Can you believe that? With all the hype surrounding Super Bowl XLIV this Sunday, BetUS.com wants all of you to bet on a couple of movie stars who are having some sort of ”love spat” if you will. Of course, since most of you still fantasize about Angelina Jolie , those folks from BetUS.com know ya’ll will bet on these betting odds anyway since the Super Bowl is still more than a couple of days away and you don’t have anything else to do
Noticed an item in yesterday’s USA Today about online poker, a reference to a newly-published study about online poker called “Social and Psychological Challenges of Poker” by Kyle Siler, a doctoral student in sociology at Cornell University. As usually happens with these articles that try to summarize a discipline-specific study for a wide audience, the USA Today piece boils Siler’s article down to one simple, easy-to-digest claim, essentially announcing that it shows “Poker wins often lead to bigger losses .” In other words, the USA Today article makes it sounds as though Siler’s exhaustive study of a large sample of online poker hands proves that players who win a little tend to lose it back and then some — confirming, in a way, the fears of those who object to poker and/or gambling as an inevitable road to ruin, regardless of one’s short-term successes. The USA Today article is accompanied by a picture of 2009 World Series of Poker champion Joe Cada, who does not actually figure in the piece
The former Republic of Ireland international footballer, Tony Cascarino is the newly crowned GUKPT Grand Final Champion after besting a field of 183 runners. Related posts: Mike Eise wins $639,331 at 2009 World Series of Poker photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Mike Eise, WSOP Champion…
The former Republic of Ireland international footballer, Tony Cascarino is the newly crowned GUKPT Grand Final Champion after besting a field of 183 runners. Related posts: Mike Eise wins $639,331 at 2009 World Series of Poker photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Mike Eise, WSOP Champion…
Noticed over the weekend that a new thread had popped up on Two Plus Two begun by the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Joe Cada. Cada’s post begins “Lets first by saying if anyone thinks I’m denying I got lucky at the final table then im not.” The rest of Cada’s message is a bit difficult to parse, but he appears to be both acknowledging his having been the beneficiary of some good cards on his way to winning the Main Event while defending himself as a skillful player who made some good decisions, too. “Did I run like god at the final table 100 percent correct,” he admits
