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Re: How did the early players do it?
You do realize that things like pot odds and expected value have been around much longer than the current poker boom, right? Same goes for the concept of game theory.
I'm not saying that Doyle and his buddies knew all about this stuff in the 60s (even though it existed), but it doesn't take a genius to figure out some basics either. |
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Re: How did the early players do it?
umm, its sorta common sense if you have taken math before. i thought about pot odds before i ever read anything about poker. obviously, i didn't call it pot odds, but i knew that the relationship between the bet and pot was important. if you are good at math, i think that is a pretty easy concept to figure out on your own. its too bad that i suck at all the other stuff in poker (don't really like "gambling" enough to get really good).
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Re: How did the early players do it?
Smart people in smart universities did thesis papers on lots of math.
These lead other smart people to say 'Gambling seems to be encased in mathmatics, lets do a study on gambling' +EV is born. |
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