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Card counter. Card counters are advantage players who try to overcome the casino house edge by keeping a running count of high and low valued cards dealt. They generally bet more when they have an advantage and less when the dealer has an advantage. They also change playing decisions based on the composition of the deck.
Edward Oakley Thorp (born August 14, 1932) is an American mathematics professor, author, hedge fund manager, and blackjack researcher. He pioneered the modern applications of probability theory, including the harnessing of very small correlations for reliable financial gain. Thorp is the author of Beat the Dealer, which mathematically proved ...
Hỏa Lò Prison ( Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ̀], Nhà tù Hỏa Lò; French: Prison Hỏa Lò) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the " Hanoi Hilton ".
The MIT Blackjack Team was a group of students and ex-students. The students were from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and other leading colleges; they used card counting techniques and more sophisticated strategies to beat casinos at blackjack worldwide.
hand card. A card held in the hand as opposed to one on the table. hand game or handplay. A type of contract in certain games in which the skat or widow is not used. See Hand game (cards). [64] hard score. A game played for 'hard score' – as opposed to those played for soft score – is one played for money.
Poker calculator. Poker calculators are algorithms which through probabilistic or statistical means derive a player's chance of winning, losing, or tying a poker hand. [1] [2] Given the complexities of poker and the constantly changing rules, most poker calculators are statistical machines, probabilities and card counting is rarely used.
Card reading (Bridge) In contract bridge, card reading (or counting the hand) is the process of inferring which remaining cards are held by each opponent. The reading is based on information gained in the bidding and the play to previous tricks. [1] The technique is used by the declarer and defenders primarily to determine the probable suit ...
Take the card's face value (with aces counting as 1 and royal cards counting as 11, 12 and 13 respectively) Double it. Add 3. Multiply by 5. If the card the spectator is thinking of is a spade, subtract 1. If the card the spectator is thinking of is a heart, subtract 2. If the card the spectator is thinking of is a club, subtract 3.