Geeks and Poker?

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Posted by Cliff on Wednesday May 26, 2004 @08:54AM from the do-you-play? dept.

Best ID Ever! asks: "Poker, a fascinating intersection of math, game theory, and observation of human behavior, is currently exploding in popularity due to televised high-stakes tournaments such as the World Poker Tour and Binion's 2003 World Series of Poker. Many of today's top professional players have nerdly roots such as Mathematicians, chess prodigies, or backgammon champions. A few pros, including 2000 champion Chris Ferguson, even used to play poker in the IRC poker community. This year's World Series final event, which began Saturday and lasts through the week, drew 2600 participants, more than three times the number of participants in 2003. How many Slashdot readers play poker, and what do you think of Poker's upswing?"

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Underlying elements by DaLiNKz · 2004-05-26 08:55 · Score: 5, Funny

..."drew 2600"...
So much geek urberness in poker, there is an underlying hacker element to the event..

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1. Re:Underlying elements by BigglesZX · 2004-05-26 09:05 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Curses, as soon as I read the article I thought about 2600 readers playing poker. Sod's law would have it that the first comment steals my potential "funny" modding up. :-P
  
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"How many Slashdot readers play poker"?? by Roland+Piquepaille · 2004-05-26 08:56 · Score: 5, Funny

How many Slashdot readers play poker

All those who aren't posting anymore, because they're too skint to pay the ISP bill now...
A lot of /.ers play poker by millahtime · 2004-05-26 08:59 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm sure there are a lot of /.ers who play poker. They all downloaded that free strip poker and played for hours to win.

Or, was that just me

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Re:Personally... by FatRatBastard · 2004-05-26 09:02 · Score: 5, Funny

I play the change machine personally. Play a dollar, hit four quarters every time.
Re:Personally... by cataBob · 2004-05-26 09:26 · Score: 5, Funny

If you want to leave Vegas with a small fortune, start with a large fortune.
Re:Personally... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-26 09:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Your right. But your point is mute.
geeks play strip uno all the time! by V_drive · 2004-05-26 10:57 · Score: 5, Funny

most geeks play strip uno all the time. it's strip duo that's a little more rare for them.

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