Essays on Poker

I like the way Gabriela describes every article and names the reasons of her preferences. Though I like the profile of the ballerina less than Gabriela, I understand the student’s preferences. Meanwhile, she thinks that both articles are good and the profile of the poker player is worthy reading too. She points out that the way how the profile was divided and separated makes it easier and more readable for the audience. Therefore, she enjoys reading it and has no misunderstandings or even ‘frustration’ in the profile. I couldn’t agree more that the profile about the ballerina ...

27.08.2016

A) I was pleased to notice that the author has singled out the same differences that I found. The size is an obvious aspect, which everyone must have noticed. I totally agree that the article about the poker player presents a broader perspective of his life. A very important aspect is that the article includes different points of view on this issue, which is an essential feature of studying any topic. Just like the author, I like the text about the poker player more, but the author has also shrewdly remarked that it introduces the problems of playing ...

24.08.2016

I have read and analyzed two texts related to journalism and interviewing. From both articles we can learn about the life of unusual teenagers – a ballerina and a poker-player. However, although there are two articles with similar purposes and from similar category, we can find a few differences between them. The article by Laurine Gilde looks rather like an interview written down on paper and transferred in the article. It is much smaller than the article by Candyce Cook. Besides, we can see many cases of direct speech, where the main character shares her thoughts, experience, and feelings. ...

The first difference which may be noticed is the size. The journalistic profile about a professional poker player Jared Hubbard is bigger than the profile about a ballerina Chelsea Rittenhouse. As a result of its bigger size, the first profile includes more details and represents a better image of the professional poker player’s life. In the poker player’s profile, there are different points of views, so that the reader can find out about negative reaction and consequences which may face an average professional player. Moreover, the profile of the poker player includes more people’s opinion about ...

The institutional affiliation

1. An effective threat is cheaper that an effective promise. Explain why this is true. Provide a specific example. Threats and promises are regarded as two main strategic moves used to impact the behavior and actions of others in a bargaining relationship. That type of relationship is considered as a situation where an individual is trying to influence another person’s option of action (McClintock, Stech, & Beggan, 1987). Both threats and promises can be employed within a game-like situation to message a plan of cooperation or to operate other ("Threats, Promises, and Commitments", 2016). For instance, when a parent ...

Section

Executive Summary In this study, the city wanted to determine the economic value of the Sharp Park and the surrounding coastal trail. Instinctively, one may think of lost revenues, or possible income which may be generated by keeping the golf course. However, in the study, it has been determined that the amount earned from the golf course is actually much lesser than the amount required to maintain such. In fact, the city does not even earn from such property. The expense is greater than the revenues generated. But in the course of the research, it has been ascertained that ...

The series of photos are used to describe the relationship between diverse cultures and photography. The events recorded in the picture series are all set in bicultural settings, and their moods and activities are at this moment discussed below. For instance, the first picture from the movie ‘the American dream’ describes a couple in a kitchen. The kitchen furnishing is modern. The kitchen sink depicts the modernity of the kitchen. However, the utensils are antiques, showing that they were not sourced from the modern era. The lady standing is probably western, judging from her jawlines and height. The hair ...

In a layman’s term, the most effective, though not the fastest way to be as wealthy as you can be is through coming up with the decision to start perspectives and ideas on having a business. Believe it when someone says to you that the previous statement is easy to say but really hard to put into concrete actions. Usually, aspiring businessmen in the complex corporate word have to undergo four to five years of studying in a college or university, depending on the chosen specialization, to be able to secure the highly-coveted diploma. They dutifully spend most ...

Learning is key to human development and behavior. Behavioral psychology is one of the methods for understanding how learning develops and the understanding of individuals. Learning is a modification of behaviors due to consistent practice and requires the interaction of behavior and environment to yield changes. Assessment of learning is performed by means of tests that quantitatively measure achievements; whether they are newly acquired mental or physical skills. Learning and performance are related but separate subjects, and learning itself may be state dependent, meaning, that the conditions under which material was learned must be replicated in order for that learning ...

