MIT poker theory and analytics online course

[SharpAngles]

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-s50-poker-theory-and-analytics-january-iap-2015/index.htm

Who wants an education in advanced poker theory?

Whether you like to play poker online for fun, or want to wipe the floor with your buddies at your regular poker night, this free online course from MIT can help you learn the game inside and out.

The course is hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s OpenCourseWare, and is taught by Kevin Desmond, a pro level poker player and MIT graduate student.

The free course has eight video lectures for you to watch covering everything from basic strategy to advanced decision making, and makes all of the lecture notes available for download.

Everything you need to take the course is included, but be warned, it’s a graduate level course; so Desmond takes a pretty deep look at the game of poker. Who knows? You might even learn a thing or two that can help you outside of playing poker as well.

There’s no registration required, so if you want to become a poker master, check out the link.

[SharpAngles]

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-s50-poker-theory-and-analytics-january-iap-2015/lecture-notes/MIT15_S50IAP15_L8_Decisions.pdf

Serious man crush on Hawrilenko right now. Top quality information here.

[STAX]

good shit sharp...

[Optional]

Thanks.

Maybe this can help me make the damn world cup field.

[daneblazer]

graduate level MIT course. Bet that costs a pretty penny not to mention you probably have to have a 1600 SAT score to get accepted

[PaperTrail07]

just show us your winnings first

[PhilTheTHRILL]

just show us your winnings first

lol right? guy seems sharp though.

[SharpAngles]

just show us your winnings first

Keep in mind these guys are pretty much geniuses who are busy solving real world problems and this is a course that uses poker theory to mirror decision making using incomplete information in the real world. When you're that smart and have a chance to advance humanity why waste your potential on poker? There's a huge difference between knowing all the math and beating variance. I can't find a hendon profile on Desmond but you can't argue with the results of Bill Chen or Matt Hawrilenko(aka hoss_tbf online)

[STAX]

I just went over the lecture notes for MTT's. Some good stuff in there for anyone who is trying to improve. If you can go over those notes and understand everything then you have what it takes to beat low/mid stakes online. Its hilarious how many of the players in the dailies here let their stack fall in the dead zone, hahahahahahaha. One thing I didnt see much of was table adaption. Gotta be able to play all styles, loose-aggressive, weak-passive, tight-aggressive, etc depending on table dynamics.

Some of the info is outdated though, like always c-betting 2/3 pot.