I attended a lecture sometime in the last year that talked about “Outcomes Research.” Now aside from the weird name (I’ll be talking about scientists’ seeming inability to speak like normal humans soon), this is a very sensible branch of research. It basically means testing programs or medicines or practices of doctors and hospitals for their effectiveness...

Some poker players sing a requiem for Limit Holdem. They think it’s dead. It’s not. About 20% of all poker hands played are still of the Fixed Limit variety of Texas Holdem. But only a small portion of these are played on the Merge network. Why? Because they’re strangling the games with high rake.