>> No professional gambler, if he had the numbers laid out for him, would
>> ever choose unoptimal play, ...
>
> A professional gambler has a 2 step task.
> 1. Find a weaker player (aka "fish")
> 2. capture the fish('s bankroll)
Big Deal, by Anthony Holden, is a fine read (a professional writer took
a year off to become a poker pro), and nicely shows the balance between
maths, bluffing and hustling by *professional* gamblers.
Darren
--
Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer
http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?)
http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (Multilingual open source semantic network)
http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work)
http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles)
_______________________________________________
computer-go mailing list
computer-go@computer-go.org
http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
