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Poker News: In 1996, world champion chess player Garry Kasparov scored one for the humans when he defeated IBM's computer program Deep Blue in a series of matches. Play online poker
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So what did IBM do? It beefed up Deep Blue and set the stage for a rematch the following year. Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in 1997 by a margin of 31/2-21/2 to mark the first time in the history of chess that a computer was able to pin a loss on a world champion. Play route 66 poker
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Poker News: Poker is a popular card game. Nobody is really sure of its origin. It is very similar to the Persian game of as nas. It is believed that the game was taught to the French settlers in New Orleans by Persian sailors. It is not clear how poker came to be but some of the features were known in the previous games. Perhaps the earlier games have influenced the present form of poker. It seems, in 1800 gambling was a common pastime. During the gold rush it spread up the Mississippi and West. Play online poker
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From America the game spread to other countries. The introduction of poker to Asia, it is believed that the U.S military was responsible for it. The game and its jargon has become an integral part of American and English culture. While speaking English many phrases are used such as ‘ace in the hole,’ ace up one’s sleeve, blue chip, call one’s bluff, cash in, pass the buck, poker face, stack up, when the chips are down, wild card. Etc. Many people do not know that these phrases are connected to poker. Play route 66 poker World Series of Poker started in 1970. It became popular in American casinos. Initial years of the 21sr century saw the popularity of poker reaching to the sky mainly because the game went online. This was responsible to turn this game into a spectator sport. With T.V coming in, a new dimension was added to the game as player became aware that their actions might be seen on T.V. Play full tilt poker Johnny Chan
Poker News: We all know that when it comes to chess or checkers, computers do have the ability to thrash us to their liking. However, when a team of software developers introduced their poker game on an ordinary laptop computer to an poker proffesional, I am proud to say the human won, very narrowly though. Play online poker
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Poker News: Prison inmates are getting a present from the state of Florida: playing cards. For detectives looking to solve dozens of cold cases, it‘s the start of a game of Go Fish that might pay off big. Play online poker
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Poker News: Gary Mihoces reports from the final table in the World Series of Poker's Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas (with some information provided by the WSOP web site): Play online poker
6:48 a.m. ET: Jerry Yang of Temecula, Calif., a Laotian refugee and self-described "true rookie," just won the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event on the 205th hand with an improbable straight on the river. He wins $8.25 million and his first WSO Poker Tournament bracelet as the Texas Hold'em world champion. (More coverage here.) Read poker blogs
Tuan Lam, who avoided elimination several times, finishes second for $4,840,981. Play route 66 poker
The crowd burst into cheers while family and friends mobbed Yang, making him barely visible. Then, after a victory lap around the final table, Yang shook hands with Lam and hugged the dealer. Play $500 match poker bonus
Lam showed a pair of queens after the queen-nine-five flop and went all-in with $22.2 million in chips looking to double up Yang, who held a pair of eights. After a seven on the turn, Yang needed an eight (for a set) or a six (for a nine-high straight). The six of hearts dropped on the river giving Yang a nine-high straight and a heartwarming victory. Play women poker Johnny Chan
Poker News: It didn’t take long for online betting sites to release the betting odds for the final nine players still standing in this year’s World Series of Poker’s $10,000 main event. Play online poker
First, the final nine, their seat positions and their poker chip counts going into the final day of play:
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