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The newly capitalized "bank" of the MIT Blackjack Team started on 1 August 1980. The investment stake was $89,000, with both outside investors and players putting up the capital. Ten players, including Kaplan, Massar, Jonathan, Goose, and "Big Dave" (aka "coach", to distinguish from the other Dave from the first round) played on this bank.
William Kaplan (born 24 May 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator, emeritus professor of law and author. [1] [2] Kaplan has authored several important arbitral decisions in labour law, and has served as interest arbitrator in prominent negotiations between the government and the unions representing RCMP members, Air Canada and WestJet pilots and flight attendants, and others. [3]
The team's principal leader, Micky Rosa is a composite character based primarily on Bill Kaplan, JP Massar, and John Chang. [1] Bill Kaplan founded and led the MIT Blackjack Team in the 1980s and co-managed the team with Massar and Chang from 1992 to 1993, during which time Jeff Ma joined the then nearly 80 person team.
Robert David Kaplan (born June 23, 1952) is an American author. His books are on politics, primarily foreign affairs, and travel. His books are on politics, primarily foreign affairs, and travel. His work over three decades has appeared in The Atlantic , The Washington Post , The New York Times , The New Republic , The National Interest ...
Lewis Avins Kaplan (born December 23, 1944) [1] is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. [2] He was the presiding judge in a number of cases involving high-profile defendants, including E. Jean Carroll v.
Neoconservatism is a political movement that began in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s during the Vietnam War among foreign policy hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist Democratic Party and with the growing New Left and counterculture of the 1960s.
GO Corporation. GO Corporation was a company founded in 1987 to create pen-based portable computers, and a pen-based operating system and software. It was a pioneer of pen-based computing and was one of the most well-funded start-up companies of its time. Its founders were Jerry Kaplan, [1] Robert Carr, and Kevin Doren.
Wiccan (William " Billy " Kaplan-Altman) [1] is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a member of the Young Avengers, a team of teenage superheroes, as well as Strikeforce and New Avengers. Created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung, the character first appeared ...