Math help needed (EV)

Thanks for your input, ADDboy.

Most of that, unfortunately, flew right over my head! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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It might help to realize that after 100 bets, your expected profit is over $40, so by the earliest time your opponent could possibly have won, the expected value of all of the bets is almost half of his original bankroll.



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This part was surprising (and encouraging).

As I had satisfied myself that I, indeed, could take this money to the bank, my next thought was," Man, how long is this gonna take?"

My thoughts were as follows: I'm roughly 2:1 to hit, so every three hands I win $1. 300 hands to complete. 1 hand per minute = 5 hrs. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]


And no, I will not introduce you to him! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]