All the houses on Maple Street were lulled into the night’s repose, amalgamating with darkness, which was interrupted only by a small string of lights leading to the very end of the street. It was a small house which inhabited Maple Street number 73, with an equally petite garden of white and dark pink primroses, adorning the entrance to the porch, right after the small pebble covered, granular pavement leading towards the house. Of all the seven windows, only the small one on the right was illuminated, but the thick, heavy curtains of a marine shade refused to reveal its interior ...

Colson Whitehead is a well renowned author of all times and has continued to amaze readers with his great talent in writing. In his book, Occasional Dispatches from the Republic of Anhedonia, he sheds light on this guy who is a poker player. Basically the person is not only a professional poker as he participates in other games also. He has a wife and a kid. Part 1 of the book mainly highlights the life of this character and his encounters or rather experiences. He is caught up in his life as a gambler that he forgets his duty as a father as well as a husband ( ...

Issue

Gambling is a serious addiction for some people. Problems and addictions to gambling have been a concern in the public health field for several years. Internationally, gambling problems range from .2 percent to 2.3 percent of the population (Gainsbury, 2014, p. 769). However, these rates are starting to increase due to the development of technology and the introduction of more and more gambling games. It is estimated that these rates have grown 1-5 percent since the development of Internet gambling (Chappell, 2014). Also, electronic gambling machines where developed making it very easy and quick for an individual to gamble. These games ...

Games are an important part of human life and help in relaxing the mind. Card games improve the intelligence of players as they are required to apply deep thought and sound decision making within a limited span of time. However, it is imperative to note that each game has its own rules, hence evoking varied tastes and preferences among the players. One of the most interesting games is card games, which come in various forms and types. There is a lot of calculated moves and intelligibility behind all the moves made by each player. Notably, the game also develops one’s thinking ...

1, c) It implies that lie detectors should carefully analyze someone before they conclude whether they are lying or not. There should be more than one clue that they use to make a conclusion. The facial expressions should get confirmed by the voice, words or body movements. The ability to detect a lie depends on the skill of a liar and that of the detector. The person is likely to lie without any detection if they had prepared a good response in advance or if they are of a different nationality from the lie detector. It is also easy to lie to a person one ...

Background

Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) is a well-known restaurant chain in the U.S. that was founded in 1982 by Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery (Whitfield, 2012). Located in 47 US states, BWW has more than 800 outlets, more than half of which are franchising (Stern, 2012). In 2010 the company opened its subsidiary in Canada. Total company’s assets have approximately $500 mln (Stern, 2012). BWW restaurants specialize in chicken wings under unique sauces. The outlets also have sport bars with large menus including various salads, burgers and appetizers. For the visitors, in the restaurants big TV screens have been installed ...

Abstract

This paper explores the use of mathematical concepts in gambling and playing games. The concepts employed when playing games of chance such as Blackjack are probability theory, combinations, and permutations. This paper tries to find ways of making mathematics appealing while shining light to possible research areas that may yield money as well as give new perspectives to certain areas. Interviews with tutors were carried out to get an understanding of what card counting entails. In addition, reviews of research done from as early as Thorp, to recent publications were looked into to provide direction. Card counting is considered ...

Christopher Columbus and Leif Ericsson

Every year on October 12, inhabitants of the Americas celebrate one of the greatest event in history – the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Norseman Leif Ericsson was the one who with at least 35 men on boat hit the beach of America five hundred years prior to Christopher Columbus. The connection is the Americas, its discovery.

Benjamin Franklin and Richard Saunders

Benjamin Franklin and Richard Saunders relate to one person – one of the founding fathers of the United States of America – Benjamin Franklin. The connection is the “Poor Richard's Almanac” published between 1732 and 1758.

Mary Dyer and Richard Nixon

Mary Dyer, English Puritan, who joined the Quakers, ...

