FINDING THE EDGE by Vancura, Olaf et. al.

FINDING THE EDGE
by Vancura, Olaf et. al.
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A valuable new reference for those looking for advanced studies of gambling games, which means many mathematical formulas, formulas and tables from almost two dozen contributors. There are six major sections to this volume, including Studies on the Mathematical Methodology of Gambling Games in Casinos, which includes Analysis of a Gambling System by S.N. Ethier; Casino Card Shuffles: How Random are They? There's also Blackjack Papers A.(including A Study of Index Rounding in Card-Counting by Ken Fuchs and Vancura; Does Basic Strategy Have the Same Expectation for Each Round? By Dr. Edward O. Thorp). Also Variations on Blackjack (including A New Sidebet for Blackjack: Hedging Against Stiffs by Linda and Bill Woodland and The Quality of Blackjack Play in Australian Casinos by Michael Walker, Sylvana Sturvska and Duncan Turpie); The Kelly Criterion in Blackjack, Sports Betting and the Stock Market by Dr. Thorp. There are also papers in a category called New Games and Wagers including An Analysis of Caribbean Stud Poker by the late Peter Griffin and John Gwynn, Jr.; Double Hand Marquez-A Derivative of Blackjack and Pai Gow by Gwynn; A Detailed Study of Pai Gow by Gwynn. A final section titled Mathematical Analysis of Other Casino Games has A Short Note on the Expected Duration of the Australia Game "Two-Up" by Griffin; A Winning Strategy for Roulette by Jerome Klotz and A Statistical Characterization and Comparison of Selected Craps Money Management and Bet Selection Systems by Ken Elliott III. Obviously this is not light reading for afternoons at the pool or beach--it does require some intense knowledge of math--but nevertheless important material those planning to attack the games with serious money or those running the games who may need to better understand those games on a higher level beyond profits. 441 pages, hardbound, 2000.

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