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How do you compare to the Giants?

Posted By: Phil Simborg
Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2012, at 7:20 a.m.

In Response To: How do you compare to the Giants? (trichard)

Yes. I dispute that. If both players are of equal skill, the luck factor, which really isn't a luck factor at all, but rather a measure of who the odds favored during that particular math, will determine the winner. But give me two players with great skill difference and I will be happy to bet you that if they play 10 matches, and we only bet on those matches where the poorer player had a higher luck factor, I will be happy to bet that the better player wins more matches. However, again, the skill difference must be significant. How significant? That's a good question. I would take, for example, Stick, who averages under 2.5, against a 7.0 average player (which is still a fine Open Level player), even on those games where the 7.0 player has greater luck.

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• How do you compare to the Giants?
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 9 January 2012, at 9:58 p.m.
  • How do you compare to the Giants?
    rambiz -- Monday, 9 January 2012, at 10:22 p.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 9 January 2012, at 10:59 p.m.
      • How do you compare to the Giants?
        christian munk-christensen -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 5:04 p.m.
      • How do you compare to the Giants?
        Turz -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 4:22 p.m.
  • How do you compare to the Giants?
    trichard -- Monday, 9 January 2012, at 11:34 p.m.
    • How do you compare to the Giants?
      Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 12:00 a.m.
    • How do you compare to the Giants?
      benf -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 5:22 a.m.
      • How do you compare to the Giants?
        Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 8:34 a.m.
        • 1+++ *NM*
          higonefive -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 11:19 a.m.
        • How do you compare to the Giants?
          Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 8:25 p.m.
          • How do you compare to the Giants?
            Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 8:43 p.m.
          • How do you compare to the Giants?
            trichard -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 9:13 p.m.
            • How do you compare to the Giants?
              Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 11 January 2012, at 7:20 a.m.
              • How do you compare to the Giants?
                mtuhtan -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 5:22 p.m.
                • How do you compare to the Giants?
                  Dmitriy Obukhov -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 5:48 p.m.
                • How do you compare to the Giants?
                  trichard -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 9:23 p.m.
                • How do you compare to the Giants?
                  Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 19 January 2012, at 4:22 a.m.
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                    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 19 January 2012, at 4:53 a.m.
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                    Neil Robins -- Thursday, 19 January 2012, at 9:09 p.m.
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                    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 2:55 a.m.
                    • How do you compare to the Giants?
                      mtuhtan -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 9:31 a.m.
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                    benf -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 9:51 a.m.
                  • Phil, have you found anyone who takes your side? *NM*
                    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 6:27 p.m.
                    • Phil, have you found anyone who takes your side? *NM*
                      mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 24 January 2012, at 7:44 a.m.
                  • Some hard numbers
                    Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 3:37 p.m.
                    • Some hard numbers
                      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 5:02 p.m.
                      • Some hard numbers
                        Bob Koca -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 6:36 p.m.
              • How do you compare to the Giants?
                Bob Koca -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 7:32 a.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 11 January 2012, at 8:16 a.m.
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        playBunny -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 6:28 p.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 7:34 a.m.
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    Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 8:07 a.m.
    • Can you or Christian...
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 2:40 p.m.
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    Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 8:51 a.m.
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    higonefive -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 11:28 a.m.
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    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 9:02 p.m.
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    Sam Pottle -- Tuesday, 10 January 2012, at 10:24 p.m.