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This Thursday's JC speaker is our own Professor Tim Schulze. TITLE: "The Mathematics of Poker and Bluffing" TIME: 3:35 – 4:25 p.m. ROOM: Ayres 405 ABSTRACT: In this talk we take a look at the game of poker. We quickly find that a complete analysis is not practical. Multiple players, multiple rounds of betting, multiple raises, and variable bet sizes combine to make the game intractable. We are able to make progress, however, if we restrict our attention to heads-up play with some simplified betting rules. We expand upon this basic situation to include some elements of the popular game of Texas Hold 'Em. One focus will be identifying the sets of hands we should bluff with. Please come for pizza at 3:15 in Room 401. Conrad Plaut Professor, Director of UT Math Honors Math Department Ayres Hall 224C University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0612 Phone: 865-974-4319 http://web.utk.edu/~cplaut