College Poker Life: University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD

College students across the nation have already begun to lose sight of their studying habits and have begun to focus on more important things, such as the approaching winter vacation. And yet, with the end of the fall semester looming, students at the University of South Dakota are finishing their preparations for the university's biggest poker event of the year.

Student poker players in the small town of Vermillion, South Dakota have had very limited choices when it comes to enjoying the game of poker. While the university may not have a poker club, and while there may not be weekly campus poker tournaments, the university does differ drastically compared to other colleges in the fact that The class, "Poker and the Meaning of Life," is one of the seminar options available to incoming freshman for their first year at USD. The class began three years ago when First Year Experience head Steven Ward and Professor Doug Peterson thought that the game of poker could be used as a great tool in teaching students life lessons.

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College Poker Life: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

While the semester is almost over for students at the University of California - Los Angeles, many of the poker options available across campus are just beginning. The end of the semester typically brings about the end of most campus poker options for students across the nation, but the same is not true for students attending UCLA. Whether you're looking for freerolls, events, or a solid place to start building your bankroll, the city of Los Angeles has just the right game for you.

Various forms of poker clubs and tournament events have existed at UCLA over the years, yet this is the first year in which the Poker Club at UCLA has started to hold regular meetings. The club is a member of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS.org), the group founded by Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson, with chapters at Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, University of Michigan, and George Washington University to date. (Other chapters may still be in the developing stages).

While the club officially started at the end of last year, its first formal meeting takes place on November 29th and is something students certainly won't want to miss. The first meeting is sponsored by the GPSTS and will focus on women in the world of poker, as well as the psychology of the game.

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