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])
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- Title:
- 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])
- Main Title:
- Never split tens : a biographical novel of blackjack game theorist Edward O. Thorp plus ... tips and techniques to help you win
- 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
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Biography - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319634869
3319634860 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319634852
3319634852 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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