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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the same school that produced the infamous MIT Blackjack Team) has launched a new—and remarkably free—online poker training course called Poker Theory and Analytics. The MIT online poker course features video lectures, insight from instructors, notes and assignments. Course Description This course takes a broad-based look at poker theory and applications of poker analytics to investment management and trading. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT in January. Pokerstars has created a play-money Home League for this MIT course for registered students. Each student must begin playing Beginners Only Turbos before moving on to Daily Turbos. Beginners Only Turbos pay out top 20% and cashing in at least one of these tournaments (or alternatively playing in ten) is a requirement for passing the course.
Lectures: 2–3 sessions / week for 4 weeks, 1.5 hours / session
Prerequisites
- Your support will help MIT OpenCourseWare continue to offer high quality educational resources for free. To make a donation or to view additional materials from hundreds of MIT courses, visit MIT OpenCourseWare at ocw.mit.edu. KEVIN DESMOND: All right, everyone. So welcome to 15.S50, Poker Theory and Analytics. So this is going to be Monday.
- Ed Miller is an MIT graduate and an acclaimed author of numerous poker strategy books. He's been playing, coaching, and writing about hold 'em full-time since 2003, and his books have sold over 250,000 copies worldwide.
Permission of instructor.
Goals of the Course
- Create an environment for study of poker theory without the need for real-money wagering.
- Develop the basic foundation for decision-making in poker.
- Allow students to assess their own level of play and have a framework for improvement.
- Provide an understanding of the current poker environment and how students might leverage talent for poker in the future.
Topics
- Basic Strategy
- Analysis Techniques and Applications
- Preflop Analysis
- Tournament Play
- Poker Economics
- Game Theory
- Decision Making
Grading
Requirements
- Gameplay - Cash in at least one or play at least 10 (Beginners Only) Daily Turbos on PokerStars
- Casework - Pass all three cases
- Attendance - Attend at least 6 of 8 lectures
Policy on Collaborations
You may interact with fellow students when preparing your homework solutions. However, you must write up solutions on your own. Duplicating a solution that someone else has written or providing solutions to be copied is not acceptable. If you do collaborate on homework, you must cite, in your written solution, your collaborators. If you use sources beyond the course materials in one of your solutions, you must also cite such sources.
Calendar
| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Analytical Techniques (Guest: Joel Fried) | |
| 3 | Basic Strategy | Case 1 Out |
| 4 | Preflop Analysis | Case 1 Due Case 2 Out |
| 5 | Tournament Play | Case 2 Due Case 3 Out |
| 6 | Poker Economics (Guest: Aaron Brown) | Case 3 Due |
| 7 | Game Theory (Guest: Bill Chen) | |
| 8 | Decision Making (Guest: Matt Hawrilenko) |
PokerStars Home League
Pokerstars has created a play-money Home League for this MIT course for registered students. Each student must begin playing Beginners Only Turbos before moving on to Daily Turbos. Beginners Only Turbos pay out top 20% and cashing in at least one of these tournaments (or alternatively playing in ten) is a requirement for passing the course.
Tournament Leaderboard Points
Poker Courses Torrent
League rankings are based on tournament leaderboard points, which are paid out in a way similar to tournament prizes. With the exception of the Beginners Only Turbos, TLB points are paid out to the top 34% of players, according to the following formula:
( hspace{5cm} Points = if :: [ k > n * 0.34 ] :: then :: [ 0 ] : : else :: n * { { sqrt{n} over sqrt{k} } over { sum_{x=1}^{int(.34n)} {sqrt{n} over sqrt{x}} } } )
n is the number of entrants
k is the place of finish (k=1 for the first-place finisher, and so on)
So first place in a 10-person turbo would earn you 4.38 TLB points, second would earn 3.10, and third would earn 2.52 for a total of 10.0 points awarded.
Daily Tournament Schedule
Note that the information listed below about the schedule is for archival purposes. The events in this schedule occurred in January 2015.
Starting Week 1
- 6:00 PM - (Beginners Only) Daily Turbo
- 8:00 PM - (Beginners Only) Daily Turbo
- 8:00 PM - Daily Turbo
- 10:00 PM - (Beginners Only) Daily Turbo
Starting Week 2
- Sundays 2:00PM - Weekly Major (Real Prizes)
- 6:00 PM - Daily Turbo
- 7:00 PM - Daily Turbo
- 8:00 PM - Daily Turbo
- 9:00 PM - Daily Hyper-Turbo
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