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- From: irwin@uvmark.uucp (Frank Irwin)
- Subject: Re: Rank of Hold`em Pocket Cards
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.193113.31020@uvmark.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:31:13 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.181336.16966@netcom.com> <17952@autodesk.COM>
- Organization: VMARK Software, Inc.
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- In article <17952@autodesk.COM> jamesr@Autodesk.COM (James Rowell) writes:
- >mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
-
- >I dug up an old article that Steve R Jacobs sent out. I'll quote it.
-
- >> other AA AA AA AA AA AA AA
- >> hand wins ties loses %win %tie %lose %gain
- >>
- >> AC AS 37210 1637884 37210 2.17 95.654 2.17 0.00
- >>
- >> 6S 5S 1314307 6415 391582 76.76 0.375 22.87 53.88
- >> 7S 6S 1315168 5499 391637 76.81 0.321 22.87 53.93
- >> 8S 7S 1315602 5030 391672 76.83 0.294 22.87 53.96
-
- [ The rest of Jacobs' chart deleted. ]
-
- >Pretty cool eh?
-
- Yup.
-
- >Simple no? I'd like to know how Steve generated this table, computer?
-
- Computer? Posh! Anyone who's ever sneezed on Jacobs knows that he'd
- never resort to a computer for such important research. No sirree, uh uh.
- Steve's above all that.
-
- He once described his method (and his madness) to me, and I'll see if I
- can remember most of it.
-
- Because cards are dealt randomly (unless, of course, you're playing blackjack
- at the Frontier), Steve started by using a random multiplying factor determined
- by the number of nice things he's said about Michael Hall on rec.gambling in
- any particular 6-month period. This would give him a number between 0 and 1.
-
- Now, if the row to be calculated is for a hand that contains a pair, Steve
- will use the bra size of the last Hot Babe (TM) that he let blow on his
- dice at a craps table. He'll then multiply this by the number of times he
- was slapped trying to obtain said bra size.
-
- If the two cards of the hand are suited, Steve uses the number of times
- that Tim (you still out there, Tim?) threatened to have his uncle sue Steve,
- multiplied by the number of kilobytes spewed forth in some of their better
- flamefests.
-
- The numbers for connectors are determined by the day's attendance at the
- Foxwoods Casino in CONNECTicut (hey! give me a break, it's Friday).
-
- All other numbers are determined at random, because I'm running out of ideas
- and my brain hurts.
-
- --
- ============================================================================
- Frank Irwin | "I always get Hall and Jacobs mixed up."
- Vmark Software, Inc. | -- an unnamed fellow poker player
- irwin%uvmark@merk.com | (Hi ed!)
-