestyle that professional poker player Annie Duke knows well.
But after more than a decade playing cards as a profession, during which she’s raked in a reported $3 million - more than any other female tournament poker player - the 42-year-old has mastered the art of keeping her mind sharp and her body fit.
That’s despite a job in which sitting at a table for 24 hours at a time is not unusual.
“You get mentally (and) physically tired,” says the Los Angeles mother of four. “It’s not like (watching) TV, which is a passive endeavor. It’s more like being handed pages and pages of … algebra (to calculate).”
With mental and physical challenges to overcome, Duke looks to a healthy diet, a daily cardio routine - she runs five to seven miles a day - and some strategic moves at the table to help her put her best foot - and hand - forward.
Whether it’s 24 hours in a smoky casino or eight hours in an office, measures must be taken to avoid the pains - and gains - associated with having a sedentary occupation.
“The muscles become tight (and) adapt to being seated all day,” says Lauren “Elle B.” Ball, a Los Angeles-based certified personal trainer and a singer-songwriter.
And that’s not a good thing.
It’s a problem Duke recognizes in her fellow players.
“You get a lot of slouching,”
Poker Plays a Role in Harvard Classrooms
October 31, 2007
Fascination with the game of poker is turning out to be an ace in the hole for educators. At Harvard, the card game is used in algebra classes and in law-school classes. Harvard law professor Charles Nesson tells Scott Simon how he and his colleagues deal with the subject.
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