Softplay Probability

SimonG · #1 05-10-2005, 02:59 PM

If you played in a casino out of town and you got down to two tables of 5 playing for the bubble, how many times would it take to be statistically significant for 3 players to fail to put a voluntary chip in the pot when against each other, but the other two players (from out of town)had their blinds raised each and every time?

I noticed the pattern after the second round and cried foul when 2 strong hands got checked down against each other. But when could you mathematically suggest that you were 95% confident that play wasn't following a normal distribution?

Any ideas - thanks!

schwza · #2 05-10-2005, 03:11 PM

how strong were the hands?

SimonG · #3 05-10-2005, 03:22 PM

flopped 2 pair against a turned straight!

The straight checked behind on the river too! His defence was that he hadn't looked at his cards, but in my mind that's even WORSE as he proves that he has no intention of putting chips in the pot against his mate.

schwza · #4 05-10-2005, 03:26 PM

yeah, that's pretty bad. call the floor.