[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Al:

I agree. Zadeh's book was very good and it did influence some of our work. See the chapter "Betting and Game Theory" in my book Gambling Theory and Other Topics. Here's part of the second paragraph from that chapter:

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Many of the ideas that follow are either based upon or are extensions of those given by Norman Zadeh in his excellent book Winning Poker Systems. Some of this material is extremely complex and may be difficult for many readers to follow. But what is important are the conclusions at the end, not the mathematics.

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Best wishes,
Mason