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Forum: Books and Publications 10-26-2007, 03:19 AM
Replies: 396
Views: 2,250
Posted By WRX
Re: The Mathematics of Poker

Bill and Jerrod, I hope that you're still monitoring this thread, even though it's been quiet recently.

I've had lots of thoughts and questions popping up in my mind since I started reading your...
Forum: Internet Gambling 08-09-2007, 05:33 AM
Replies: 168
Views: 1,051
Posted By WRX
Re: Who will take action on NETeller\'s breach of contract?

Hello, all. It turns out that there have been people working actively for many months to take legal action against NETeller. Quite a few customers had account balances close to $100,000. They were...
Forum: Internet Gambling 08-07-2007, 05:33 AM
Replies: 168
Views: 1,051
Posted By WRX
Who will take action on NETeller\'s breach of contract?

Repeating my comments posted on other sites.
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As everyone knows by now, NETeller has e-mailed U.S. customers, saying that the company would now accept withdrawal requests. Now, an interesting...
Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine 06-11-2007, 08:04 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 262
Posted By WRX
Re: I Think It\'s Time ...

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Everytime Snyder puts up a post here that is either a personal attack on any of us or a link to some sort of bizarre and misleading article where he claims our strategy advice is far...
Forum: Books and Publications 06-04-2007, 08:59 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 71
Posted By WRX
Re: harrington talks about tournament speed in his books too...

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The only place where I think tournaments speed makes a difference is my willingness to push small edges or take coinflips. In the case of a fast structure, my chances to double up...
Forum: Books and Publications 06-04-2007, 08:51 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 71
Posted By WRX
Re: harrington talks about tournament speed in his books too...

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some of it does flow from that mason comment about M being all that matters (and can't remember if harrington had said that to him, that would be hearsay anyway). i think mason...
Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine 06-04-2007, 08:30 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 262
Posted By WRX
Don\'t feed the trolls

'Nuff said.
Forum: Poker Theory 05-21-2007, 09:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 58
Posted By WRX
\"Small logical errors\" in Sklansky hand rankings?

In his thesis, available here (http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~darse/Papers/billings-phd.pdf), p. 42, Darse Billings states, "There are also a few instances of small logical errors in Sklansky's...
Forum: Books and Publications 02-15-2007, 07:03 AM
Replies: 436
Views: 1,435
Posted By WRX
Re: I completely agree with the snyder on the issues of speed...

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However, there are some flaws in Snyder's book, the most notable being that he didn't realize the tourneys are percentage payback as opposed to being winner take all, and in these threads...
Forum: Poker Theory 02-15-2007, 06:46 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 99
Posted By WRX
Re: Theory Discussion of a Point From \"Poker Tournament Formula\"

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The question: PTF puts forward a similar concept, namely that in fast MTTs, early variance is good for you (although it's not stated quite that way). You want to get a big stack or get...
Forum: Books and Publications 01-24-2007, 09:40 PM
Replies: 436
Views: 1,435
Posted By WRX
Re: The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder...

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Simple extreme example to make it easy for anyone to grasp. Blinds are 25/50, your stack is 1,000. You are on the button and your M is 13. Blinds go up after each hand. Next...
Forum: Books and Publications 01-22-2007, 07:17 PM
Replies: 436
Views: 1,435
Posted By WRX
Re: The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder...

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is anyone interested in discussing the actual advice in this book? i.e. do you think he recommends playing a little too fast?

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Well, sure, that would be a good discussion....
Forum: Books and Publications 01-22-2007, 12:59 AM
Replies: 436
Views: 1,435
Posted By WRX
Re: The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder...

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I do acknowledge the effects you mention here. These points came up prominently in some of the posts from last year that I just mentioned.

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This thread, for example....
Forum: Books and Publications 01-19-2007, 04:58 AM
Replies: 436
Views: 1,435
Posted By WRX
Re: The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder...

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You're misrepresenting what I said here as well. I do agree that if your M will change within a few hands it can and should affect your strategy. (This is in Harrington II which I am the...
Forum: Books and Publications 01-19-2007, 01:09 AM
Replies: 436
Views: 1,435
Posted By WRX
Re: The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder...

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IMHO, what Snyder adds to "M" is the concept of "M-decay". It's sort of like radioactive half-life. Since doing nothing in a fast tournament will result in your M dropping faster than in...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-09-2006, 10:49 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Re: ICM problems

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Assuming that ... player r's skills are equal to the skills of the field, or are superior, we would ordinarily expect the following to be true at the start of the tournament: F_r >= Z/n
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Forum: Poker Theory 11-08-2006, 06:46 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Re: THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN! AAAAAAAAAARGGH!!!

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THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN! AAAAAAAAAARGGH!!!

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Hey, I understood that part.

Having seen the discussion of this issue, which is undoubtedly fascinating in the abstract,...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-07-2006, 09:32 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 121
Posted By WRX
Re: Another Simulation That Sheds Light on Chips Changing Value

All right, David, here's an answer to your little problem. I'm not an expert mathematician, so this wasn't easy. I get the same results as pzhon, so they must be right! But I want to give a lengthier...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-04-2006, 03:22 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Re: Exploring how marginal chip value changes with stack size

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I skimmed and did not carefully read, but let me make a couple of points.

(1) The derivative you mention is a particlar directional derivative, but you could consider any direction (or...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-04-2006, 03:09 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Re: ICM problems

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What is ICM?

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"Independent Chip Model." It's commonly used, and you'll find lots of discussion about it around here. You could call it a lottery ticket model. Give each...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-04-2006, 03:01 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Re: ICM problems

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It appears that solving the ICM in its general form becomes intractable with increasing numbers of prizes and increasing numbers of players remaining active.

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This...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-04-2006, 02:47 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Re: Exploring how marginal chip value changes with stack size

Thanks for the remarks, CityFan and everyone else.

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I don't think my function F has any mystical significance, except that I wrote it in response to the challenge that "chip value is not...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-02-2006, 06:32 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 175
Posted By WRX
Exploring how marginal chip value changes with stack size

I posted this message, in somewhat different form, as part of a thread in the Books and Publications forum. It didn't get much of a response. I'm hoping that more people will see it here, and will be...
Forum: Books and Publications 11-02-2006, 03:30 AM
Replies: 396
Views: 2,250
Posted By WRX
Re: The Mathematics of Poker

This sounds very timely. For all the qualities of many of the poker books on the market today, including those published by Two Plus Two, they are lacking in sophisticated mathematical and logical...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-02-2006, 01:52 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 250
Posted By WRX
Re: Daniel Negreneau Verifies His Agreement With Me

Easily one of the most intelligent posts on this subject in a long while. Thank you.
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