Harvard Law School today hosts an innovative discussion on the role Mind Sports can play in education. Led by Professor Charles Nesson, the event entitled “Bringing Mindsports into the Classroom and Beyond: A Workshop on Curriculum Design and Civic Education”, brings together competitors, leading game masters, scholars, researchers, students, and others to discuss the potential […]
Harvard University employs 973 librarians and tonight, a good number of them will be playing poker in the Harvard Law School cafeteria with Charlie Nesson. Charlie Nesson, the William F. Weld Professor of Law at Harvard, is somewhat of an eminence grise at the university at large: the youngest to be hired as a full […]
Olympic cycling is just like poker. Well, a little bit. With track cycling dominating the weekend Olympic schedule, a few analogies came to light as the likes of Britain’s Victoria Pendleton, China’s Guo Shuang and Hong Kong’s Lee Wai Sze raced at tremendous speed around the velodrome on their way to the gold, silver and […]
The International Federation of Poker has today launched the first phase of its global membership development programme, agreeing an international media partnership with online sports news and social media service Vavel.The agreement is the first of a series of partnerships with high profile media organisations scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks and months, […]
It has been something of a difficult 18 months for Phil Ivey. Known as one of the best players in the game over the past decade, his reputation away from the table rather than at it has caused him to take leave of the spotlight; his involvement with Full Tilt Poker tarnishing his standing following […]