News tagged with poker
Artificial intelligence takes home the pot at the poker table
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Last weekend, the best man at the table was a machine. Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, took on professional players in Las Vegas and came out on top. Like last year's challenge, ...
Computer Poker Program Knows When to Hold 'Em
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Texas Hold'em poker has exploded in popularity over the past few years. Its popularity has extended to academic researchers, who are intrigued by the challenges of probabilities and decision-making in the ...
Man versus machine poker re-match
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans.
Going for broke
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Natasha Schull recalls how in the late 1990s she began observing people in Las Vegas transfixed for hours at video poker and slot machines. What, she wondered, kept them glued to machines ...
Two rockets fly through auroral arc
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2009 |
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After days of waiting for precise aurora conditions, a team from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range. The NASA rockets launched Jan. 29, just ...
Four rockets launch from Poker Flat Research Range
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Four NASA rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range during a three-hour span on the morning of Feb. 18, 2009. The rockets, carrying payloads that emitted glowing vapor trails that help scientists study ...
Cards on the table: Low-cost tool spots software security flaws during development process
Feb 24, 2009 |
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A new risk management tool can help software developers identify security vulnerabilities in their programs early in the planning process, effectively solving problems before they exist, simply by having the developers lay ...
Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2009 |
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A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, ...
Group says poker winnings are frozen
Jun 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An advocacy group for online poker said Tuesday that the federal government has frozen more than $30 million in the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players.
Gambling industry pushes efforts to legalize online betting
May 13, 2009 |
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Backed by a powerful House member, the online gambling industry is waging a campaign in Congress to legalize Internet betting, saying it will continue regardless of its legal status and can be regulated and taxed if not outlawed. ...
Online poker advocates lobby Congress to lift federal ban
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Poker players are gambling on Congress seeing things their way.
