More and more college students seem to be spending their online time check-raising, not researching.
As the popularity of Texas Hold-’Em has boomed in recent years, a number of Web sites that spread real poker games have popped up. Not surprisingly, collegiate card sharks have flocked to those sites—often because they are more accessible than brick-and-mortar casinos. Some particularly astute players say they’ve made thousands of dollars playing poker online, but experts worry that the Web sites encourage addictive behavior among less talented gamblers.
For more on David Williams, a college student who played online before winning $3.5-million in the nation’s biggest poker tournament, read an article from The Chronicle, by Thomas Bartlett.
