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Old 08-23-2005, 04:56 AM
Darryl_P Darryl_P is offline
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Default Re: Am I stupid? I can\'t fit these two concepts into any type of harmony.

Actually it is because you can define each step up as reaching a certain goal like +1000 BB, say and each step down as -1000 BB. Since you have an edge your probability of reaching +1000 BB before reaching -1000 BB is greater than 50%.

Of course if you do it this way then your ultimate goal of 1 trillion BB becomes 1 billion "steps" which is not exactly the same number, but the principle remains the same and the result will still be that you have greater than a 99.999999999 (tack on a few more if you like) % chance of winning.
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