[e-gold-list] Re: A nonhuman CALCULATION!

2003-03-24 Thread Edwin Woudt
1. Ace of hearts, Two of clubs, Five of clubs, Six of clubs, King of spades 2. Ace of clubs, Two of spades, Five of spades, Six of spades, King of hearts But wait!! Suits matter because of Flushes (also straight flushes, royal flushes and the like) True, but I am not saying that suits do not

[e-gold-list] Re: A nonhuman CALCULATION!

2003-03-24 Thread jpm
My datafile indeed suggests discarding the ace and king, giving an expected payout of 49.20% of the wager. The best four strategy's are in descending order: 1. Discard ace and king: 0.4920 2. Keep only the king: 0.4666 3. Keep both ace and king: 0.4657 4. Keep only the ace: 0.4649

[e-gold-list] Re: A nonhuman CALCULATION!

2003-03-24 Thread jpm
PS, did you see the CHEESE contest there? Hilarious... -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping

[e-gold-list] Re: A nonhuman CALCULATION!

2003-03-23 Thread Edwin Woudt
While I did end up with the 'PURE joker poker play book', it is not as large as you think: it only contains 178633 entry's. You correctly assessed that order does not matter, but also the suit does not matter in many occasions. For example: the two following hands are identical, except for the

[e-gold-list] Re: A nonhuman CALCULATION!

2003-03-23 Thread jpm
While I did end up with the 'PURE joker poker play book', it is not as large as you think: it only contains 178633 entry's. You correctly assessed that order does not matter, but also the suit does not matter in many occasions. For example: the two following hands are identical, except for the