Forum: Books and Publications
03-26-2007, 03:26 PM
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Re: The Mathematics of Poker
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Is this the appropriate place for extensive content discussion? So far, I like it and expect it to spawn some lively discussion.
I did pick up one error on page 48. The...
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Forum: Books and Publications
03-21-2007, 10:59 AM
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Forum: Books and Publications
03-18-2007, 01:43 PM
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MoP erreata correction
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Is there a posted errata besides this thread? I searched but didnt' find anything
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http://www.conjelco.com/mathofpoker/mathofpoker-errata.pdf
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
03-02-2007, 01:30 PM
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-28-2006, 11:45 PM
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-27-2006, 08:09 PM
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Re: Solution to part B
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Intuitively, I think the strategies for part A and part B converge with time and that the fact of whether player 2 knows about the xray vision becomes unimportant. ...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-27-2006, 06:49 PM
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Re: Solution to part B
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Intuitively, I think the strategies for part A and part B converge with time and that the fact of whether player 2 knows about the xray vision becomes unimportant.
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Since...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-27-2006, 06:42 PM
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Re: \"Workbook\" problems for odds calculation
OK - I tried the count 'em link for a ha-ha. Was given the problem of counting outs for the following:
hero: 9c Qh villain: Ah 3s
board: 7d 7s Td 3d
The program then informed me that...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-24-2006, 06:53 PM
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Re: The Mathematics of Poker
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P.48:
<B,call> = p(A has nuts)(-1) + p(A has a bluff)(+5)
<B,call> = (0.2)(-1) + (5)x
Shouldn't it be:
<B,call> = p(A has nuts)(-1) + p(A has a bluff)(+5)
<B,call> = (1-x)(-1) +...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-23-2006, 06:47 PM
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-19-2006, 07:20 PM
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-19-2006, 02:22 PM
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-15-2006, 06:34 PM
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Re: Good News/Bad News/Good News
For a classic and very readable text on game theory, see "Games and Decisions" by R. Duncan Luce and Howard Raiffa.
From the text:
"In the domain of mixed-strategies, every zero-sum, 2-person...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-15-2006, 11:35 AM
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Re: Good News/Bad News/Good News
Game theoretic equilibria have the property that no individual player can change his action and make himself strictly better off (vs the equilibrium strategies of the other players). They come in two...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-14-2006, 11:59 PM
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-14-2006, 11:46 PM
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Re: My Basic Thought On Free Will
[quote] Anyway, it seems to me that somewhere out there in logicland, a proof of free will can be constructed from the simple fact that PEOPLE WONDER (AND DISCUSS) WHETHER THEY HAVE FREE WILL.
It...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-13-2006, 08:53 PM
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Re: The Mathematics of Poker
From what I have seen so far, typos and errors are minor - on a level to be expected given the material. If it is read like a standard non-ficton book, they will likely not even be noticed. If read...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-13-2006, 03:03 PM
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Re: The Mathematics of Poker
>The primary conclusions don't depend on linearity and are unaffected.
More precisely, the conclusions depend only on x* (unchanged) and monotonicity (which is satisfied), and so remain valid.
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-13-2006, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 396
Views: 2,377
Re: The Mathematics of Poker
Is this the appropriate place for extensive content discussion? So far, I like it and expect it to spawn some lively discussion.
I did pick up one error on page 48. The unconditional...
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