Never split tens : a biographical novel of blackjack game theorist Edward O. Thorp plus ... tips and techniques to help you win /: a biographical novel of blackjack game theorist Edward O. Thorp plus ... tips and techniques to help you win. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leslie M. Golden.
• Other Names: Golden, Leslie M, 1943-
• Contents: PART ONE.- 1 Recollections.- 2 A Shayna Madel.- 3 A Date With Patsy Cline.- 4 Linear Operators.- 5 Chipped Beef on Pillows.- 6 Graveyard Shift.- 7 Royal Garden Blues.- 8 The Ships That Go Sailing By Crickets.- 9 Did You Hear the One About ... -- 10 A Coming Out Party.- 11 Braun's Brawn.- 12 Forbidden Fruit.- PART TWO.- 13 The Liechtensteiner Polka.- 14 Stargazing.- 15 Toy Slot Machines and Other Diversions.- 16 Hot and Sour Soup.- 17 Get a Job.- 18 Strike When the Deck Is Hot.- 19 Holding Hands at Midnight.- 20 A Little Jazz Music.- 21 A Milk-Bone for Gauss.- Epilogue.- The Vivian Name Game.- Appendix I: Poetic Licensing.- Appendix II: Card Counting Systems -- Appendix III: Camouflage -- Acting for Card Counters -- Appendix IV: Harry Dubner and the Development of the "Hi-Lo" System -- About the Author.-Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Copernicus
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 364.1/72092; Popular works; Gamblers -- Biography; Mathematics; Risk management; Distribution (Probability theory); SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology; Gamblers; Mathematics -- Game Theory; Business & Economics -- Insurance -- Risk Assessment & Management; Mathematics -- Probability & Statistics -- General; Game theory; Management & management techniques; Probability & statistics; Mathematics -- General; Popular mathematics; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319634869; 3319634860
• Related ISBNs: 9783319634852; 3319634852
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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