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Next question: Assume starting stack size of 100bb for each player Assume the opponent has AA Assume the opponent always bets a pot size bet (25.5bb bet) on the flop and never folds to raises (any raise) Scenario: We raise 3bbs preflop with 44 Opponent reraises to 12bb with his AA Is it...

P(not hitting your pair) = # flops not hitting / # flops = ways to order 3 of 48 misses / ways to order 3 of 50 cards = 48*47*46 / (50*49*48) = 0.882449 P(hitting your pair) = 1 - P(not hitting your pair) = 1 - 0.882449 = 0.117551 P(quads) = (# ways to pick 2 of 3 flop cards) *...

You can learn how the game runs at the .net versions...you won't learn good strategy though, but I guess its a start. It's about the same as playing Zynga poker (I'd imagine). I might suggest if you're going to play "play money" games...to play limit holdem MTTs. Or MTTs in general. Just...

$100k PLO Cash Game This is a REALLY good glimpse into some of the best players in the world play poker for high stakes.

Also, if anyone is interested in watching some TOP (like 5 of the best 10 BEST players in the world) PLO players play a live big stakes cash game check out poker after dark on nbc. You can watch the past episodes online: $100k PLO Cash game Match 1 Monday Its a continuous game chopped up...

I love quants...who love poker.

I can't play. My accounts (and therefore funds) are frozen on both Stars and FTP. I can't play, transfer or cash out. I'd still be interested in building PLO programs to analyze the game more accurately. I already have a wish list of tools, I just need them transferred to code. Doesn't have...

I'll give ya $5... :) Sorry, I wasn't aware that was kept under wraps. Thanks anyway.

Is he a member here? If so, what's his name, Andy? :)

Who wrote that review?

http://www.pokerstatic.com/static-tv/a-kids-game-the-story-of-online-poker/ Give this a watch. Should be good.

Andy, I'm not sure if you're (or anyone else) is aware that there are already automated poker competitions held annually very similar to the trading competitions you talking about. Teams from Alberta and CMU, among others compete there. Measuring a bots success can be somewhat...

When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target -- and its covert...

Well to start, the vast majority of players don't make money. Period. But then again, the vast majority of players are recreational players playing for entertainment. The players who make a constant living from within the game itself (not sponsorship or outside sources like coaching) can do...

Of course I recognize Spurious. And don't let him kid you, I imagine that anyone posting heavy strat content in the strat forums of 2p2 are probably in the top 1% of poker players in the world in terms of skill. I'm not interested in SNG analysis. In my opinion, there is much less value in...

Tri Nguyen (SlowHabit) has put out some nice books. Google around for that information. Tri and Cole South (CTS) put out a book awhile ago called "Let there be range" which is amazing. Andrew Seidman (Balugawhale) has put out some ebooks as well I believe. Tom Chambers (LFTV or...

Andy, SIG is def a firm that seeks out poker players. Another Leggo professional is a SIG trader out of Dublin. Also Bill Chen and some other pros work there as well. Bill Chen has probably THE most comprehensive poker book on the market....Mathematics of Poker. (at least...print...

I downloaded it I think the day prior to it getting released (think it leaked somewhere). I like it. Still like chrome the best but I use FF at work and I think it has some decent improvements. I'm still learning all the new functionality.

PokerTracker and Holdem Manager are two systems you can purchase that helps you analyze your opponents play as well as your own. They both datamine hand histories (HHs) which are basic standardized text files created after each hand is played...sort of like a report of the hand. They then can...

I'd say HU PLO. If anyone would like to talk about building some software/program for analyzing PLO please shoot me a PM. I have some dream "gadgets" I wish I had to help advance my game that just aren't available on the net. These are not designed for in game use...just homework to perfect a...

I might add that if you know nothing about poker or just know how to play but don't understand any strategy...those papers will probably be a bit too much for you. If you want to learn...go to a site and just start playing to learn how the game works or just google around. If you want to learn...

I'd be interesting in participating in this project.

To try and get thread back on track.... Here is some heavy reading on some of the leading edge advances in poker programs: The Challenge of Poker Algorithms and Assessment in Computer Poker Computer Poker State Translation in No Limit Poker Using Counterfactual Regret Minimization To...

There is a lot of information here that is spot on and a lot that misses the mark completely. To start, I've been a professional online poker player for years. I've played on multiple sites (stars, ftp, party, pacific) and played multiple forms of poker successfully (MTT, SNG, LHE, NLHE, PLO...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41516409

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+1 on the great video post.

One of the all time investing greats... :) On a more serious note, I do miss WSW...I wish they'd still make that show somewhere.

Could you expand on why you think Google is overvalued? I'm of the opposite opinion and would like to here the other side to see if I'm missing anything. Care to play devils advocate?

I like buying apple here more than shorting it. It does worry me quite a bit that he takes this medical leave right as their largest earnings report comes out and new product announcments are a week or so away. I'm really not qualified to comment on timing Apples stock so don't put any...

I could see this becoming popular. I don't see this one here being a big seller. It seems more gimmicky than anything else. If it is functional though this could be a sweet device...I'm just skeptical if they have all the functionality stuff down to have this compete against a normal laptop...

gizmodo, engadget, techcrunch, BGR....I check em all. Like engadget the best. Also check out venturebeat a lot.

Samsung sliding tablet with keyboard runnings windows 7: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/samsung-9-series-and-sliding-pc-7-series-quick-hands-on-video/ Motorola Xoom Tablet: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/motorola-xoom-first-hands-on/ Not too impressed with the Motorola tablet...

