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- From: kolt@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Matt K/Gonzo)
- Subject: Re: Penetration was Re: Excalibur was {Re: SD rules (was Re: AMEX Trop Deal)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.005747.12309@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <eric.114.0@hup.ucla.edu> <1992Nov18.124504.952@midway.uchicago.edu> <eric.115.0@hup.ucla.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:57:47 GMT
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- In article <eric.115.0@hup.ucla.edu> eric@hup.ucla.edu (Eric J. Splaver) writes:
- I previously wrote
- >>I have a coupla questions about penetration. It seems that most people talk
- >>about % of the deck dealt out. This does not seem important as a figure
- >>taken alone. A figure I use, which is biased to a player using few strategy
- >>adjustments, is "avg. # of cards dealt before each bet." This help show
- >>how much better a head on game can be. It also shows why 3x3, even tho you
- >>see fewer cards than 2x7, is just as good a game, since avg # cards b4 each
- >>bet is equal.
- >>
- >Huh? Why is an equal # of cards seen between each bet important? The
- >important factor is not having too many cards shuffled away. Eg a 3x3 game
- >exposes 12 hands (incl. dealers) with an average of 2.7 cards each or a
- >total of 32.4 cards, leaving almost 20 cards.
- I didn't say between bets. Anyway, my point is, in a game with less TOTAL
- penetration, your average amount of knowledge at each decision time (play
- or bet, but primarily bet) will be as high or higher with fewer hands in
- play.
-
- In a 3x3 game you see the same avg. # of cards b4 each bet that you do in a
- 2x7 game, assuming you see all the cards. As a result, even tho they deal
- fewer cards in this game, you seem to be in the same relative position. This
- is why 2x6 is such a marginal game (14 total hands dealt), but 6 rounds head
- on (similar to 2x5, an abysmal game) is a very good game.
-
- Any ideas?
- MK
-
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