Forum: Books and Publications
11-08-2005, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 85
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Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine
11-01-2005, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 699
Death Penalty Article
Can people confirm that I'm not seeing things? Have a really just read an article about refinements to the death penalty in a POKER magazine.
I'm not objecting to this on the merits of David's...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-17-2005, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 90
Re: the monk walks up a mountain-
The best way to see the answer is to imagine that there are two monks- one at the top and one at the bottom of the mountain. One starts walking up the mountain at X, and one starts to descend at...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-09-2005, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 130
Re: NL HU all-in/fold game theory Q
Sorry, I dont think my post explained what I was getting at. I understand the concepts of Nash Equilibria etc (but I'm sure others will benefit from your explanation). I just felt that saying that...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-09-2005, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 130
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Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine
10-02-2005, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 45
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Forum: Books and Publications
09-26-2005, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 207
Re: Backgammon Resources
Amulet is spot on: the Bill Robertie books are easily th best for beginners/intermediates. Read 'Backgammon for Winners' first, and then 'Backgammon for Serious Players'. Once you've digested the...
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Forum: Books and Publications
08-24-2005, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 85
HOH or TPFAP?
Hi,
I'm wanting to improve my tournament play- I mainly play home-game, $10 buy-in, single table limit tournaments, together with the occasional no-limit tourney. Which book would you guys...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-12-2005, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 76
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-12-2005, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 76
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Forum: Poker Theory
07-11-2005, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 131
Re: This is in the theory of poker
Just been thinking about this problem, and I was wondering if your chances of winning are are not actually 40%.
If the deck has only one of each number between 1 and 100 (and assuming just integer...
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Forum: Books and Publications
07-10-2005, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 90
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Forum: Books and Publications
07-09-2005, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 90
Tournament Poker By Sklansky
I noticed in a recent post in which people were asked to rate books out of 10, that Sklansky's Tournament Poker Fof Advanced Players was only getting average marks i.e. 6s and 7s. I'm wondering what...
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Forum: Probability
06-27-2005, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 89
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Forum: Books and Publications
06-26-2005, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 85
Heads-Up Play
Hi,
Could people recommend the best books/articles for heads-up play specifically? I have read what's in TOP and HPFAP, but would like to read more.
Thanks in advance,
John
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Forum: Probability
06-11-2005, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 172
Re: Confidence Intervals
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The sample mean is always an unbiased estimate of the mean of any distribution by definition.
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Should this not be qualified by stating that the...
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Forum: Probability
06-10-2005, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 83
In The Spirit Of Monty Hall and Bellboy Puzzles
Although not really falling into the realms of probability, people seemed very interested in the Monty Hall and Bellboy puzzles. This has given me an opportunity to pose the following problem, which...
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Forum: Probability
06-10-2005, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 172
Re: Confidence Intervals
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The sample mean is always an unbiased estimate of the mean of any distribution by definition.
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Should this not be qualified by stating that the sample is "random"?
John
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-10-2005, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 126
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Forum: Televised Poker
06-07-2005, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 92
Views: 417
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Forum: Televised Poker
06-03-2005, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 167
Re: A Simple Solution to the crowded WSOP
Practically, it's a good idea, but I reckon it would greatly reduce the atmosphere and buzz that people will be experiencing right now. To be one of over 2000 people in a room, most playing...
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Forum: Televised Poker
06-03-2005, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 90
WSOP Final Tables Online?
Just wondering if there are any plans to broadcast final tables through something like Partypoker or any other poker site?
i.e. show the bets and plays almost real time on an internet table.
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-01-2005, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 125
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-01-2005, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 125
Re: it is +ev to call, but would YOU?
pzhon has pretty much answered it. Its all about your expected utility function, and more specifically your co-efficient of absolute risk aversion, r.
A higher r means you are more averse to risk...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
05-30-2005, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 36
Darse Billings Tournament Guide
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has read Darse's No-Limit tournament guide:
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~darse/Papers/no-limit-tnmt-primer.html
Im reading it at the moment and seems quite...
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