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THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 1

By Miriam Halloran · 4 parts · 13 h 57 min · English

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Cambridge, Los Angeles, Reno and Las Vegas, 1955 to 1966. A mathematics instructor with borrowed time on an IBM 704 establishes that blackjack, alone among the games on a casino floor, can be beaten by a player who keeps track of what has already been dealt. Edward Thorp publishes the proof, tests it on a stake put up by a New York parking-lot operator, and then publishes the method itself in a book that anybody can buy. The houses change the rules, change them back under pressure from their own customers, and settle instead on a countermeasure no player can complain about: more decks, dealt out of a box. The advantage was real, it was calculated, and it began closing the moment it was described in public. Covers Edward Thorp and Princeton/Newport partnership.

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  1. Part 01

    3:10:07

  2. Part 02

    3:23:24

  3. Part 03

    4:10:58

  4. Part 04

    3:12:15

Books in this series

  1. THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 1

    4 parts · 13 h 57 min

  2. THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 2

    4 parts · 14 h 52 min

  3. THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 3

    4 parts · 14 h 4 min

  4. THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 4

    4 parts · 14 h 45 min

  5. THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 5

    4 parts · 14 h 54 min

  6. THE EDGE THAT CLOSES Book 6

    4 parts · 14 h 11 min