Thomas Ferguson

Thomas S. Ferguson (Chris' father if i'm correct?) is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Statistics at the University of California at Los Angeles.

His web site: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tom/

Lots of fascinating poker related game theory papers.

Anyone here have read those?

You should warn people first. I read End Game In Poker. Now I have a
headache!!!!!!!!

buzzopaff said:

You should warn people first. I read End Game In Poker. Now I have a
headache!!!!!!!!

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"Professor in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Statistics" was supposed to work as a warning, imo ...

I wonder if his nickname is Joseph Ferguson???

Will Rogers said there were 3 classes of liars. LIARS DAM LIARS and
STATISTICANS. LOL Average american family has 2.3 kids. Know anybody who has 2.3 kids LOL

buzzopaff said:

Will Rogers said there were 3 classes of liars. LIARS DAM LIARS and
STATISTICANS. LOL Average american family has 2.3 kids. Know anybody who has 2.3 kids LOL

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I do, Son, Daughter & Son's GF (who is with us 30% of the time)

Can only assume son's GF is a blonde. They seem to be gone 70% of time LOL

If α0 ≥ β1, then
it is optimal for I to bluff, and
it is optimal for II to fold.
The value is a.

Shit, next time my opponent sucks out on me, I'll just trot this one through the chat window.

Skimming most of the End Game pdf reminded me why I didn't take those extra 2 courses to get my minor in Math...because it melts your brain.

Ohh god...get me some Tylenol...how can someone actually read that and be entertained lol...

iMaGiN. said:

Ohh god...get me some Tylenol...how can someone actually read that and be entertained lol...

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Come on, it's good stuff. Besides, it's kind of refreshingly light math compared to what i do at work...