Never Split Tens! : A Biographical Novel of Blackjack Game Theorist Edward O. Thorp PLUS Tips and Techniques to Help You Win / by Leslie M. Golden
データ種別 | 電子書籍 |
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出版者 | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus |
出版年 | 2017 |
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書誌ID | OB01039609 |
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本文言語 | 英語 |
一般注記 | PART ONE.- 1 Recollections.- 2 A Shayna Madel.- 3 A Date With Patsy Cline.- 4 Linear Operators.- 5 Chipped Beef on Pillows.- 6 Graveyard Shift.- 7 Royal Garden Blues.- 8 The Ships That Go Sailing By Crickets.- 9 Did You Hear the One About....- 10 A Coming Out Party.- 11 Braun’s Brawn.- 12 Forbidden Fruit.- PART TWO.- 13 The Liechtensteiner Polka.- 14 Stargazing.- 15 Toy Slot Machines and Other Diversions.- 16 Hot and Sour Soup.- 17 Get a Job.- 18 Strike When the Deck Is Hot.- 19 Holding Hands at Midnight.- 20 A Little Jazz Music.- 21 A Milk-Bone for Gauss.- Epilogue.- The Vivian Name Game.- Appendix I: Poetic Licensing.- Appendix II: Card Counting Systems -- Appendix III: Camouflage - Acting for Card Counters -- Appendix IV: Harry Dubner and the Development of the "Hi-Lo" System -- About the Author.-Bibliography -- Index. License restrictions may limit access Summary: Renowned probability theorist Edward O. Thorp revolutionized the casino industry by developing card counting systems for the casino game of blackjack. Les Golden, the celebrated blackjack, roulette, and craps columnist for Bluff Europe, Gambling.com, iGaming Business, GamblingOnline, and Jackpots Review magazines, tells Thorp’s incredible true story of lucrative applied probability with charm, wit, and humor. Whether you visit casinos for fun, dinner money, or a living, or whether you’re simply interested in a story of romance and casino intrigue, this lively biographical novel will capture and delight you. Illustrations by the author |
著者標目 | *Golden, Leslie M SpringerLink (Online service) |
件 名 | LCSH:Popular works LCSH:Risk management LCSH:Game theory LCSH:Probabilities LCSH:Mathematics FREE:Popular Science FREE:Popular Science in Mathematics FREE:Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences FREE:Risk Management FREE:Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes |
分 類 | LCC:QA1-939 DC23:510 |
巻冊次 | ISBN:9783319634869 RefWorks出力(各巻) print ; ISBN:9783319634852 RefWorks出力(各巻) |
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