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8801
Hypothesis sometimes can be better than math because your not missing anything, and with math you can have a blind faith not realising what your missing. I...
Ron Brown
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Mar 1, 2007
1:33 pm
8802
... anything, and with math you can have a blind faith not realising what your missing. I can't put my finger on it, but instictively I know there's something...
bananastew
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Mar 1, 2007
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8803
You guys keep saying 1 in 4 will score a loner. I revisited the data (looks like I divided when I shouldn't have) and according to the graphic here are the...
Perry Romanowski
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Mar 1, 2007
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8804
... Actually, It was the only I who wrecklessly bantered that number around. But thanks for easing the pain. (more below) I revisited the data (looks ... here...
bananastew
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Mar 1, 2007
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8805
To be candid ... I do not know what specific idea is being tested. The idea being tested seems to be shifting. So I don't have a comment on the email. As a...
Sword_4_hire
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Mar 2, 2007
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8806
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8807
Thanks Sword for taking the time. When I opened the attachment it was in Excel and showed an easy to understand probable outcome for a wide veriety of possible...
Ron Brown
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Mar 2, 2007
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8808
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the EuchreScience group: You hold A,K,Q,10 of clubs and the A of spades.The score is 0-0. Dealer(your...
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Mar 2, 2007
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8809
Did the opps call your p for reneging and for playing twice on the same trick? How did you get the lead? Why would 1st go alone with at most only one trump?...
Gerry Blue
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Mar 2, 2007
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8810
In the actual game that prompted the recent poll, I played trump then lead the ace of spades which he took with the 9 of trump and he held point. If I had...
Ron Brown
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Mar 3, 2007
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8811
I was looking through the old polls, and what I found interesting is that I would've voted differently on some. For instance this one: Question Score: 3-7...
Ron Brown
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Mar 3, 2007
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the EuchreScience group: Score: 3-7 (them). You're 2nd chair. Holding: 9TQKs, Ac. Upcard Js. o Pass o...
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Mar 3, 2007
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8813
Thanks Gerry, I edited the poll. I don't know why I wrote 4th instead of 1st. duh! A little mistake like that can really confuse things..gotta get me an proof...
Ron Brown
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Mar 3, 2007
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8814
... same trick? How did you get the lead? Why would 1st go alone with at most only one trump? Would you like to edit this poll a little before nobody votes...
bananastew
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Mar 3, 2007
1:57 am
8815
Now this one should succumb to mathematics. Although, expectations shouldn't be the only thing you use to make your decisions about ordering. If you go alone,...
Perry Romanowski
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Mar 3, 2007
2:48 am
8816
Now that I changed '4th' to '1st' in the appropriate place it will read easier. Some may go alone from 1st with R,L,9, because 1st seat leads first, and some...
Ron Brown
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Mar 3, 2007
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8817
Math (Perry) got: Point expectation by ordering alone = 4*18% + 1*52% + 1*30% = 1.55 pts Simulator (Sword) got: Point expectation by ordering alone = 4*17.4%...
Sword_4_hire
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Mar 3, 2007
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8818
P.S. ...to be complete ... one should evaluate the score also. In this case, playing with your partner is still advantage. See attachment. Aside:.......
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Mar 3, 2007
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8819
It's nice when the simulator and the theoretical math give close answers. You raise a good point about considering score. Using the "probability of winning"...
Perry Romanowski
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Mar 3, 2007
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8820
Yeah, that's about right. You would be willing to lose 1 extra game out of every 1000 that you play!? Say it ain't so. It just goes to show you how close all...
Perry Romanowski
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Mar 3, 2007
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Mar 3, 2007
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8822
... out of ... Hmm, it's actually about 1 game in 2026, by those numbers. But even that 1 game may not be there in your record if the luck cycle hasn't...
bananastew
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Mar 3, 2007
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8823
... My apology, Perry. 1 game in 1000 is a more accurate depiction. (.083) But even that 1 game may not be there in your record if the luck cycle hasn't...
bananastew
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Mar 3, 2007
5:43 pm
8824
It's been 32 years since I took math in collage so I have to take a more rudimentary approach. Here's the way I figured it for a loner attempt: There's a 47.4%...
Ron Brown
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Mar 3, 2007
6:36 pm
8825
You've over counted the probability of the Left being buried or in p's hand. You know the location and value of 6 cards (your 5 and the upcard). That leave...
Perry Romanowski
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Mar 3, 2007
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8826
It is 2 points and only two points for a euchred loner when two defenders set the lone hand caller. Though there may be a regional variation that I'm unaware...
Todd
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Mar 4, 2007
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8827
Yes. See pp. 14, 25, 27, 29, 37-38, 51, 55, 65 and 70, "The Columbus Book of Euchre" (http://members.tripod.com/~Borf_Books/borfeuch.htm). See also "The Law...
Natty Bumppo
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Mar 4, 2007
12:42 am
8828
Thanks perry, for some reason, I don't get these posts in sequential order. Some will show immediately and others that may have actually been written before...
Ron Brown
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Mar 4, 2007
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Perry Romanowski <thejoggler@...> wrote: ......Looks like game theory says ordering with partner is best bet. After reading and doing what math I'm...
Ron Brown
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Mar 4, 2007
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8830
Don't forget the commandment that applies to all commandments: ...but like most euchre strategies, there are some exceptions. Sword there are few who know the...
Sword_4_hire
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Mar 4, 2007
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