TWIN FALLS, Idaho – The odds were stacked against retirees at the Twin Falls Senior Center earlier this month when police arrived to break up a long-running poker game after receiving an anonymous tip. About 20 seniors had played at the center for more than five years, but police say nothing in Idaho law permits [...]
Read More...Ever watch professional poker players calculating the odds, then coolly dissecting their opponents? Many of the same skills the top players use can help you be a better investor. Success at investing and gambling, it turns out, has much to do with controlling emotions. And playing a little poker can help you recognize, and avoid, [...]
Read More...Ever watch professional poker players calculating the odds, then coolly dissecting their opponents? Many of the same skills the top players use can help you be a better investor. Success at investing and gambling, it turns out, has much to do with controlling emotions. And playing a little poker can help you recognize, and avoid, [...]
Read More...Ever watch professional poker players calculating the odds, then dissecting their opponents? Those same skills can help you be a better investor.
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Gambling, especially games such as poker, involve lots of stress, the possibility of losing money, and the need to constantly recalculate odds as circumstances change
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Jay Christensen covered college football, among other sports, for the Los Angeles Times and produces the popular college football blog TheWizofOdds.com . Nothing can match the end of the year. If you’re one of the fortunate to still be employe…
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In defiance of the odds on a scale of, say, holding a royal flush, four of the nine players who will be sitting at the final table at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas are Jewish.
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Video poker machines likely will be banned from Winnetka restaurants next month.
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