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High Stakes for Poker as a Learning Tool
From the New York Times.
A group of Harvard law students played poker last month to determine which players should compete against a team from Yale.
By Gary Rivlin
Not so long ago, poker was just a game. A few years back it emerged as a fad. Then, largely because of television, it morphed into a national phenomenon, if not an industry.
First Video Games, Now Poker for Good
From Writopia Lab:
First Video Games, Now Poker for Good
Posted by Rebecca Wallace-Segall
Friday, December 14, 2007
NY Times writer Gary Rivlin reported this week on a professor and a group of Harvard Law students who formed an organization this fall — the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society — dedicated to demonstrating that poker has educational benefits.
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UCLA Defeats USC In GPSTS Poker Match
From PokerPages.com.
In the second match on the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society schedule, the poker club of UCLA edged out USC for a 3-2 win.
The schools met last week for five heads up matches, with UCLA players Igor Gample, Jon Kennelly and Michael Shinzaki each bettering their Trojan opponents in a best of three series. Last month, Harvard was able to defeat Yale in the first match of the GPSTS season.
HLS Poker Team Trumps Yale in Texas Hold 'Em
From the Harvard Law Record.
By Peter Ostrovski
Five titans of the Harvard Law poker world entered the solitary Sterling Building with a hunger for victory. They would be taking on the best players Yale Law could offer in the ultimate test of poker expertise: heads up no limit Texas Hold 'Em.
Chuck Blount on Poker: Players tout game as 'microcosm of life'
From the San Antonio Express-News.
Crandell Addington, a member of the poker Hall of Fame, helped introduce Texas Hold 'Em and the World Series of Poker to Las Vegas casinos in the late 1960s.
Nearly 40 years later, Addington introduced poker to yet another fresh audience last month — the nation's great academics.
Poker Is Good for You, Professor Says
From National Public Radio.
Harvard law professor Charles R. Nesson, famed for defending Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case, has a new cause: making online poker legal.
Nesson contends that poker is not the same as other types of gambling, because it's as much of a game of skill as it is one of luck. Lobbyists for the game are now trying to persuade Congress to legalize online poker.
Conference Examines Educational Value of Poker
From the Harvard Law Record.
By Peter Ostrovski
This past Saturday, Harvard Law School hosted the first ever academic conference on poker's strategic value. The conference, entitled "Innovative Thinking: The Educational Value of Poker," brought together students, academics, businessmen, educators, and experts from around the country.
High Stakes: Harvard Puts an Academic Face on Poker
From the Boston Globe.
By Carolyn Y. Johnson
CAMBRIDGE — While politicians ponder the future of gambling in the state, maverick Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson is bringing Texas Hold 'em into the classroom.
Harvard Lawyer Wants to Legitimize Poker
From the Associated Press.
By Ken Maguire
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard Law School professor best known for defending the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers and for helping parents sue chemical companies in a case popularized by the film "A Civil Action" has a new cause: poker.
