Please help me with some math...

[Astrid Leon]

Ok, i have a problem. I was reading an article and i don´t really understand the math. And i hope you can help me.

Here´s the information you get.

You have mucked every hand in the level, the blinds is 25-50 and the levels are level up after an hour. No ante yet.

how much will this round cost you?

In the article the answer i 333. And i can´t understand how, please help me.

If it can help the other results of the math.
Level Ante Blinds Round cost
1.0,25-50,333
2.0,50-100,667
3.0,75-150,1000
4.0,100-200,1333
5.0,150-300,2000
6.25,150-300,3000

[olavfo]

If you play for 1 hour with blinds 25/50 and the dealer deals 45 hands per hour, you'll play 4.5 rotations during one hour and pay 25 + 50= 75 for each of them. The cost of 1 hour of play at the 25/50 level is therefore approximately

4.5*75 = 338

To get precisely 333, you'll have to assume 44.4 hands/hour.

You can't calculate the cost per level precisely, since you can't know the number of hands/hour exactly. The numbers in the article are just estimates, assuming a little less than 45 hands/hour on average.

olavfo