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Forum: Books and Publications 11-02-2005, 08:18 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 921
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Case Closed

A more impressive list:

168 listings matching "Jowett, United States" 23 non-published listings (more info at Intelius)

Amazon author list:

Lorna Jowett
Benjamin Jowett
Philip Jowett...
Forum: Books and Publications 11-02-2005, 07:48 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 921
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Case Closed

Bump the total number to 50...14+%. I need the money for lunch Saturday.
Forum: Books and Publications 11-02-2005, 07:31 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 921
Posted By Jcrew
Case Closed

Name: Stephanopoulos

22 listings matching "Stephanopoulos, United States" 1 non-published listing (more info at Intelius)

Amazon Authors:

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos
Gregory...
Forum: Probability 10-12-2005, 12:02 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 467
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Negreanu says....

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He's talking Bayesian. That has nothing to do with conditional probability.


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Didn't he basically say given the call(along with the conditions), whats the probability...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 09-26-2005, 06:10 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 251
Posted By Jcrew
Re: An Obnoxious Challenge To Catholic Theologians

Does this challenge include people who attend church "religiously"? I scored in the top 2% of all the kids that were tested for the Gifted and Talented Program which is given to the top 5% of kids...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 09-13-2005, 06:54 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 128
Posted By Jcrew
IQ Question [Attn: Sklansky]

If two people working together got the same IQ scores as one person over a battery of tests but scored less individually, would their success rate be equivalent to the single person over a range of...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 09-02-2005, 06:20 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 319
Posted By Jcrew
Re: What\'s The Odds That The Man Who Stops Hurricanes

"The reason that the fastest player is almost never the best player stems from two facts.
1. Speed is only one attribute necessarry to succeed in baseball.
2. Super speedsters are MUCH RARER than...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 08-30-2005, 01:01 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 125
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Does anyone have the math skills to isolate the variable, a.

It looks like a transcendental equation and cannot be solved by algebraic means. The function looks like it can be solved using the Lambert W function.
...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 08-02-2005, 12:21 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 161
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Theory From One of Sklansky\'s Books

I think sklansky considers problems that exist on a purely abstract universe as math problems but not its applications to the real world. One characteristic of sklansky classified math problems(SCMP)...
Forum: Poker Theory 07-21-2005, 03:16 PM
Replies: 88
Poll: AA on the BB
Views: 369
Posted By Jcrew
Re: AA on the BB

If you recognize one of the players as solid who wouldn't call multiplie all-in bets without AA, then you should fold. If there is another AA out there, your EV is miniscule.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-20-2005, 03:00 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 942
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Announcing \"Answered\" Prayers Both Stupid and Disgusting

Yes, it may be. You missed the point though. The example was contrived to ask the question how many coincidences must occur for a reasonable logical person to call it a miracle. Since David seems to...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-20-2005, 11:07 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 942
Posted By Jcrew
Re: Announcing \"Answered\" Prayers Both Stupid and Disgusting

How tolerant is your definition of miracle? If a guy claims to have Godly powers and was able to roll a 6 on any 6 sided die at a 20% or greater rate on demand(say he rolls 100 times at every...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-17-2005, 04:42 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 1,640
Posted By Jcrew
Re: How do atheist\\scientists account for Thomas Aquinas?

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So at least one of the following must be false:
(1) Quantum mechanics can be explained by hidden variables.
(2) We live in a universe bound by the cosmic speed limit.
(3) The...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-17-2005, 04:36 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 1,640
Posted By Jcrew
Re: How do atheist\\scientists account for Thomas Aquinas?

Einstein accepted that Quantum Mechanics was the best available theory at the quantum level, but of all the bio's I read of him, he died trying to find a more complete theory and still believed in...
Forum: Televised Poker 07-05-2005, 05:39 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 406
Posted By Jcrew
Re: World Series Main Event Evolution: Harder Then Or Now?

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Why is everyone saying "Monkies" instead of "Monkeys"? Is this a new internet joke that I'm not aware of?

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Sorry, I was thinking of Donkies when I wrote it. Somehow the...
Forum: Televised Poker 07-05-2005, 03:17 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 406
Posted By Jcrew
Re: World Series Main Event Evolution: Harder Then Or Now?

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Just the fact that you could avoid confrontations with stacks that could bust you (unless you are 4-1 or better) would render your double up calculations way off.

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Forum: Televised Poker 07-05-2005, 01:24 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 406
Posted By Jcrew
Re: World Series Main Event Evolution: Harder Then Or Now?

If you know the percentage of times the monkeys go all-in you can figure out whether a min raise will be positive EV.

p = probability of monkey going all in.
n = number of monkeys left to act
EV...
Forum: Televised Poker 07-04-2005, 07:38 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 406
Posted By Jcrew
Re: World Series Main Event Evolution: Harder Then Or Now?

You mean that sometimes you would be able lose and still survive? If so, I left it out since the monkeys will be doubling each other fairly quickly. Or are you referring to your advantage when the...
Forum: Televised Poker 07-04-2005, 06:20 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 406
Posted By Jcrew
Re: World Series Main Event Evolution: Harder Then Or Now?

I'm not sure where you came up with 8-1. To win the tournament you would have to double up approximately 11 times. Making a fairly optimistic assumption that you would be on average 70/30 to win the...
Forum: Televised Poker 06-10-2005, 03:39 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 331
Posted By Jcrew
Hmmm....

I see at least two reasons to bluff in a dry side pot. mostsmooth already mention that he would be free rolling for the main pot. In the middle and early part of a tournament in huge field, the...
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