Mathematics, Probability and Poker

Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Some basic concepts Concept of an event Independence Expectation Calculation of simple probabilities Probability and odds Bayes Theorem Chapter 3. Counting methods Combinations and permutations Computation of permutations Computation of combinations How many aces are out? Chapter 4. Concept of a process Chapter 5. Some Paradoxes Chapter 6. Distributions Chapter 11. Mathematical aids to decision making Optimization Theory Decision Theory Game Theory Prisoner's Delimma Chapter 12. Psychology of Irrational Behavior Availability Error Chapter 15. Statistics What is statistics? Chapter 20. General Linear Model Basic model Influence Misc. topics Gary Carson's sites Poker sites Home page Math and Poker Blog Poker Culture Blog Poker Road Trips blog Playing no limit poker blog Road to the 2007 WSOP blog No Limit Poker website List of poker blogs Poker dealer employment Poker Strategy and Tips Articles Poker and Math List of poker blogs Poker dealer employment My Ebooks The Complete Book of Hold'Em Poker (electronic edition) The Complete Book of Casino Poker (electronic edition Other sites Probability Overnight travel blog Free books Politics Drinking Espresso Basic Probability Off Topic Rant Off Topic Rant Blog Top Colleges Princeton American Tradition blog I get my own business cards from them and it's a legit offer. They just charge for postage and it's quality work. Secretary Problem Optimal Stopping and Applications, by Tom Ferguson, an online textbook. Best-Choice problems with dependent criteria, by Tom Ferguson A Natural Vatiation of the Standard Secretary Problem, by Shoou-Re Hsiau and Jiing-Ru Yang, Statisca Sinica, Vol 10, 2000. Decision-Making on the Full Information Secretary Problem, by Michael D. Lee, Tess A. O'Connor, and Matthew B. Welsh Optimal Stopping Constants, by Steven Finch. Buy it now The Complete Book of Hold'Em Poker

Historical development of probability Cardano (1501-76) gave some ‘probabilities’ associated with dice throwing. Like all early probabalist his interest in the mathematical concepts of probabilty wasn't just motivated by an interest in mathematics, the primary motivation was an interest in gambling. His short treatise on dice was written sometime in the mid-16th century. But it wasn't actually published until 100 years later, shortly after Pascal and Ferment began their work on the Division of Stakes problem in dice. Then his booklet wasn't translated into English until the 1950's, so he doesn't usually get much credit when the history of probabilty is written about. It was Pascal and Ferment who really get the credit. They developed the ideas of probability a few years later when trying to calculate the value of a dice game that was terminated prior to completion. That was in the mid-1600's. This is kind of an event forumlation of probability. It's a precusor to the current day mathematical problem in poker related to how to make a deal in the late stages of poker tournaments. About 100 years later Thomas Simpson proposed a theory of measurement errors (motivated by the observations of astronomers) for more of a distribution based formulation of probability theory. Reviews of many early works on probability Previous Next Enter your search terms Submit search form

Updates to this website will be announced on the mailing list holdem Click to subscribe to holdem Alspach's Mathematics and Poker Page Brian Alspach used to write a regular column on combinatorics for Poker Digest. He's a retired math professor from Simon Fraser University. Tom Ferguson's home page He's a math ;professor at UCLA and Chris Ferguson's father. MathPages.com A collection of straight-forward introductions to various topics in mathematics and recreational mathematics. Kelly Betting