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Old 06-25-2007, 01:40 PM
CORed CORed is offline
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Default Re: video poker with the double down option

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doubling is always 0 ev, just adds variance.

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Actually, it's -EV, assuming the machine is -EV to begin with. Not that doubling changes the percentage any, but your betting more, so you will lose more.
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