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Originally Posted by Ragnarok_1er
I was considering purchasing it to analyze a game I saw in a live casino near me.
The game works like this :
You start by paying an ante of 1 Unit, then you get an hold'em hand.
Then you can pay 2 Units to see a flop or not. The bank always calls.
Then you can bet 1 Unit or check. You'll see the turn anyway. The bank always check/calls.
Then you can bet 1 Unit or check. You'll see the river anyway. The bank always check/calls.
At the end there's a showdown, and the winner takes all. The bank doesn't match your ante except if you win with a straight or better.
So basically the bank has an advantage at the start , that you try to get back by making good value bets (basically at any time you have more than 50% equity vs a random hand, since the bank always calls).
Would I be able to calculate the EV of a perfect player in this game with your program? Thanks.
It's not specifically built for this, but you could definitely do some analysis with it. You'd need to build understanding of what sorts of boards hit a random hand in which way.
From what I understand here you might have a pretty big edge here if the bank is really this fishy. The 50% equity thing is not correct though. You actually require less than that. There's two reasons. First is that you have implied odds. Namely that after you see a flop you can decide whether or not to put more money in and the bank can't. Second is that there's money in the pot, which offers an overlay. I find it hard to believe that a casino would offer a game where they don't have an edge, but it might be worth looking into.
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Originally Posted by Ragnarok_1er
Is the site still down?
The site isn't actually down. It just can't be reached from some IPs, but it cán from others. The server went down Sunday, after which my website and thousands of others were suddenly unreachable from certain locations. The problem still hasn't been completely resolved. I'm doing what I can and I'll try to move the site to a different server that doesn't have issues.
The situation is improving as time progresses though. For now the site cán be reached from proxys, for example from this one in Canada:
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I'm sure there's others as well.