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Backgammon, Poker, and PRs

Posted By: Jake Jacobs
Date: Saturday, 27 February 2016, at 4:07 a.m.

In Response To: Backgammon, Poker, and PRs (Robert Wachtel)

"In my opinion, claims of this type are usually highly exaggerated. In general their proponent grossly overestimates the return on investment (both in magnitude and in likelihood) for the equity sacrifices he (deliberately?) makes – and often his sacrifices are not deliberate! He is guessing – and blundering -- but once in a while, when he blunders, his opponent gifts him with a counter-blunder that he then takes credit for. And of course everyone, even the weakest of players, notices his opponent’s tendencies and adjusts his play accordingly; so is our complainant claiming that he that he does this more frequently or more effectively than others? How would he know this? Finally, people who talk this way would have us believe that playing “computer-perfectly” is a trivial exercise they mastered in grade school: they could, in other words, maintain a 1.0 PR if they cared to – but they prefer to win instead!"

Many years ago in Las Vegas a group of us were talking about this very thing, focusing specifically on an opening 41, and how players persisted in slotting "against a weaker player." Malcolm shook his head and said: "Everyone can't be 'the weaker player'."

Later that day I played Malcolm a hard-fought match in the Super Jackpot. At DMP I rolled an opening 41. Of course I slotted. :-)

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