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Four hundred high school students from the greater Boston area gathered at MIT, armed with their pencils, for the second annual November competition of the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament...
Peter Eastgate, then age 22, won this tournament last year, and you've taken the bracelet this year. To what extent do you think the "old guard" has been displaced by young guns? I wouldn't say we've displaced them, but the Internet has certainly leveled the playing field. Playing cards is all about experience. Online, you can see 40 times as many hands in one hour as you would in a live game. Because of that, a 21-year-old could gain more experience in one year than someone who has been playing live for 25 years...
...really thought about it yet. Since Saturday [when the field was winnowed down to two], I didn't want to look past the heads-up match with Darvin. I'm sure at least some of those winnings will go back into my bankroll, though. There's always another tournament to play...
...just the card he needed. In Ivey's case, Moon faced an ace-king but won when he paired his queen. In Begleiter's case, Moon faced a pair of queens and won when he paired his ace. Says Little: "He was getting better-than-average distribution throughout the tournament," which is pro-speak for landing killer cards...
...took a long and arduous journey for the Harvard women’s soccer team to make it into the NCAA tournament, but the squad won’t have to go far to play its first round match...