There was a lot of content to keep up with this week on PokerNews Canada. Writer Lyle Bateman broke down poker bots and how they rank in the history of humans against artificial intelligence, Senior Editor Lane Anderson took a satirical approach to analyze 888poker’s throwable object feature. He also released an editorial on poker being a game of skill or a game of luck, and then sat down with Ron Campbell, the new poker room manager at Deerfoot Inn & Casino, to see what he has in store as he begins his tenure at one of the top poker rooms in Canada.

Here is your Weekly Review for August 6 to 12, 2017:

Enjoy one night accommodation in a King/Queen room at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino, plus a $50. The Deerfoot Inn and Casino offers a variety of restaurants, casino action and a 24 hour poker room. After the chips moved around for bit, and play was moved from the now-empty, cavernous Chrome Showroom back into the more intimate poker room at Deerfoot, they finally agreed to a deal based on the ICM at the time. Leidums took fourth for $16,525, Lee third for $17,004, and P.S. Second for $18,978. Its a smaller, nice poker room with some good complimentary food for players and self-serve pop machine and coffee. I prefer some limit games and didn't have a good time at this place. There needs to be better security, especially after hours, as some of the players get pretty hostile when they lose. Information and Reviews about Deerfoot Casino Poker Room in Calgary, including Poker Tournaments, Games, Special Events and Promotions. Twitter; 5 4 3 2 1. Poker Room At the Deerfoot Inn & Casino, we want you to experience poker the way it was meant to be played – in our 10-table poker room. We provide the tables, chips, drinks, and dealers. All you have to bring is some friends and a spirit of adventure and competition!

PokerNews Canada Editorial: Is Poker Skill Or Luck?

Senior Editor Lane Anderson dug into the argument that poker is a game of skill rather than a game of luck. His opinion: Even though poker is a game of skill, there is also a big luck factor involved when playing both cash games and tournaments. Take a deeper dive into the argument in the article linked below.

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Has Online Poker Been Solved?

PokerNews Canada columnist Lyle Bateman broke down a history of man versus machine in mind games with his article, which outlines the recent trend in poker bots taking on top players in Texas hold’em variants.

The human-verus-computer tête-à-tête began in 1996 with chess champion Gary Kasparov defeating IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue four games to two. The following year, an upgraded Deep Blue took on Kasparov in a rematch that shocked the world, defeating the reigning world chess champion 3.5-2.5. In 2016, Google’s AlphaGo defeated the talented go player Lee Sedol 4-1 in a five-game match.

Fast forward to 2017 and Carnegie Mellon University’s poker bot Libratus beat seasoned pros in a heads-up no-limit hold’em match. Libratus took on poker pros Jason Les, Dong Kim, Daniel McAulay, and Jimmy Chou and ended up winning over each of the pros with the human players being down a total of $1,766,250. The article goes into the complexity of building a poker bot for no-limit hold’em.

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How to Make Live Poker More Fun: Take the 888poker Approach and Throw Objects at Opponents

What’s poker been missing? Throwing food at your opponents of course! Lane Anderson takes a satirical approach to playing live poker and staring down your opponents. The article digs down into what's game-theory optimal (GTO) when it comes to throwing objects at your opponents.

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Ron Campbell to Carry On Deerfoot Legacy

Ron Campbell is not a new face in the Alberta poker landscape, nor is he new to the Deerfoot Inn & Casino. In 2005, he was one of the first employees at the newly opened Deerfoot in the poker room. He left years ago, but now he's back to replace Robert Bowers as poker room manager.

In the article, Campbell discusses his plans for the upcoming Summer Super Stack tournament series and other ideas he wants to implement to change cash and tournament poker at the casino.

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2017 Canadian GPI Player of the Year Rankings Stay Still

It is the calm before the storm as live poker begins the unofficial second half of the year in a couple weeks. Until then, there is not much movement in the form of live poker rankings on the GPI.

The 2017 Canadian GPI Player of the Year rankings stayed the same with Ari Engel holding onto the lead for the 13th week in a row.

The GPI top 10 Canadians list had only one change with Sam Greenwood moving to spot No. 4, overtaking Mike Leah due to old results dropping off of Leah’s score. Ari Engel holds onto the first spot of this category as well for his 41st-straight week.

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”thx4urm0n3y” Chops Sunday Million For Second Time This Year

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Not only did “thnx4urm0n3y” win the Sunday Million on PokerStars for the second time this year, it was the third time in their career that they have captured internet poker glory. This latest victory was the most they have won from the Sunday Million, capturing $168,000.23, narrowly beating the first chop in 2014 for about $500 less than this score. The Sunday Million they won this past February was for around $145,000.

For the full list of how Canadians did this past Sunday on the virtual felt please read the article linked below.

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