Poker news from 2008-08-11

Here are some archived poker news articles.

Poker bots overrated, says Dr. Darse Billings

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 St... Read more...

U.K. Gambling Commission releases 2008 report

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. Th... Read more...

Press Release: WSOP Europe Schedule Announced

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com has solidified its ...
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World Poker Tour Inks Deal with Fox Sports Net

After the Game Show Network declined to pick up ...
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Jennifer Leigh Finds Sponsorship

The online poker pro known as Jennicide has finally found an online poker room willing to sponsor her, and in fact she is the first sponsored player at IronDuke.com. Leigh hasn't been exclusively an online poker pro, although that is how she cut her teeth. She was a popular figure on Poker Royale, o... Read more...

WPT Losing Money

While the World Poker Tour got some good news when the Fox Sports Network bought the WPT's seventh season, the numbers they have posted for the second quarter of 2008 don't look very good. WPT revenues have dropped from $7.7 million last year to $5.1 million in 2008. Steve Lipscomb, the WPT presiden... Read more...

8th of August

London will be the setting for several poker events over the next couple of months, starting with the Poker In The Park exposition on August 15th and 16th. A number of marquees will be set up on the green in Leicester Square to create an event similar to the Gaming Life Expo held at the Rio during t... Read more...

Turning Pro

Turning professional...what exactly does that entail? What exactly does “professional” mean? I know it sounds fancy and many people have desires to become one of these so called “professionals” but I will bet my last dollar that the vast majority of these people haven’t... Read more...

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