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Old 09-08-2005, 07:08 AM
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Default Non self-weighting strategies for life

After having read "Gambling Theory and other Topics" it seems to me that robbing a bank would be a non-selfweighting strategy if it is carefully planned of course [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I wonder if Steve McQueen is Mason's favorite actor since he always played guys who relied on non-selfweighting strategies for life.
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Old 09-08-2005, 08:20 AM
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What is a non-selfweighting strategy? Please explain. I'm not familiar with the concept.
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Old 09-08-2005, 08:29 AM
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Default Re: Non self-weighting strategies for life

Buy that book and find out or you are doomed to fail in poker.
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Old 09-08-2005, 08:54 AM
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Default Re: Non self-weighting strategies for life

I disagree. McQueen is loose aggresive in real life.
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Old 09-08-2005, 09:40 AM
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A non-selfweighting strategy is basically to wait for a situation when the odds are in your favor and then to hit as hard as you can to get the maximum advantage out of it.
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Old 09-08-2005, 10:28 AM
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Then, as I understand it, a non-self weighted strategy is whn you wait until you have the best of it, and the get the most you can. In that case, robbing a bank is a bad (wrong) example. Robbing banks, given a big enough sample size [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img], is definately -EV. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 09-08-2005, 02:46 PM
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Default Re: Non self-weighting strategies for life

It's also about quality versus quantity of decisions, such as not playing every hand.
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