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Every pot is $1 and run it 100 times.

Win 67% = +$67.

Add back your own money in those 67% of the times, $67 + $67 = $134.

Everything above is sound and logical.

Here is the illogical part.

Lose 33% of the times = -$33.

Dude thinks that when you lose, you lose 100% of the times (but failed to grasp that when you win, you also win 100% of the times), and therefore you lose 100% of the $100 you put in to this experiment.

So -$33 + -$100 = -$133.

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09-10-2015 , 04:04 PM

#5078

Mike_McDee

grinder

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Please make it stop!

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09-10-2015 , 04:18 PM

#5079

Chuckled

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 327

So in short he was double range merging when he should have triple range merged.

Got it.

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09-10-2015 , 04:34 PM

#5080

DrDanimal

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,502

I still dont follow the facebook guy or Richard Parkers math at all

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09-10-2015 , 09:51 PM

#5081

Aesah

Verified Coach NLHE/PLO

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LOL that was a great post

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09-11-2015 , 03:24 PM

#5082

Pyrochaos

adept

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuckled

So in short he was double range merging when he should have triple range merged.

Got it.

I believe he was trying the rare quadruple range merge. The risk of looking like a dumbass is so high, that only a small amount even attempt it. But when successful, 60% of the time it will work every time.

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09-12-2015 , 10:20 AM

#5083

legionrainfall

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 654

How the hell does Brent think that winning 67 times out of 100 leaves him with $134?
It leaves him with $67.

Simkha is an annoying troll.

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09-12-2015 , 10:31 AM

#5084

ITT666

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,663

I get the feeling Brent is also the kind of guy that if given the choice to get Aces all in every hand against one player or Aces all in every hand against a whole table of 8 players would choose the former.

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09-12-2015 , 11:21 AM

#5085

andrew12341231

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 430

Riddle: If you start with $100, and you flip for $1 100 times and win 67 of them, how much money do you have.

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09-12-2015 , 12:31 PM

#5086

HiFi

Dented ovaries

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 23,508

Quote:

Originally Posted by legionrainfall

How the hell does Brent think that winning 67 times out of 100 leaves him with $134?
It leaves him with $67.

Simkha is an annoying troll.

Whatever bitch I'm the only person who makes that forum even semi-readable.

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09-12-2015 , 01:12 PM

#5087

johnny_on_the_spot

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 11,608

Quote:

Originally Posted by legionrainfall

How the hell does Brent think that winning 67 times out of 100 leaves him with $134?
It leaves him with $67.

does absurdly lacking understanding about math count, because here is an entry

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09-12-2015 , 01:26 PM

#5088

andrew12341231

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 430

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Originally Posted by johnny_on_the_spot

does absurdly lacking understanding about math count, because here is an entry

Maybe he is trolling. Maybe you know he is trolling and pretending not to know. It's hard to tell.

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09-12-2015 , 09:58 PM

#5089

W0X0F

sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight

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This isn't really absurd thinking. It's more just downright stupid. I just got off the phone with a friend who's playing at the Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, WV. He says there are a couple of guys at his table who can only be classified as dullards. Someone bets $40 and one of the guys asks the dealer what the bet is. She says "It's forty dollars" and he asks "How many chips is that?" My friend said he nearly spit up his drink.

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09-12-2015 , 10:17 PM

#5090

Richard Parker

banned

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If you're new to the game, have multiple denominators of chips, and under duress, figuring out how to call with $40 can be difficult.

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09-12-2015 , 10:19 PM

#5091

Richard Parker

banned

Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 13,949

Most people have only one approach to figure out simple arithmetic, and when that approach is challenged, they usually stumble.

I wouldn't be so quick to mock someone who can't think fast enough on their feet.

Last edited by Richard Parker; 09-12-2015 at 10:26 PM.

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09-12-2015 , 10:24 PM

#5092

W0X0F

sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,829

Yeah, the times tables are tough.

All the guy had was red chips. Sorry, I find this funny. Math in public is hard.

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09-12-2015 , 10:56 PM

#5093

dinesh

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,406

Pssh. You're probably too dense to figure out the stall speed of a jet at no angle of attack.

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09-12-2015 , 11:01 PM

#5094

Lattimer

I is smart

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15,463

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Originally Posted by dinesh

Pssh. You're probably too dense to figure out the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

FYP

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09-12-2015 , 11:59 PM

#5095

ZippyThePinhead

adept

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 948

African or European?

Sent from my SM-T320 using 2+2 Forums

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09-13-2015 , 12:41 AM

#5096

ByeByeJoe

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 218

And......... derailed

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09-13-2015 , 12:56 AM

#5097

HiFi

Dented ovaries

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 23,508

Wow thread went from fantastic to amazing in a hurry

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09-13-2015 , 09:08 AM

#5098

Havax

grinder

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09-13-2015 , 09:14 AM

#5099

Kler

grinder

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 494

Looks like he's trying pretty hard to get people to believe that he was trolling by doing some actual trolling now.

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09-13-2015 , 12:46 PM

#5100

ITT666

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,663

Yeah that one has to be trolling.

I can't imagine anyone actually thinking it only takes 4 cards to make a flush, simply because that's just a rules of the game thing.

I could actually believe there are people dumb enough to somehow reason AKs is better than AA.

But I do believe he is trolling there.

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