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Old 10-19-2005, 04:35 PM
RiverFenix RiverFenix is offline
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Default 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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Old 10-19-2005, 04:40 PM
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Ken Warren's book.
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Old 10-19-2005, 05:45 PM
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Theory of Poker, obviously.
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Old 10-19-2005, 05:57 PM
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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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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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Old 10-19-2005, 07:42 PM
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Poker Faces by David Hayano.
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Old 10-19-2005, 08:00 PM
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Ken Warren's book.

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Old 10-20-2005, 12:20 AM
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University of Nevada -- Special Collections
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Old 10-20-2005, 05:09 AM
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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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Old 10-20-2005, 09:14 AM
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University of Nevada -- Special Collections

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Old 10-20-2005, 07:58 PM
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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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