Never Split Tens! A Biographical Novel of Blackjack Game Theorist Edward O. Thorp PLUS Tips and Techniques to Help You Win /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Golden, Les (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2017.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Risk management.; Game theory.; Probabilities.; Mathematics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Mathematics.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Risk Management.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.

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 Re...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.