Joseph Mouawad, a player of Lebanese origins, won the London European Poker Tour Open tournament at the Victoria Casino on Sunday 30th September.
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The “BluffBot 2.0” software program, specially designed for Limit Hold’em poker, has recently won a No Limit tournament between computers in Canada.
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Since the start of September 2007, Belgians have been able to watch the Poker Channel: the British specialist poker channel which is entirely devoted to the game, via the Be TV sports package.
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Charles Nesson, a professor of Law at Harvard University, is encouraging the introduction of poker into universities and high schools and has announced the creation of an association entitled the “Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society”.
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In spite of the strict anti-gaming laws in China, World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Chinese Leisure and Sports Administration Centre (CLSA).
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The “Four Winds” – the world’s first electronic poker room – has been open for business since early August in New Buffalo, near Chicago.
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The International Poker Open - IPO – which will take place on the 6th and 7th October in Dublin (Ireland) aims to become Europe’s biggest poker tournament by attracting the largest number of participants possible.
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At the end of final table lasting nearly 16 hours, 39 year-old Jerry Yang walked away with the 8.25 million dollar prize and the most sought-after winner’s bracelet in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Poker circles have reacted to the “Gambling Act” - a new British government bill concerning gambling for money - and petitioned the High Court of London.
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In its latest edition, the European poker magazine “Bluff Europe” has just named London as Europe’s leading city for poker.
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