Re: [vpFREE] Bob Dancer's LVA - 3 NOV 2015

 

Bob,
Thanks for the tribute to Yogi. Having both met him and having read the accounts of many others who met him, he was a true gentleman, and the world is just a bit worse off for his passing.
I'd like to contribute one other type of 'error' - the "kick yourself in the butt" error. That comes from making an otherwise meaningless, but potentially mentally disrupting error. In your deuces wild example, you mentioned picking the 4's over the 5's. You are absolutely correct that in the long run, the results will even out, no matter which pair you pick. But the tendency is to  "kick yourself in the butt" - I should have picked the fives! This momentarily flusters you and may lead to a mistake in the next hand or two, or slows you down while you think about what could have been.

I personally ALWAYS pick the higher of the two pairs - not because it makes any long-run difference, but just because if I always pick the higher pair, I don't stop and question why did I pick one pair over the other. Similarly, when playing P'em, when faced with the choice between  two essentially equal choices (e.g. A diamonds, Q spades dealt and a choice between the five of clubs and the three of hearts) I again always pick the higher card. If the two options are of equal rank: five of clubs and five of hearts, I pick the card by traditional suit rank: spade, heart, diamond, club in descending order. Again, I realize there is no difference, but it allows me to never second-guess why I made the choice and kick myself for making it.
Maybe this will help someone out there; I know it helps me.
Again, thanks for the nice words about Yogi!
 
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -Yogi Berra

There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. -Robert Heinlein
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Subject: [vpFREE] Bob Dancer's LVA - 3 NOV 2015

  Bob Dancer's LVA - 3 NOV 2015

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