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Old 06-11-2006, 03:16 PM
metsandfinsfan metsandfinsfan is offline
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Default Re: How the show works:

-EV can sometimes make sense because of variance

let's say there are 3 cases left.
.01
$1
$1,000,000

They offer you $200,000 which is definitely -EV (Ev would be about $333,333)

You would be a moron not to take the deal anyway
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