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Neil Stevens
10-30-2004, 01:08 PM
EV, "and it's not even close."

A bunch of posters use it interchangably with value, which shows a disturbing lack of understanding of the difference between value and expected value.
Daliman
10-30-2004, 01:59 PM
EV of the above post =.0000000001
Neil Stevens
10-30-2004, 02:02 PM
As is true of most gossip.
Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!
10-30-2004, 06:26 PM
EV doesnt mean elven vampire? thats good to know for my level 14 half-ogre warrior.
Daliman
10-31-2004, 03:59 AM
Eliminates Vorpal.


Would be great for non-Iraqi civilians in Iraq in current state of affairs....
Bulldog
11-02-2004, 08:32 AM
Either BB (meaning big blind or big bet) or "pockets". When some one says "pockets" for a pocket pair, it just grinds on me. Any two hole cards are your "pocket" cards, if you have a pair in the hole it's a "POCKET PAIR" not "POCKETS"!
spamuell
11-02-2004, 09:50 AM
For the ignorant amongst us, what's the difference between Expected Value and Value, before an event occurs?
Lawrence Ng
11-02-2004, 10:05 AM
UTG = Usually Too Good?
Neil Stevens
11-02-2004, 11:39 AM
The fact that you put that qualifier "before an event occurs" on there means you already know the difference.

The value of a non-random event is the expected value, but the expected value of a random event is not always the value.
jakethebake
11-02-2004, 01:25 PM
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EV doesnt mean elven vampire? thats good to know for my level 14 half-ogre warrior.

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You just revelaed yourself as a D&D playing geek for even thinking of this. /images/graemlins/grin.gif