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Old 01-07-2006, 01:35 AM
BigPoppa BigPoppa is offline
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Default Re: Conjecture and Question

I would say it doesn't come even close to doubling.

While you, of course, need chips to play; the player's positive expectation is not due to the chips. It is due to his skill.

If his expectation were proportional to chips, then losing a quarter of his stack would decrease his expectation by $10,000. This is not the case. Again, his skill is the main difference here.

I would say that to double his expectation would require an increase in chips several-fold.
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