Capstone #8

For the capstone project, keeping track of your research sources is really important. I used 16 sources and here are the links to all sources.

Videos

Tips for poker pros

Wsop cyyn bluff

Johnny Chan vs Eric Sidell

Rounders final hand

Poker After Dark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNu9x8PEXno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5MZxo8IwrE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMhuD0XEcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7F1IkAJYc8

TED Talk: 3 Lessons on Decision Making From a Poker Champion

 

Websites

Masters

Forbes

Poker Fever

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/May-2005/Poker-Fever/

ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_probability

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/texas-hold-em-poker-rules-409486

http://www.wsop.com/players/stats/

 

Capstone #7

For my capstone I have done many practice presentations, but this week I have done two real presentations. I did one for second graders and the other in front of the camera for youtube. It was very nerve wracking. Even though I was nervous, I think I did well. One problem was I talked too fast. Even though I talked too fast, I talked clearly, didn’t miss any parts and remembered to switch the slide. From all my practice, I have my presentation memorized. Overall it went better than expected for me and I think I’m prepared for Friday’s presentation. I’m also a little nervous because I will be doing it for the parents. I am so excited with how my capstone came out. All of my hard work has paid off and I enjoyed learning more about poker.

Capsone #6

For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on my script and Ted Talk. A Ted Talk is when you have three to six minutes to present your information on your topic and you can do any amount of slides. I did ten slides for my presentation. I could have done an ignite presentation, which has fifteen seconds per slide and there are twelve slides. That type of presentation has more rules so I didn’t decide to do it.

I have been working on memorizing my script and practicing speaking out loud. It was a lot easier than I thought, but it still took a lot of hard work. Also I just did a presentation that Ms.Boyer will post on youtube and I was happy that it went well. I have done my presentation many times and each time it gets easier. I also have been videotaping myself and doing it in front of a mirror. This way I can see how to improve. One thing I am change is that I am talking too fast which makes me harder to understand. I can fix this by calming down and taking a deep breathe. I think I talk fast when I am nervous. I think I have put in a lot of work and hopefully it will pay off for my presentation on Friday.

Capstone #5

My main inquiry question is “Is poker a game of luck or skill?” From my interviews and research it is clearly a game of skill. I found proof of this in multiple places. One place I found this was on an article about AI programs beating poker pros. By learning billions of hands, the AI programs can beat the pros. Another way to prove it’s a game of skill is by looking at a chart of repeat winners. Do you think these players won multiple times because of luck? My interviews also taught me that poker is a game of skill. Andy said if you play one hand, anyone can win, but if you play a million hands the winner is the more skilled player. I saw a few pros say it’s a game of skill on youtube. This all leads to the answer to my question. Poker is definitely a game of skill.

Capstone #4

I did my site visit with a dealer and player named Kim. I first thought I was going to do my site visit with a poker professor, but he didn’t answer. Then I found a dealer that is my dad’s friend and she said yes. I was not that nervous because I had already done my interview and it went well.

My site visit partly went as expected because I didn’t mess up  which I was really happy about. also I wasn’t really nervous wanted did it.  I think one of the reasons I wasn’t nervous because she was really nice and I really enjoyed it. Overall I think it went really well.

SCIENCE

Today at science we did a three experiments. Our first experiment was we had to put the sugar in the baking oil our prediction was that it would dissolve but instead the sugar chunked up. That was a really fun experiment and I was surprised with the end result.

 

The second experiment that my group did was vinegar and colored sugar. My hypothesis for that was: if we mix the vinegar and the colored sugar then the colored sugar will dissolve and the vinegar will turn red. My hypothesis was correct the vinegar turned red and the sugar dissolved. In this experiment the vinegar was the solvent and the colored sugar was the solute.

 

The last experiment that my group did was water and colored sugar. My hypothesis for that was the sugar would dissolve and water would turn red. My hypothesis was partly correct the water turned red but only some of the sugar dissolved. I wonder if over time it would completely dissolve. In this experiment the water was the solvent and the colored sugar was the solute.