Poker News Roundup for December 30

by Dougie Goguen | Dec 26 2011

Quebec
Last week's home invasion and robbery of World Series of Poker 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel had an interesting twist occur: the first person arrested was a woman that the poker pro dated for a short time. The woman, whose name has not been revealed, is among a group of four people taken in for the robbery. The final suspect, a 20-year-old-male, was taken in on Thursday morning.

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In talking to the Canadian Press, Duhamel's agent confirmed that the woman was someone the champ had dated for "a very short time" and is the only person among the four suspects that Duhamel knew. The home invasion, which took place on December 22, had tongues wagging: suspects in the crime pushed their way into his home and made out with money, a Rolex and his much-coveted WSOP champion bracelet. While the watch has been recovered, the bracelet is still missing. Police have not said whether or not they've recovered any of the cash,

"Investigators received information from the public and with this information they were able to arrest a 20-year-old woman Saturday night," said Longueil police constable Mark David. She was charged with five offenses, including the ever-nebulous, but useful, conspiracy. The woman, who has not been named, has had no charges filed against her and is likely assisting in the investigation, as other arrests have come in short order.

Germany
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig have made a discovery that's straight out of the Planet of the Apes films: our closest genetic relatives like to gamble, and what's more interesting is that they understand concepts like odds. Over the last several years, they've uncovered the fact that more than half the time, an ape will choose to gamble to win a larger piece of fruit when offered the option against a guaranteed smaller piece.

Each of the great apes species - chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans - can understand and calculate at the odds when making a decision. A group of upside-down cups was placed in front of them and they were offered a small piece of a banana or the option to pick a cup with a larger fruit. They went for the "gamble" half the time but interesting, understood when the odds were against them.

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When more cups were added, the apes became more cautious. They understood they were less likely to pick a larger piece of fruit, so they went with the safe bet in that case. Interestingly, chimpanzees and orangutans alike seemed more likely to push the odds a bit if they'd not played in a while and the piece of fruit on offer was much bigger.

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