Sentences with phrase «as poker games»

Indeed, aggressive police raids — where doors are kicked in, machine guns are held to civilians» heads, and houses are completely ransacked — create a backlash against the police and against the legal system in general, especially when these tactics are used against «crimes» as mundane as poker games, checking high school students» lockers for drugs, and even cracking down on unlicensed hairdressers.

Nasty Backtalk If we think of discipline management as a poker game in which the student raises the dealer with increasing levels of provocation, then nasty backtalk is going all in.

If we can think of discipline management as a poker game in which the student raises the dealer (you) with increasing levels of provocation, then nasty backtalk is going «all in.»

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It asks those taking it to rate how likely it is that they would engage in a list of risky behaviors, such as wagering a day's income on a high - stakes poker game, choosing a ski run that's beyond their abilities, or driving without a seatbelt.

It is applicable to what we literally know as games (poker and chess, for example) but also to political, financial, and social interactions.

Heidi Messer, an entrepreneur who holds all - female poker games that have introduced early - stage female investors to female entrepreneurs, cautions those who write off these types of companies as niche players.

Pincus helped create Zynga in 2007 and the company soon gained millions of monthly active users through popular social games played on mobile devices and networks such as Facebook (FB), including FarmVille and Zynga Poker.

Over the next few months, we will release all new casino games including blackjack, roulette, poker, and even a sportsbook, as well as brand new dice variants and other crypto - currency support.

With over 55,000 square feet devoted to gaming, you can enjoy 1600 hot slots, 45 table games such as Rincon Craps, Volcanic Bingo Roulette, Pai Gow, Blackjack, Baccarat and Three Card Poker.

Grimm is an amateur poker player — which means he plays poker for money but not for a living — and an amateur would have as much chance in the big poker game at the Horseshoe as Cadillac Jack would have of bringing in a wildcat oil well through the floor of the First National Bank building in Abilene, Texas, where the Grimm Oil Company is located.

As the Internet poker wave breaks over college campuses, a few bright young players are exploiting high - level statistics and game theory to make a fortune.

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EuroPalace also have a blog page that cites all manner of opinions to help you decide on betting strategy, as well as an enormous range of popular casino games such as poker, blackjack and roulette to explore if you somehow manage to exhaust their enormous selection of over 300 fruit machine - style slots.

As much as I'd like to see our business all happen in the next fortnight we know the summer will drag on while to poker games play ouAs much as I'd like to see our business all happen in the next fortnight we know the summer will drag on while to poker games play ouas I'd like to see our business all happen in the next fortnight we know the summer will drag on while to poker games play out.

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For a while now we have been experimenting with a few formations, most notably the 4 2 3 1 and the 4 1 4 1, both formations are well balanced assuming there is sufficient and competent cover for the back 4, right now we do not have a solid defensive midfielder and Flamini gets cards as if he is preparing for a poker game.

With online gambling laws and regulations relaxed a few years ago, there has been a huge appetite for online poker and other casino games as well as the ever - popular sports betting.

Arsene Wenger and the Lyon president Msr Aulas may be playing the poker face game right until the end of August, but I personally think an agreement will be finalised as soon as Lyon can pinpoint a replacement for the prolific hitman.

If Jimbo Fisher's standing as coach at Florida State were a poker game, Florida State just went all in with every chi... more

But the project to bring commercial gambling with table - top games like craps and poker to New York started very much off as a downstate project.

The pretrial filing in Walsh's ongoing federal case stated that Spota stymied an investigation into whether Walsh neglected to show up for his job as a county correction lieutenant at the Suffolk County Jail and had been caught at an illegal poker game.

Tioga Downs opened Friday as a full Las Vegas - style casino, complete with 33 table games and a poker room.

The bill would allow New Yorkers to play such poker games as Texas Hold»em online.

Those so - called «racinos» are tied directly to the state lottery system and do not have table games such as poker.

The regulations govern card shuffling and dealing as well as the details of games including poker, roulette and craps.

If it takes a large number of hands (that is, longer than most people will play), then poker should be viewed as a game of chance.

The researchers first had to come up with a way to describe rules that were general enough to capture games as diverse as blackjack and poker — and all the possible variations in between — while including number of players, actions taken each round, and winning conditions.

As well as taking on the big poker companies, federal authorities had gone after people operating smaller gameAs well as taking on the big poker companies, federal authorities had gone after people operating smaller gameas taking on the big poker companies, federal authorities had gone after people operating smaller games.

Michael Cook at Imperial College London, who uses similar techniques to generate video games, says, «This system might allow us to think up games as compelling as poker and bridge but which couldn't have been designed 100 years ago.»

