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K. See king.

Kalinevitch Ten Count. {TCS}. TBD

Keen, Paul. A well respected card counter and former Las Vegas reporter for Arnold Snyder's Blackjack Forum.   Paul was an employee of the Gambler's Book Club in Las Vegas and was always willing to share his knowledge of the game with visitors.  Paul died in the mid-1990s.  See Precision Count.
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Kelly betting. To bet in a manner that will maximize the long term growth rate of your bankroll.   See Kelly Criterion.

Kelly Criterion. (J. L. Kelly) (1956) This is a bet-sizing system based on the knowledge of the player's advantage at any point in the game. (e.g., If a player knows he has a 1% advantage he should bet only 1/100 of his bankroll. With a 2% advantage he should bet 1/50 of his bankroll). The Kelly criterion is used in money management by many professional card counters to maximize the long term growth rate of their bankroll. See gambler's ruin. See Leib Criterion.
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[56 Kelly A New Interpretation of Information Rate]
[6/66 Thorp A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat Vol.61,313]
[70 Wilson The Casino Gambler's Guide]
[81 Friedman Understanding & Applying the Kelly...]
[c81? Rouge et Noir 8]
[10/81 Wong Blackjack World Vol.3,162]
[83 Griffin A Fractured Fable Vol.22,6]
[83 Friedman Kelly vs Mini-Max Vol.24,10]
[87 Humble World's Greatest Blackjack Book 203]
[3/93 Schlesinger Risk of Ruin BJF 5]
[9/93 Leib What's a Kelly Man to Do? BJF 31]

keno tickets. Where many blackjack experts (and authors) jot down notes about game conditions and dealer/casino information.

key card concept. See Sklansky Key Card Concept.

king. (K). One of four 10-valued cards in a standard deck of playing cards.

Knock-Out Blackjack. (KO) (1996) (Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs)  An unbalanced card counting system.  More info.  See TKO.  See T-H Card Counting System(s).

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[98 Vancurra/Fuchs Knock-Out Blackjack]
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KO.   Acronym for Knock-Out Blackjack.

Krigman, Alan. Syndicated gaming columnist and publisher of the Winning Ways newsletter..
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kurtosis.   A measure of how "fat" a probability distribution's tails are, measured relative to a normal distribution having the same standard deviation. A distribution
is said to be leptokurtic if its tails are fatter than those of a corresponding normal distribution. It is said to be platykurtic if its tails are thinner than those of the normal distribution.
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