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Definition of luck-to-skill ratio

Posted By: Paul Vianna
Date: Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 12:24 a.m.

In Response To: chicagopoint.com Poll Question (Bill Riles)

I'm not sure exactly what this means. If the Giant had, say 2-1 odds of winning the match, what would be the luck-to-skill ratio? I could say it's 2, since 2/3 or the match winning probability is common to both players while 1/3 is owned by the Giant.

For what it's worth, Cooke and Bradshaw (in "Backgammon The Cruelest Game") estimated that backgammon is 80% luck.

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• chicagopoint.com Poll Question
  Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 5 August 2009, at 9:47 p.m.
  • Definition of luck-to-skill ratio
    Paul Vianna -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 12:24 a.m.
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      Tom Keith -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 12:41 a.m.
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        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 3:11 p.m.
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          happyjuggler0 -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 3:41 p.m.
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            Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 4:52 p.m.
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              Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 5:42 p.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 8:20 p.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 8:27 p.m.
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                Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 11:52 p.m.
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              Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 9:59 p.m.
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              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 10:52 p.m.
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                Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 11:54 p.m.
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                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 2:42 a.m.
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                    Jason Lee -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 3:37 a.m.
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                      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 8:04 a.m.
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            Joe Russell -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 11:40 a.m.
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              Joe Russell -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 6:05 p.m.
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                garyo -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 7:27 p.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 5:45 p.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 8:22 p.m.
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          Frank Berger -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 6:02 p.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 8:38 p.m.
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              Frank Berger -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 10:21 p.m.
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              Rich Munitz -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 10:26 p.m.
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              playBunny -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 10:38 p.m.
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              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 9 August 2009, at 4:33 p.m.
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            MaX -- Monday, 10 August 2009, at 2:19 p.m.
  • chicagopoint.com Poll Question
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 2:25 a.m.
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    Frank_N_Stein -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 2:50 a.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 3:11 a.m.
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    phil Simborg -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 4:43 a.m.
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    Bill Finneran -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 11:51 a.m.
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    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 6 August 2009, at 5:35 p.m.
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    Joe Russell -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 11:45 a.m.
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    garyo -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 5:08 p.m.
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      playBunny -- Friday, 7 August 2009, at 10:18 p.m.