20 July 2005
Play Poker ProBot Online
For years scientists and computer programmers were trying to build
a machine so cunning and devious that it could outwit a human.
Eventually they developed Deep Blue, a chess playing computer that
could defeat the greatest human grandmasters.
19 July 2005
William Hill Announce First Major Poker Table Tournament
Top British Bookmaker William Hill announced today that they are to
launch the William Hill Grand Prix Poker Tournament, which is good
news in an industry that is becoming swamped with 'fast and furious
tournament' scheduling.
Nine CryptoLogic Players Take Home $850, 000 At WSOP
Nine World Series of Poker competitors, who got to the Las Vegas
tournament by playing poker on software created by leading software
developer CryptoLogic, have finished at the prestigious tournament
in the top 10 per cent, taking home a combined $85
18 July 2005
Full Tilt Poker’s Mike Matusow Finishes 9th at WSOP
Poker veteran Mike Matusow turned in a gutsy and often-times
brilliant performance before finally finishing 9th at the World
Series of Poker Main Event.
Matusow, long known as one of the game’s most outspoken and
aggressive players, bested 5,6
Robot’s bluff their way to $100,000
Walking away from the poker table with 100 large in your pocket is
nothing special in Sin City. But until Thursday, the gambling
capital had never seen a robot do it.
Last week, six programmers converged on Binion's, the downtown
casino that i
Aussie wins the World Series of Poker
A 39-year-old former chiropractor, Joseph Hachem, from Australia is
$7.5m richer after emerging from a field of 5,600 players to win
the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Joseph Hachem defeated a mortgage banker, Steve Dannenmann of
Maryland
15 July 2005
Poker’s World Series Down to 18 Players
Poker's top players and unknowns were in a high-stakes showdown
Thursday, each looking to make the nine-person final table at the
World Series of Poker's main event and grab a piece of gambling
glory.
Rock Star Poker Returns
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and Clear
Channel Entertainment Properties have announced the second annual
Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes.
14 July 2005
InterPoker Qualifier Takes Bracelet at World Series of Poker
Internet poker qualifier Todd Witteles has won the $3,000 Buy In
Limit Hold’em Tournament and collected a $347,385 1st place cash
prize at the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although Todd, a
Las Vegas resident, has been playing online at
CEO of 24hPoker On His Way to WSOP Title
The World Series of Poker is now in the final stages. Mr Per
Hildebrand, CEO and founder of 24hPoker, is in 20th place in the
WSOP and has a bit more than $1,000,000 in chips. He is one out of
five Swedes remaining in the tournament where 58 players