On 7/3/07, Phil Appleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Martin DeMello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does the value of opening the SUNBELTS hook with an S still unseen > > take into account the relative score at the time? > > An interesting question. It's true that I was trailing at the time, > although not by a huge margin, and I know that Quackle rates moves by > winning percentage rather than equity gain/loss. But the equity figure > for UNBELTS was also highest, and I'm assuming that's independent of > the relative score. > > BTW, I did a 3-ply simulation. I only did 1,000 iterations. It would be > interesting to see some simulation results based on different ply > settings, and a larger number of iterations.
Hi Phil, A 3-ply Quackle iteration is the equivalent of a 1.5-ply Maven iteration; it's making your candidate play, an opponent riposte, your response, another opponent play, and then stopping there. Thus, the result will be quite different from a 3-ply or 2-ply Maven simulation. Cheers, Jason
