Has there ever been a book/article that is consider \"scholarly\"
 

Something that you could use in the academic realm? Schoonmaker comes close im guessing. Are there any other examples that anyone can think of on poker or gambling in general?

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Ken Warren's book.

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Theory of Poker, obviously.

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There have been several articles that have been considered scholarly, most notably the work by the University of Alberta group. There are also scholarly works that can be useful to gamblers. Many examples come to mind in sports betting, for example. The bottom line is that there is generally little correspondence between the utility functions of scholarly journals and advantage gamblers. There are certainly some crossover situations, but generally some translation has to occur in order to make scholarly work useful in "real life".

A good example of this is the Kelly Criterion. I've read John Kelly's paper. It won't help a gambler any more than any of the explanations found in the gambling literature.

So, to answer your question, there exist some places where scholarly work and the gambling press overlap. In poker, the best place to see this is the work being done at the University of Alberta. Among the popular poker press, very little of it is suitable for attribution in scholarly works, although, again, the Alberta folks have cited several popular poker books, including those published by 2+2.

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Poker Faces by David Hayano.

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Ken Warren's book.

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University of Nevada -- Special Collections

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Poker Faces by David Hayano.

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Definitely, this book had an academic approach. My only problem was the sample seemed pretty small in his research, but it was an interesting read.

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University of Nevada -- Special Collections

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There is a whole field of mathematics known as game theory. There are many economics works dealing with gambling in uncertain systems (such as the stock market). Think Nash.

One possible example that comes to mind is Kelley on information wagering that is the basis for Kelley bet sizing in blackjack (and any other form of gambling- was originally intended for horse racing).

The Intellegent Gambler back issues are online at Conjelco's site. These have pretty well written articles on many gambling topics.

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You might consider "The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic" by Richard Epstein.

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haven't read the thread... but i'd think TOP is pretty close. and some of the essay books.... BTW, there are university professors who study poker (for the math and game theory etc. angles) and i'm sure there are articles considered ground-breaking or seminal (correct english??)

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Peter Griffin has some blackjack stuff that's pretty intense.

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Optimum Strategy for Blackjack (original paper)

bjmath.com/bjmath/kelly/kelly.htm (includes original Kelly paper)

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Winning Poker Systems by Norman Zadeh. It was originally a Phd thesis.

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Hi flush:

For what it's worth, at the "Seventh Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking" sponsored by the University of Nevada-Reno and held in 1987, I gave a paper titled "Non-Self Weighting Strategies and Bankroll Requirements." Peter Griffing was the moderator. This material now appears in my book Gambling Theory and Other Topics.

Best wishes,
Mason

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I think this Chris Ferguson article might count:

http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tom/papers/poker1.pdf