Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!ames!eugene From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Looking for SIAM reference to mathematics of Poker Message-ID: <794@ames.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 20:30:56 EST Article-I.D.: ames.794 Posted: Fri Feb 8 20:30:56 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 05:24:12 EST Distribution: net Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 19 On a recent trip to Lake Tahoe with another mathematician, I was informed that someone published a mathematical analysis of poker after von Neumann and Morganstrein (sp) in their game theory book ca. 1946. I have not work on game theory since I was an undergrad. Working out the mathematics to dice for a games such as backgammon or craps does not take very long, I did a short paper on the math of backgrammon and turned up several small surprises for some backgammon experts. Working out the statistics for a deck of cards takes a bit longer. Does anybody known the SIAM reference? I was informed that this paper changed the entire character of the way Blackjack was played. No gambling intended! --eugene miya NASA Ames Research Center {hplabs,ihnp4,dual,hao,vortex}!ames!aurora!eugene emiya@ames-vmsb.ARPA