Forum: Probability
12-20-2005, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 422
Re: Between the Sheets EV
Assuming it's a single deck, and the two faced cards are different, you have 6 ways to lose 2 units; 4*G ways to win 1 unit from a gap of size G; and 44-4*G ways to lose 1 unit.
You want EV =...
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Forum: Probability
12-13-2005, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 311
Re: Crossword Puzzle
It depends how much work you're willing to do to improve your chances. Your answer is right if you randomly guess at every letter.
For a start, you can guess letters in proportion to their normal...
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Forum: Probability
12-13-2005, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 255
Re: What do you think about this class??
It all depends what you see yourself doing, and what you enjoy. It doesn't sound too likely to be poker-related unless you are planning to write your own PokerTracker or have a bunch of things you...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-12-2005, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 2,615
Re: Four Kinds of Atheists.
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I feel that the type 2) could be qualified in a way that would need to take them seriously too.
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The problem, at least as I see it, is that even if the Type 2 people...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-12-2005, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,603
Re: D.Sklansky: Why is an embryo a person?
Suppose we accept the premise that "abortion is murder because an embryo is a person." Does that automatically mean abortion is wrong?
No. It means abortion is something to be taken very...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-12-2005, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 2,615
Re: Four Kinds of Atheists.
I think some of the Type 3s are very similar to the Type 4s - differing only in having spotted the pattern of the 'shrinking realm of the supernatural' sooner. It almost sounds to me like atheist...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-12-2005, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 436
Re: Odd rule at Resorts East Chicago
Regardless whether it's normal to keep the kill button if killer winds up splitting the pot at the end... it's sure not normal for there to be a kill at all on the next hand if the hand is checked...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-10-2005, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,891
Re: UBs TV BS...
I thought it was quite a clever idea for a promo, as a way to inspire casual players to get more serious about the site.
In sharp contrast to the OP, I also thought it was a promotion aimed...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-09-2005, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 316
Any TeX / LaTex users here?
Crossposted from Software.
Are there any other forum members who do typeset poker books or articles with TeX?
If so, would be most interested in exchanging macros, or getting pointers to any...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-09-2005, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,483
Re: Infinite multiplication
If there is some fixed k<1, such that every term in your sequence is less than k, that is sufficient to show convergence to 0. The n_th partial product will be less than k^n and the power series with...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-07-2005, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 662
Re: The Egg Drop
When I did it in the fifth grade, I packed my egg in the middle of a pint size Tupperware container, surrounded the egg with layers of mini-marshmallows as "springs", and filled the gaps up with...
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Forum: Probability
12-07-2005, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 688
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-06-2005, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 258
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-06-2005, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 735
Re: Specific preflop plays
If there was some chance of getting the blinds out I would raise AT. If there isn't... MAYBE I'd still raise with 2 limpers.
I am not playing KT at all in this situation.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-06-2005, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 247
Re: 3-bet the Turn and River, or just Call?
The only thing I find strange is bet-call, bet-call on the last two streets.
You aren't sure if you're winning or losing this one ... so pick one. If you think you're winning more than half the...
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Forum: Probability
12-05-2005, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 454
Re: 2-card Poker: Favorite Hands
I am assuming suited hands are not worth anything extra in this game.
By my count, J8 loses to 600 hands, ties 9, and beats 616, while J7 loses to 612, ties 9, and beats 604.
Exact answers to...
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Forum: Poker Theory
12-05-2005, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,145
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Forum: Probability
12-04-2005, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 539
Re: Poisson and Approximating Binomial
Yes, the Poisson distribution can be used to make such approximations. The rarer the event the better the approximation.
It is "simpler" in the sense that, until the last ten years or so, it was...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-04-2005, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 325
Re: KTo in a big multi-way pot
Um... am I the only one here who would never have played KTo in the first place? Especially if I expect a big multiway pot is likely?
If you do, and you're committed to calling anyway because of...
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Forum: The Stock Market
12-03-2005, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 772
Re: Why would I want to open an IRA?
You get to CHOOSE when you want to pay the taxes! There are two kinds of IRAs.
The traditional thinking is that you want to defer taxes now, while you have a relatively high income, and then...
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
12-03-2005, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 593
Re: Hillary for president at 6:1
Sounds to me like the big winner here is the bookie, who can sell both sides of this bet today and then hold your money interest free for three full years.
As for the actual odds...6:1 is about...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-03-2005, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 368
Re: 2D, 3D and 4D Man
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(we are ignoring the fact that 2D man would fall in half because his digestive tract splits him in two).
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In fact, this engineering problem and many others like it have...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-03-2005, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 438
Re: Simple math/syntax problem
Doesn't speak well for the other forum that they found something to argue about. -25.
Perhaps the easiest way to convince someone of it to look at more complicated expressions like x^2+x+3 and...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-26-2005, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 301
Re: Yellow object in the night sky? any ideas?
If you are interested in astronomy and want a constant gentle reminder of what is currently out there to be seen, you may be interested in this Sky screen saver (http://www.fourmilab.ch/skyscrsv/)...
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Forum: Probability
11-23-2005, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 244
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