Where: E62-276, except Jan 22nd class moved to E25-111
Instructor: Will Ma, willma at mit dot edu
League Manager: Leigh Marie Braswell, braswell at mit dot edu
Guest Speakers: Jennifer Shahade (Fri Jan 22nd), Bill Chen (Fri Jan 29th)
Professor: Paul Mende, mende at mit dot edu
Credits: G 3 units
Syllabus:
- Poker Concepts - preflop ranges, 3-betting, continuation betting, check-raising, floating, bet sizing, implied odds, polarization, ICM theory, data mining in poker
- Math Concepts - probability and expectation, variance and the Law of Large Numbers, Nash Equilibrium
- General Concepts - decisions vs. results, exploitative play vs. balanced play, risk management
- Attend at least 6 out of 8 lectures
- Complete the 2 homeworks
- Accumulate 10 points in the online Pokerstars league for MIT 15.S50
- 6:00 PM - Daily 6-handed
- 7:00 PM - Daily Major
- 8:00 PM - Daily Turbo
- 9:00 PM - Daily Deepstack
- 10:00 PM - Daily Shortstack
- 11:00 PM - Daily Hyper-turbo
- iPad Air Wi-Fi 16GB, courtesy of Jane Street Capital
- $200 Amazon gift certificate, courtesy of Akuna Capital
- (9) subscriptions to poker training website Cardrunners, with durations (in months) 6,4,3,2,2,1,1,1,1
- (2) one-hour private coaching sessions from Mike "Timex" McDonald, and myself
- (2) ifidelity Groove Bluetooth Speakers, courtesy of Jane Street Capital
- (2) BOOMPODS headpods, courtesy of Jane Street Capital
- (2) $50 Amazon gift certificates, courtesy of Akuna Capital
- (10) $20 Amazon gift certificates, courtesy of Akuna Capital (will be given during class and office hours)