Moreover, more that half of them take part in sports betting and poker in its various versions, although this is being regulated as a means of access to the games organized by public operators (SELAE and ONCE), which receive a large portion of the money that is moved by Internet gambling.

AIs have long dominated games such as chess, and last year one conquered Go, but they have made relatively lousy poker players.

Gamblers who participate in skill - oriented games such as poker and sports betting are motivated to win over the long - term, and some monitor their betting outcomes to evaluate their performance and proficiency.

As they gamble their way down South toward a legendary high - stakes poker game in New Orleans, the trip's highs and lows unveil the duo's true character and motivation, and an undeniable bond forms between them.

First of all, in my opinion this isn't a poker movie - for me as a poker enthusiast, this movie has poker in it, but mainly it is about Molly running a game for rich people and one of those people trying to use the situation to make money and ruin other people lives.

The film is already set to star Jessica Chastain as the titular Molly Bloom, an Olympic would - be who finds her way into a high - stakes, underground poker game, eventually becoming the target of an FBI investigation.

Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with the script which he wrote, and it stars Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, a onetime champion skier who eventually becomes a somewhat notorious poker madam running high - stakes games in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Molly's Game (***) Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) marks his directing debut with this tense crime / drama / thriller about Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a young woman who turns a job as a personal assistant to an obnoxious young boss into a proprietor role, organizing high - stakes Hollywood poker games that make her wealthy and hounded by the FBI.

Summary Capsule: James Bond, having just earned his double - oh status, learns the state of espionage today as he follows a trail of terrorism and murder to a high stakes poker game at Casino Royale.

Molly's Game, which will be released on Nov. 22 by STX Entertainment, is great as a poker procedural — Chastain in cool, cynical voiceover explaining the game at large and the games she ends up in charge of in particuGame, which will be released on Nov. 22 by STX Entertainment, is great as a poker procedural — Chastain in cool, cynical voiceover explaining the game at large and the games she ends up in charge of in particugame at large and the games she ends up in charge of in particular.

The drama is based on the memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom and sees Jessica Chastain leading the cast as Bloom alongside Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, and Chris O'Dowd.

As with traditional games like chess or poker, simulators are easy to learn but devilish to master; a series of nested loops of repetitive gameplay adhering to strict rulesets.

Written by Sorkin, adapted from Molly Bloom's memoir as the mastermind of the world's most exclusive poker game, unsurprisingly Molly's Game is mostly a series of flashy monologues characters spit at each other like they're in a particularly classy rap batgame, unsurprisingly Molly's Game is mostly a series of flashy monologues characters spit at each other like they're in a particularly classy rap batGame is mostly a series of flashy monologues characters spit at each other like they're in a particularly classy rap battle.

A fact - based story about the real - life poker - game operator Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), the drama follows the title character as she masterminds an underground game for the mega-rich and famous in Los Angeles and New York, trying to outmaneuver her enemies and avoid calling everyone out when she lands on the legal hot seat.

And even though the film is not a «poker movie,» per se, Sorkin has managed to shoot the various poker scenes in novel ways that rival what you might see on ESPN, explain the game as it is happening, and watch it all from the inside.

She ends up working for a douchebag movie producer, anonymized as «Dean Keith» (Jeremy Strong, The Big Short), who plays in an exclusive poker game at the «Cobra Lounge», the barely - disguised Viper Room.

As I say in my video review above, Sorkin knew this was a script he had to shoot himself, as it centers on Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a champion skier growing up who completely switched gears and became notorious for running some of the highest - profile poker games eveAs I say in my video review above, Sorkin knew this was a script he had to shoot himself, as it centers on Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a champion skier growing up who completely switched gears and became notorious for running some of the highest - profile poker games eveas it centers on Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a champion skier growing up who completely switched gears and became notorious for running some of the highest - profile poker games ever.

Gerry, perceiving Curtis as a smiling good - luck charm, begs him to come along for a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans, for which the minimum buy - in is a cool $ 25 grand.

Based on Molly Bloom's memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker, the film stars Jessica Chastain as the titular character alongside Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, and Bill Camp; watch it below after the official synopsis...

Although Molly hasn't run a poker game in two years, she can not escape her reputation as the «Poker Princess.&rpoker game in two years, she can not escape her reputation as the «Poker Princess.&rPoker Princess.»

Chastain's aces in «Molly's Game,» capturing both the Colorado free spirit and, as Elba's character says, «the Cinemax version» of herself once she establishes a reputation as the notorious «poker princess» riding for a fall.