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06-05-2005, 12:17 PM
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Re: Economist wants pokertracker database hands
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wanna be famous? [/ QUOTE ] He wants someone to hand him a database of a million plus hands and the payoff is "we are confident we can help you be a better poker player. Heck, we'll even throw in a freakonomics t-shirt." Yeah, that's freakonimcally adequate compensation, all right. 
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06-05-2005, 01:14 PM
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Yeah, that's freakonimcally adequate compensation, all right. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah I'm sure he's just doing it so he can set up an account on the same site you play at and, with his newfound knowledge of all your Super Secret Poker Moves, "totally pwn" you online.
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06-06-2005, 12:50 AM
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Re: Economist wants pokertracker database hands
This economist is a tool. He wrote a "study" of Billy Beane and the Oakland A's that was hilariously poorly conceived. I question whether he's capable of rational thought.
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06-06-2005, 08:36 AM
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This economist is a tool. He wrote a "study" of Billy Beane and the Oakland A's that was hilariously poorly conceived. I question whether he's capable of rational thought. [/ QUOTE ] His book "Freakonomics" was pretty good, I must say [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. I couldn't find the original "study"/article/whatever it was, but I did find a follow-up one where he responds to some of the concerns people had about it - snippets below: [ QUOTE ] Besides, the point I am making is so simple that it doesn't require complicated analysis to demonstrate. Oakland was average on offense and phenomenal on pitching. You can control for whatever you want, that story absolutely will not change. So how can you argue that hitting is the reason Oakland won so many games? And I don't think it is reasonable to say that Oakland won't do well in the future because the inefficiencies in the market for OBP have been driven away. Probably they have been driven away, but they were never that important anyway. If Beane were so smart, would he have let Michael Lewis give away the keys to the castle? I doubt it. ... For all of you who disagree with me - and the betting markets - go to tradesports and bet on the A's. The market thinks they will only win 82 games. If they are as good as you believe, there is a lot of money to be made. And after you all bet and drive the odds up, I will bet the other side. [/ QUOTE ] Seems pretty confident in his opinion, at least.
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#8
06-06-2005, 08:59 AM
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Re: Economist wants pokertracker database hands
I have not read the A's piece, so I don't know if its messed up.
However, he did win the Clark Medal for best economist under 40 (2nd most prestigious award in economics after the Nobel). Levitt wins John Bates Clark Medal AA
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06-06-2005, 10:32 AM
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This economist is a tool. He wrote a "study" of Billy Beane and the Oakland A's that was hilariously poorly conceived. I question whether he's capable of rational thought. [/ QUOTE ] He is likely going to win a Nobel Prize if he lives long enough. He's already on the short list and he's under 50.
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#10
06-06-2005, 11:05 AM
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Re: Economist wants pokertracker database hands
From what I read, the prize that he's already won (which I can't remember the name of offhand and am too lazy to google at the moment, so I'll just refer to it as the Stanley Clarke prize, because I recall it having the name "clark" in it and also because Stanley Clarke is such a great bass player) is more prestigious in the circle of economists than the Nobel Prize is. So compared to his Stanley Clarke prize, the Nobel just ain't that funky.
It would be funny to see him up there in ridiculous tuxedo saying the word "freakonomics" in his speech, though.
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