Deal or No Deal

[Ogre]

i hate how he tries to be tricky leading into the commercials
i hate how long the commercials are
i hate how stupid the contestants are
i hate the host
i hate the whole concept of the game
if i was on the show i would just take the box and wouldnt take some -ev deal
i cant figure out why i still watch this stupid show

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

You wouldn't lose $1,000 to reduce variance?

[1800GAMBLER]

the main factor for the algorithm is the variance between your decisions. the higher the variance the lower the ev. finish with $1m and $1 as your last boxes and they'll give you some real [censored] deals. awesome algorithm.

edit: for the online game.

[lastchance]

For the online game, they almost always give you 90+% of prize pool when it gets down to 3 and will be very quick to shaft you in a situation like the above.

Personally, if I was ever to play this game, I take a deal at 3 90% of the time, knowing that getting shafted the next round would suck.

[DCIAce]

I'm fantastic at this game. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[1800GAMBLER]

i just had a ton of times in which i was not offered 90% (more like 70%) of the EV because my variance was huge.

as i said above, the variance seems to be the main factor.

[lastchance]

I'm talking when it comes down to 3. I've gotten a deal for 90% of the prize pool almost every time I've played it.

[AceHigh]

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This guy might just be the worst TV game show host in history.

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It's Howie Mandel, and you are right he is the worst actor and comedian and now game show host in history. Sort of a triple crown of worsts.

[Dudd]

I'm disappointed, their online version loads to 100% for me, then stalls. Anyone else have that happen?

[moose47]

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I'm disappointed, their online version loads to 100% for me, then stalls. Anyone else have that happen?

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It will work fine..........


....Right after this commercial break!