Casino: Wind River Hotel and Casino

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The casino has 80 rooms with their prices ranging between $109 and $139. There are 10 suites that their prices range between $250 and $300. The casino has two 24 hour restaurants and velvet parking. The games offered at the Wind River Hotel and Casino includes Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, Poker, and Three Card Poker. The casino covers 8,000 square feet in area. The special features found at the casino include a smoke shop with 80 slot machines, and a gas station. It is approximately the ...

The article, ‘why bluffing is ethical’ by Albert Carr, strives to explain the relationship between the act of bluffing and its ethical composition. It is clear from the writer’s description that the contemporary world views bluffing as a form of cheating and is an unethical act in the business world. However, Carr explains that bluffing is strategically an approach to reveal the truth of a situation step by step. The writer provides logical instances and examples of transactional situations where people bluff, after which he explains the ethical issues behind the act. Additionally, Carr employs the psychiatric approach to link ...

Has anyone ever noticed a lot of people around that don’t really register on the radar? They aren’t invisible, not exactly. But on the other hand they are more like ghosts than the real people in the city. When real people are rushing around to work sometimes there are flickers in and out of the crowds on the sidewalk. Or grayish shadows moving along the edges of the building even on a sunny day. Since there is no such thing as ghosts they must be people. Right? Probably people who are like that can do a lot of things real ...

As the authors point out in the opening chapter of Moral Issues in business, "Stories of business corruption and of greed and wrongdoing in high places have always fascinated the popular press, and media interest in business ethics has never been higher" (Shaw et alt, 4). Part of this fascination must stem from humans interest in "bad new" of disasters terrorism and threats to peaceful living. Some of the interest might be a self defense mechanism that seeks to guard against unwanted circumstances that could happen in people's lives through protection themselves of the knowledge of what has happened to ...

People have a high capacity to develop and use language to understand their environment and the circumstances surrounding them in their daily life. Particularly, the aspect of globalization has played a major part in the development of new languages. Mostly, the new languages arise in instances where users combine words from different cultures or use a common word to derive more than one meaning. All this is done in an effort of creating a word conscious environment. Furthermore, people have learned to acknowledge the subtleties of word meaning. To this end, this paper aims to look into the context in which the word ‘ ...

The image above depicts my entire family together. The picture was taken while I was in the Dominican Republic on a holiday; with my family. We are a close family knit family due to the existence of a strong bond amongst our family. The picture portrays all of us in the pool having a good time; one that is shrouded by happiness. The memory is still vivid to the extent that I remember it like it was yesterday. At this time in the pool, the family was preparing to be a game of volleyball. The teams were divided into two; one team comprising of the ...

Ava stared down at the man’s body, lying twisted on the road. She swallowed, trying not to be repulsed by the blood seeping from underneath his head. She looked up at Max. He was holding his hair with his hands and shaking his head in disbelief.

“I think he’s dead, Ava.”

Ava nodded and returned her gaze to the man. His eyes were open; they still held the same look of shock that they’d had the second before their car had hit him. His brown corduroy trousers and tatty green coat looked like the impact hadn’ ...

Body Language in Our Society.

Body language as a memory tool and learning aid, and body language in our society.

Introduction to Body Language

We hear that Selena Gomez is territorial and Justin Bieber is unhappy. Gloria Cain is loyal and firmly believes in her husband’s respect for women. Meanwhile, Obama chooses not to wear a tie because he is finding his job increasingly tough of late. All this information comes to us courtesy of body language experts quoted in the media.

Body language is a tool that everyone uses whether knowingly or unknowingly. Salesmen use it to tell whether a prospect would result in a sale. Politicians use it to ...

There was a slightly divisive view of how many authors in the 19th century viewed the West, and how it pertained to the American Dream. Mark Twain looks at the West with an innocent eye; he saw it as a vast frontier that was filled with boredom, but punctuated with moments of adventure; that is clear from his retellings as a boy of the steamboatmen who came through in a flash through his hometown. –“When a circus came and went, it left us all burning to become clowns; the first negro minstrel show that came to our section left us all suffering to try ...