Quote:
Originally Posted by FatedToPretend
Something odd/bizarre/wrong I've noticed today on iPoker. Not sure if it would suggest they've got their actual percentages wrong, but........
When players are all-in and their cards are revealed, the percentage chances of each player winning and the percentage chance of a tie come up on the screen.
When a player has 4 outs on the river, (4/44 remaining cards,) a 9.09% shot, this is given as 10% on screen.
I thought this was strange, but thought maybe they just round up numbers below 50 and round down numbers above 50, rather than rounding to the nearest number. Bit silly, but whatever.
Then, however, I saw a player all-in with 3 outs on the river. That is 3/44 remaining cards, a 6.82% shot. This, for some reason, was given on screen as a 6% shot.
I can't understand this. Firstly, I hope it's just the percentages on screen that aren't in line with each other and not the actual percentage chance that it happens.
Secondly, why on earth and how on earth would you end up with a system which rounds down on some occasions and up on others ? Especially when it's a computer which is doing this, surely the computer would be programmed to, (in normal cases,) round to the nearest number, or either always round up, or always round down.
Have I missed something ?
Just to explain the hands, to help see if I've miscalculated, the first one I have A, 9, opponent has A, 5 and the board is 10, 9, 8, 6. Opponent has 4 cards, (the four 7s), for a tie. Opponent's chance of a tie is given as 10%, when I think it is 9.09%. NO POSSIBLE FLUSHES FOR EITHER PLAYER.
The second one, I have K, 10, both diamonds, and opponent has Qd, 9h. The board is Ad, 10s, Ks, 2d. So opponent has 3 cards to win, (the 3 non-diamond jacks, as the jack of diamonds gives me the flush.) The odds of opponent winning are given as 6%, when I work it out as 6.82%.
What is going on ??