Archive for the ‘Gamblers’ Category
Posted by Nicolae on October 15th, 2008 under Gamblers, Poker
Tags: ceremony, Commerce Casino, Doyle Brunson, film, Gus Hansen, induction, Invitational Poker Tournament, James Garner, links, literature, players, Poker, poker rooms, television, Video, Walk of Fame, World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, WPT •
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The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is designed to honor those poker players who have played the game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature. It was started in 2004.In February 2004, The World Poker Tour Walk [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 29th, 2008 under Gamblers, Poker
Tags: 1979, 2007, Barbara Enright, Binions Casino, competition, Hall of Fame, Harrah's, high stakes, Horseshoe Casino, Johnny Moss, membership, Phil Hellmuth, players, Poker, Poker Hall of Fame, Video, World Series of Poker •
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The Poker Hall of Fame is a group of poker players who have played poker well against top competition for high stakes over a long period of time. Originally established by the Horseshoe Casino, membership is now awarded by Harrah’s World Series of Poker.Members of the Poker Hall of Fame include [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 11th, 2008 under Gamblers, Society, Software, online poker
Tags: Bayes theorem, combinatorial game theory, computer, game, Monte Carlo simulation, multi-player, Nash equilibrium, Neural networks, online poker, players, Poker, pokerbots, ring, rooms, strategy, WinHoldEm •
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The game of poker (or at least most of the variants) is considered to be computationally intractable. However, methods are being developed to at least approximate perfect strategy from the combinatorial game theory perspective in the heads-up (two player) game, and increasingly good systems are being created for the multi-player or [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 27th, 2008 under Blackjack, Casinos, Celebrities, Gamblers
Tags: Al Francesco, betting, Blackjack, Blackjack Hall of Fame, Breaking Vegas, card tracking, card-counting, casino games, gamblers, investigators, Johnny Chang, Ken Uston, links, media, methods, Million Dollar Blackjack, MIT Blackjack Team, odds, operation, plan, statistical advantage, story, Strategic Investments, strategy, students, team manager •
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The MIT Blackjack Team, as the name suggests, was a group of students and ex-students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who attempted to beat casinos at blackjack worldwide. The team and its successors operated from 1979 through the beginning of the 21st century.
The plan and operation
Blackjack gives the house a low statistical [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 4th, 2008 under Gamblers, Tournaments, games
Tags: Argentina, David Ben-Zion, David Nahmad, Dennis Carlston, Frank Frigo, Hal Heinrich, Ion Ressu, Jerry Grandell, Jon Kristian Røyset, Jorge Pan, Jörgen Granstedt, Katie Scalamandre, Mads Andersen, Michael Meyburg, Peter Hallberg, Peter Jes Thomsen, Philip Vischjager, World Backgammon Champions •
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* 1967—Tim Holland, United States
* 1968—Tim Holland, United States
* 1969— no championships held
* 1970— no championships held
* 1971—Tim Holland, United States
* 1972—Oswald Jacoby, United States
* 1973—Carol Crawford, United States (first female champion)
* 1974—Claude Beer, United States
* 1975—Billy Eisenberg, United States
* 1976—Baron Vernon Ball, United States
* 1977—Ken Goodman, United States
* 1978—Paul “X-22″ Magriel, United States
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