Andy, Can you (or anyone really) explain what this is for those that are unfamiliar with it. Regardless, I'm interested...now just tell me what I'm interested in! :)

http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0HeKpjwajW8&pos=7#

Is it weird that I think being "results-oriented" is a bad thing?

Julian Assange turned himself into police this morning: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/07/police-wikileaks-julian-assange-arrested-in-london/ Also, here is a TED interview from earlier this year (Jul 2010):

How'd you get access to this? I heard about it a few days ago...sounds interesting.

I think its awesome. I'd drive from Kalamazoo just to buy him coffee but I'm not a professional in that area, so I feel like I'd be wasting his time. I'm sure there are far better candidates here to take him up on this. Still though, it's nice to see someone taking the initiative to network...

I know that they have an awesome campus down there right near the coast.

That is even better actually. Thank you so much Prof H. Looking forward to it.

This would be great to check out. Is there any online or streamed events like this for those of us that arn't living in NYC?

Well looks like you beat me to it. :) Any thoughts on this? It does seem odd for them to fight so hard to keep the option open to invest 3% into hedge funds...only to start shutting down their internal trading units.

These (Not just MIT) videos are already all over youtube. Could we expect them to be pulled off that as well?

Maybe they read QN :)

Would it just be risk adjusted PnL?

I can probably add something to this discussion.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> I know a great deal of poker players and I know a few that already work for SIG. I know of more that I have indirect contact with as...

MBA gets my vote.

I'm waiting to see what HP comes out with in Q1 2011. I'm a sucker for WebOS, the software is amazing. Hoping that HP can fix the hardware problems Palm had with the Pre and maybe throw some more funds at these mobile projects to really compete with Apple/Google. That said, I'm not holding...

<3 chrome. Use IE at work tho :(

I don't really understand what you're asking here? There are a few advantages of online poker when compared to live poker. Mainly that you can play MANY more hands. In a casino, you only can play at one table and are generally dealt abotu 30-35 hands an hour. Online each table you...

For starters, having a "poker face" isn't a big requirement for winning at poker and it use to be a common misconception, although I think that has faded a bit these days. As a player you should try and give off as little as possible. Not only from the expression on your face but from a...

For anyone that plays or starts playing poker, please take this with a HUGE grain of salt. The study is interesting in its own right but I dont' think it something to be taken literally at the poker table. And it's not something I'd recommend as a common "strategy" for anyone that is playing...

...and all of the traders vocab.

Depending on the city/country, I'd love to work/live in Asia.

Am I naive to think that just about all of the topics covered are somewhere on the net for free and that the purpose of the Encyclopedia is just to organize and present the information more effeciently than searching the net, or a library for example? And I'm not trying to trash the...

There are a few different ways around this if you want to get creative.

I'm watching it on my phone. SprintTV has an ESPN mobilecast covering the world cup free for anyone that gets it. It's not as good as an HD tv from home obv but I can watch anywhere I go this weekend.

There is also a game theory course in Yales courses. I constantly look through Itunes U as there are a TON of open courses (full courses) in there. Stanford has some nice programming courses and Berkeley has a lot of stuff I enjoy as well.

100% and a 92%...I flew through it pretty quickly tho. Still not sure if that's a good thing or not. It says I can filter out irrelevant information very well...something my girlfriend could attest to. :)

Joelb, Ya, I believe one of the guys who helped design the program...or at least worked with the team is Matt Hawrilenko (sp). Who also now either works for SIG or has been offered jobs and turned them down to keep playing. He seems like a class act too fwiw so it's nice to see him doing well...

If you're a chess player then I think you'd appreciate the more scientific and acedemic aspects that go into developing poker strategy. You know of IBM and Deep Blue I'll assume. A team, I think out of Canada, built a program that can play HU LHE (heads up limit holdem) almost perfectly. HU...

bigbadwolf, Those are very very basic and simple calculations any high school math teacher could make. Its the foundation of decision making in poker situations. There is a tremendous amount of game theory and other analysis that goes into developing a strategy that isn't so simple and plain...

I recently just found this site and love it. I'm still pretty ignorant to a lot of the quant topics and am still taking information and learning without contributing much to this community. One area I could contribute is poker. If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to help as best I can...

Bob, What have you heard? This is from theflyonthewall.com: Google started trading floor to manage cash position, Businessweek reports Google started a trading floor to manage its $26.5B cash and short-term investments position, Bloomberg Businessweeek reports.

I just heard a report on Bloomberg that Google has been hiring traders, among others, from Wall St. lately and are currently in the process of opening up a new trading floor on their CA campus. The purpose of the trading floor will be to manage it's large amount of cash it currently has. Has...

Can I ask what your background was? Mainly what'd you study at FSU, GRE/GMAT scores, GPA? I ask because I had originally thought that you needed a very solid resume/application to get admitted to these programs. And I was thinking Top tier school, very strong GPA in a hard science...

Have you checked out iTunes U?

Ya I understand a lot of what I asked was pretty basic but was better than nothing. Reading the article now...thanks for doing this!

Who are the biggets players in the HFT arena? What are the costs of running a HFT shop? Thoughts on the big drop and recovery on 5/6? Are there areas of the markets in general that appear to be more efficient than others? If so which ones and why is that? What/Is there a new trend in...

http://www.phillymag.com/shopping_style/articles/beating_the_odds/ This link is a long and extremely interesting story of Jess Yass who was one of the founders of SIG. In it, they detail quite about about their thoughts on poker. Also, Bill Chen wrote the bible for Limit Poker that is...