Re: Did I win this bet?
From one of Bruce Z's posts:
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Rereading the original bet, it said "An acquaintance bet me that I don't know how to calculate how flop outs correspond to odds. " So if "calculating" simply means getting the correct answer by some formula which is not algebraically derived, then fine. If it means showing the correct derivation for this formula, which I thought was the point of this, then he did not show it, as you seem to agree. I never claimed he lost the bet. That is between him and his acquaintance.
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The bet had nothing to do with algebra. It didn't matter if I calculated the odds by the position of the sun. The only thing that matters as far as the bet is concerned is that I have a method that works.
From my point of view, "the point of this" is whether I won the bet or the other party did, not whether I used correct algebra. As of now, the thread has not given a conclusive answer and neither of us is about to pay up. So we've agreed to post a poll and we will go with the majority decision.
Edit: The poll is posted in a seperate thread.
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