Gambling Articles
August 4, 2010 -
Commentary
on "Bayesian Poker" - Published in the August 2010 issue of the
TwoPlusTwo Online
Magazine.
June 20, 2010 -
From our Shameless Self-promotion Department, LV Revealed maintainer Nick
Christenson appeared on Lou Krieger's Internet radio show
Keep
Flopping Aces on Thursday, June 17. Most of the hour is spent discussing
the BARGE gambling event, but a little
time is spent on book reviews and the Death Watch.
June 1, 2010 -
Commentary
on "On the Usefulness of Opponent Modeling: the Kuhn Poker case
study" - Published in the June 2010
issue of the TwoPlusTwo
Online Magazine.
Once again, I examine a paper that covers opponent modeling (OM). As
I have explained previously in this series, opponent modeling is the
art of reasoning out an opponent's strategy, such that we might develop
an exploitive counter-strategy.
May 29, 2010 -
To Serve (or Sever) Station A commentary
on the ruling regarding Station Casinos' plan to emerge from bankruptcy.
April 1, 2010 -
Another list of casino information, a partial list of
the prices at which casinos
have been sold.
April 1, 2010 -
Commentary
on "Optimal Heads-up Preflop Hold'em" - Published in the April
2010 issue of the
TwoPlusTwo Online
Magazine.
This article series has been about gleaning poker insight from academic
research on the subject. So far, this research has been in the form of
articles in prestigious journals or from highly regarded conferences,
and most of these papers have been on the order of a dozen pages in length.
This article is a little different. Here, I'll be looking at a Usenet news
posting of a few hundred words from more than a decade ago. ...
March 27, 2010 -
Ahead of the RJ's annual poll, we present our picks for
The Best Restaurants in Las Vegas.
February 13, 2010 -
Yet
Another Las Vegas Casino Timeline is available.
February 1, 2010 -
Commentary
on "Bayes' Bluff: Opponent Modeling in
Poker" - Published in the February 2010 issue of the
TwoPlusTwo Online
Magazine.
Last time around I discussed a paper on optimal strategies for poker
from the University of Alberta's Computer Poker Research Group (CPRG).
This month I examine a paper from the same group on the issue of opponent
modeling. It is titled, "Bayes' Bluff: Opponent Modeling in Poker". ...
January 22, 2010 -
The updated
list of the worst Las Vegas
casino parking garages is available again. Enjoy.
December 27, 2009 -
The Future of Binion's A commentary
speculating on the future of Binion's after the closing of their hotel
rooms.
December 1, 2009 -
Commentary
on "Approximating Game-Theoretic Optimal Strategies for Full-Scale
Poker" - Published in the December 2009 issue of the
TwoPlusTwo Online
Magazine.
Over the last decade or so, the research group that has pushed furthest
the frontiers of computer poker is the Computer Poker Research Group (CPRG)
at the University of Alberta. The most visible member of the group is the
lead author of the paper I will discuss in this month's column, Darse
Billings. ...
November 13, 2009 -
Considering CityCenter A commentary
by Nick Christenson on the effect on Las Vegas of CityCenter.
November 1, 2009 -
Echelon: A Dream Deferred A commentary
by Nick Christenson on the shutting down of the Las Vegas Echelon
construction project.
October 3, 2009 -
Commentary
on "The Endgame in Poker" - Published in the October 2009
issue of the
TwoPlusTwo Online
Magazine.
It's well known among those who follow tournament poker that
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson won the main event at the World Series
of Poker in 2000. What's not quite as well known is that in the
previous year he was awarded his PhD in computer science from UCLA.
Of course, it can't be a huge surprise that "Jesus" would obtain an
advanced degree from UCLA, as his father, Thomas, teaches in
the Mathematics department of the same school. Both have a
professional interest in the branch of mathematics known as game
theory, so it's not too surprising that they might collaborate on
a paper titled The Endgame in Poker. ...
August 1, 2009 -
Commentary
on "Poker Superstars: Skill or Luck" - Originally published
in the August issue of the August 2009 issue of the
TwoPlusTwo
Online Magazine.
A poker player's results during a limited time interval, such as a cash
game session or single tournament, will be partially due to skill and
partially due to luck. Over short time intervals, we expect results to
be dominated by luck. Over time intervals that are sufficiently long, we
expect skill to dominate results. For tournament poker, how many results
do we need before we can be confident in saying that the poker players
who have had the best results are the best tournament players? ...
June 1, 2009 -
Commentary
on "Abstraction Methods for Game Theoretic Poker" - Originally
published in the June 2009 issue of the
TwoPlusTwo Online
Magazine.
In recent years, researchers in the fields of mathematics and computer
science have been investigating better strategies for playing poker. In
fact, I will make the prediction that going forward a majority of new
breakthroughs in poker strategy will be accomplished on the basis of a
combination of advanced mathematics and computer simulation. ...
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