I cannot imagine bowling anymore without my computer.You won’t see me walking up to the approach with a specially drilled IBM anytime soon, but nearly every other aspect of my game is dominated ...

For a change of pace, BowlerVision also offers six new kinds of bowling games, even one based on golf. The computer-shy need not feel threatened by state-of-the-art bowling, Fuhrmann said.

Still, Bowling and other researchers want to push the limit with no-limit heads-up Texas hold'em. "Just because we can't solve the game doesn't mean that we can't develop a program that can beat ...

Of course, we didn’t know it then. 94% of households have at least one personal computer I was only 12. Our family already had a fancy electric typewriter and a new VCR.

Of course, Bowling’s desire to move away from the game might have something to do with his opinion of poker. “I don’t have the patience to play poker,” he says.