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 Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject: "What Would Jesus Bet" |
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_wilkinson
| Quote: | The basis for most poker strategy is a ruthless notion: what can I discern about my opponent’s habits that I can attack? Such an approach is called “maximally exploitive.” It is the way nearly all professionals proceed. While he was still a student, Ferguson decided also to employ a method called “optimal strategy.” It means, when up against an expert opponent, “How do I lose the least?” Part of it is mathematically determining whether one's cards are favorable, but a player using optimal; strategy also builds into his play bets that sometimes appear improbable and make it mathematically difficult for the opponent to know what to do.
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| Quote: | | Being rich makes his attention less acute, but his judgment more reliable. "Your judgment can be skewed if you're desperate." |
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Jesus died for his sins: casting out the money changers. No surprise then that he should be resurrected in the inevitable Michael Moore film: "Capitalism: a Love Story."
| Quote: | In an openly religious section, he interviews a priest who calls capitalism “immoral, obscene, outrageous.” Jesus wouldn’t approve either, says Moore. He tries to prove it by redubbing an old movie and making Christ utter free-market messages such as: “He’ll have to pay out of pocket.”
“Somehow, I don’t think Jesus came to earth to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange,” Moore deadpans. |
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aH_GyxKHLxhU
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P.S. no pro has won the main event since 99/ 2000 
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