Talk:Edward O. Thorp

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I'm not familiar with Thorp's work, specifically, but the number of ~5% HA for the dealer seems highly unlikely, if not downright impossible. Perhaps the OP meant .5%? --128.113.192.223 06:46, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

A number of casino games operate with a HA of 5% or more (Caribbean Stud Poker for example). Thebigjc 16:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Scarne's Complete Guide to Gambling says 5.9%. Of course, that's assuming you hit on 16 and stand on 17 and never split, etc., but many Blackjack players do stupid things anyway. 64.121.55.220 01:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Can anyone find a source for the topics birthdate? Thebigjc 16:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Large amount of links?

What is with the large amount of links to mundane words? "by mob standards given their historical reco" has links to 'standard' and 'history'. What are the rules for this?

i removed most of them. Seems just cluttering the page with links that are not relevant.HichamVanborm 01:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Hedging warrants

With Sheen Kassouf Thorp came up with a way of hedging warrants which is much the same work as Black, Scholes, and Merton did with option valuation. If anyone finds any Non Original Research it would make an interesting addition 11:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)