Still, it’s got to be quieter than playing against Matusow.
As I write this, Phil Laak and Ali Eslami should be playing no limit Texas hold ‘em against a computer program known as Polaris for the benefit of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI.)
The WCOOP is back
I just got an e-mail from PokerStars announcing the sixth annual World Championship of Online Poker. While a bit ostentatiously named, the WCOOP has a special place in my heart as the first event where I took a run at being a serious multi-table tournament player.
I did abysmally two years ago and only a little better last year with zero cashes between them. After this year’s WSOP season, I feel like my tournament fu has improved a lot. The WCOOP will be an interesting gauge.
Farewell to the Poker Dome
According to this article, the Poker Dome will soon be no more.
While the Poker Dome Challenge was always more than a little bit cheesy, I always thought its novelty made it worth watching. Unfortunately, it never got any “name” players (probably due to the low payouts) and was always dependent on the relatively tiny Mansion Poker for its lifeblood.