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When Binge-Watching Turns To Purge-Watching

Photo: Netflix There’s a concept in poker known as being “pot committed”: basically, reaching a point at which you have so much money invested in a pot that you feel lik...

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The Silence Of The Judges

...rison Rodeo, in which prisoners try to grab a red poker chip that has been tied to the head of a bull, October 2014....

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Why Russian Astronauts Pee On A Bus Tire Before Launching Into Space, And...

How do you spend your final precious moments on Earth? If you're flying from the US, you'll probably play poker . If you're flying aboard a spaceflight leaving from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,...

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Training For The World Series Of Poker With Skype And Yoga

Being in the thick of the main event right now, we asked the 2014 champ, Martin Jacobson, how he trained during that break — so that you too can dominate at poker (night).

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Win At Poker Night Forever With This Totally Free MIT Theory Course

From analytical techniques to poker economics, this eight-part series gives you all the information you'd ever want or need.

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'Dry Eye' Has Ruined People's Lives — And Stumped The Medical Community

Screaming, howling, red-hot- poker -in-the-eye pain.

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Tragedies Draw Attention To Wall Street’s Grueling Pace

Wall Street has always been a very demanding place to work, but recent tragedies, whether related to overwork or not, seem to have crystallized a larger need for change.

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The Media Still Owes Dungeons & Dragons An Apology

Dan Harmon plays D D live onstage, and popular podcasts like Nerd Poker , Critical Hit , and The Adventure Zone take listeners on regular D D adventures.

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James Corden Makes For A Horrible Housekeeper But A Decent Bellhop

Corden went to Planet Hollywood to try out some other jobs. We have a feeling they aren't going to hire him full-time.

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How the world's biggest bookie, Paul Phua, was snared by the FBI at last...

The unknown king of international gambling employs a lively step. He tiptoes through U.S. District Courtroom 3D in Las Vegas, having danced out of similar situations before.

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The Best Limit Texas Hold 'Em Player In The World Is A Robot

​The best limit Texas Hold'Em poker player in the world is a robot.

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Game Theorists Crack Poker

Robots are unlikely to be welcome in casinos any time soon, especially now that a poker -playing computer has learned to play a virtually perfect game — including bluffing.

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Computers Are Learning How To Treat Cancer And Diabetes By Playing Poker And...

Poker has been solved.

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The Truth About Dan Bilzerian

The clip, lifted from the live TV coverage of the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, shows a player sitting at a felt table, betting on a hand, with $7 million in the pot.

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This Guy Used An Insane Get-Rich-Quick Scheme To Become A Start-Up...

Tech start-ups mint new millionaires every day. Many of these people are young Stanford and MIT graduates who live in Silicon Valley and spend years building their companies while subsisting on ramen...

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The Art Of Cardistry In Slow-Motion

We'd rather watch this than dudes in sunglasses and hoodies playing poker on late-night TV.

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Against Chill

It seems that my poker face is too perfect when men report a desire to “see what happens.” My willingness to call dates “hanging out” in perpetuity sometimes gives...

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What Makes 'Smooshing' The Ultimate Technique For Card Shuffling?

Smooshing is used in poker tournaments and in baccarat games in Monte Carlo, but no one actually knows how long you need to smoosh a deck to randomize it.

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The Dangerous False Equivalencies Of Public Shaming

...dentities — those jealously guarding an armful of poker chips in the game of social capital — are, in some quarters, behaving as if they’re under siege....

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How Jim Cantore Became America's Weatherman

A Sandy in Miami?" He shakes his head, eyes wide as poker chips.

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