Forum: EDF
11-29-2007, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 954
Re: EDF: Evaluate my potential band\'s setlist
Nice list. Other bar song possibilities:
Old AC/DC - TNT, Dirty Deeds, Highway to Hell, It's a Long way to the Top
Free for All - Terrible Ted
School's Out - Alice Cooper
American Woman -...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-22-2007, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 1,043
Greatest People of All Time
Who were the greatest people of all time and why? "Greatest" could mean a lot of different things. I'm leaving it purposely vague so it is up to your own interpretation. Also, when I ask "why" I'm...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-09-2007, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 122
Re: What makes us age?
Ok, so let's get a little more specific. Why do dogs seem to get arthritis when they are, say, 10 years old and humans don't until much later in life?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-03-2007, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 122
What makes us age?
What make us age and why, in particular, do we age so much slower than, say, dogs? My dog, who is 9, has gray hair all over her face.
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-03-2007, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 45
Non-Self Weighting Strategies
I'm about 2/3 through Mason's Gambling Theory and Other Topics. He talks a lot about non-self weighting strategies. I get what they are and the concept make a lot of sense to me. However, I didn't...
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Forum: Travel
08-04-2007, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 132
New York City
Each year my wife and I usually spend a long weekend in Manhattan. We've done this maybe 6-8 times, so we've done and seen a lot of the standard tourist type stuff. We have always stayed near Times...
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Forum: Probability
06-29-2007, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 66
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Forum: Books and Publications
06-16-2007, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 350
What if a University Offered a Degree in Poker
I noticed a quote from Chris Ferguson on the back of the Mathematics of Poker book that said, "If I ever find myself teaching a poker class for the mathematics department at UCLA, this will be the...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 520
Re: Luck vs. Skill test...
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Luck versus skill is a red herring anyway. Anyone who said it's an important legal point is misdirecting you. Poker is hated by some US politicians and judges because they're lunatic...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 520
Re: Luck vs. Skill test...
If your goal is to show that it is possible for at least some form of poker to be played with skill, then I think this is easy to do. You don't even need to make up hypothetical situations. I did...
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Forum: Poker Theory
04-13-2007, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 81
Can Someone Check my Push/Fold Calculations
I developed a spreadsheet to calculate EV's in push/fold situations in heads up NLHE.
The inputs to the spreadsheet are:
SB
BB
Short Stack Size(after completing the SB)
Opponent's Range of...
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Forum: Books and Publications
03-31-2007, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 87
Re: Non-Poker Book Recommendations
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"labyrinths of reason" also by poundstone
"the compleat strategyst" by j.d. williams is a primer on game theory that reads very well.
a few good, lesser known novels are:
"cat's...
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Forum: Books and Publications
03-30-2007, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 87
Non-Poker Book Recommendations
I'm a little burnt out on poker books so I'm looking for recommendations along the lines of the following, which I found to be excellent:
Fooled by Randomness, by Taleb
Against the Gods, by...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-03-2007, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 342
Re: Damn you mathematicians
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Well, if you want to pull a fast one on the students, you'll just write it as theta = s/r and they'll see that the units cancel. I think that textbooks tend to do...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-03-2007, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 342
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
02-18-2007, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 1,402
Re: Computing a Skill/Luck Ratio
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I don't see how A/A+B is any different from what I termed the skill/luck ratio (factor 1 / factor 2 or in your terms A over B).
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The only difference is yours goes from 0 to...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
02-18-2007, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 144
Views: 1,402
Re: Computing a Skill/Luck Ratio
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Beyond this, in another post I indicated that skill level can be measured for all games based on two factors.
1) Variability in a person's outcome given infinite trials (Variability...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
02-03-2007, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 179
Re: Is Chess solvable?
I believe it was either Ernst Zermelo or Harold Kuhn who proved that every finite game of perfect information has a pure strategy Nash equilibrium.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
02-03-2007, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 129
Re: Why is gambling considered \"bad\"?
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State Farm / Allstate business model: Let's take a little bit of money from a whole bunch of people. We will calculate the odds of certain events happening. If the odds 'go their way'...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
02-03-2007, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 129
Re: Why is gambling considered \"bad\"?
I think one of the reasons gambling is considered bad and investing is not, is that gambling is a zero sum game. There is nothing productive about gambling. It just amounts to people exchanging...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-28-2007, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 272
Re: Is poker gambling?
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You buy insurance on XXX. XXX gets destroyed. The insurnace company pays you to replace your XXX. Do you profit from this?
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Yes.
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-28-2007, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 272
Re: Is poker gambling?
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You have a very idealized image of insurance.
Ten people put up money. If a certain something happens, they get more money back. If it doesn't then they lose the money.
Are they...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-28-2007, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 272
Re: Is poker gambling?
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Gambling is wagering something of value on an undetermined event. Buying insurance is gambling that something bad is going to happen to you. The insurance company is betting it doesn't. ...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-27-2007, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 272
Re: Is poker gambling?
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Gambling is wagering on an unexpected outcome. Of course poker is gambling. Even if you play a +EV game, it is still gambling.
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Then there isnt much in life...
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Forum: Probability
01-03-2007, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 61
Re: Statistics Question (hard, I think)
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Yes, I agree that the more hands you use per simulation, the more accurate your sample variance will be. But you're better off putting all the hands in one big pool.
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