Here's a high profile review of the new book on mathematical magic by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham:
http://tinyurl.com/7wxnnsv
WSJ review of new Diaconis book
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Re: WSJ review of new Diaconis book
Thanks, that was a fantastic review. My own appraisal currently runs on Little Egypt Magic . It isn't as erudite, but I throw in a nifty bit of algebra.
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Somewhere I published a royal-flush thing based on the Gilbreath principle - darned if I know where. Can someone help?
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Harry Lorayne wrote: Somewhere I published a royal-flush thing based on the Gilbreath principle - darned if I know where. Can someone help?
'Straight Away' in Trend Setters used Gilbreath but I think involved 2 straights rather than a royal flush
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Harry Lorayne wrote: Somewhere I published a royal-flush thing based on the Gilbreath principle - darned if I know where. Can someone help?
"All-Fair Poker" in Best of Friends?
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Re: WSJ review of new Diaconis book
Thanks folks: Yes, Straight Away is what I had in mind. Strong effect but you're right - it forces straights not royal flushes.
No, All Fair Poker is also a strong routine, but it isn't based on the Gilbreath principle. Again, thanks, Xabi and Joe.
No, All Fair Poker is also a strong routine, but it isn't based on the Gilbreath principle. Again, thanks, Xabi and Joe.
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Having trouble remembering your own tricks Harry?
There's a few books I could recommend for that, you may of heard of some of em ...
Having trouble remembering your own tricks Harry?
There's a few books I could recommend for that, you may of heard of some of em ...
Re: WSJ review of new Diaconis book
No, no, thanks - I'm trying desperately to forget them!
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The only books I could recommend were written by you anyway