Re:Why a programmer should try online poker
by jbooth on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @10:42AM
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Somebody who was "never especially good" at programming but spent a lot of time try to be could make the exact same post.
Programming doesn't have a rake.
Regarding math, there are about a half-dozen or dozen situations that you should memorize the approximate odds to, and be able to divide those odds by how much is in the pot (minus your bet/call). It's not that sophisticated, you're not deriving probability theory from first principles here.
Poker's fun, don't get me wrong, but nobody should regard it the way we regard programming.
Programming doesn't have a rake.
Regarding math, there are about a half-dozen or dozen situations that you should memorize the approximate odds to, and be able to divide those odds by how much is in the pot (minus your bet/call). It's not that sophisticated, you're not deriving probability theory from first principles here.
Poker's fun, don't get me wrong, but nobody should regard it the way we regard programming.