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Thank you

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 14 September 2009, at 11:48 p.m.

In Response To: Thank you (David Rockwell)

People may have misunderstood my point. Of course if one wants to get really good, one must study all aspects of the game, including the opening. The specific argument I was addressing was, "It is worth expending a lot of effort in order to calculate a 0.010 equity difference, because this equity difference translates directly translates into an improvement in your performance." This particular argument relies on two assumptions which I believe are shaky.

It's important to know which equity differences the bots think are large and which they think are small, but for plays where the equity difference appears to be small, choosing the play according to psychological criteria may make more of a difference in your results than always choosing the play that the current generation of bots happens to prefer.

Messages In This Thread

• Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 4:28 p.m.
  • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 5:14 p.m.
    • Thank you
      David Rockwell -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 6:21 p.m.
      • Thank you
        Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 6:38 p.m.
      • Thank you
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 11:48 p.m.
        • Thank you
          Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 3:08 a.m.
          • Genuine choices
            Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 5:17 p.m.
            • Genuine choices
              David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 7:15 p.m.
              • Genuine choices
                Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 9:48 p.m.
              • Genuine choices
                Neil Robins -- Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 7:15 a.m.
            • Genuine choices
              Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 7:47 p.m.
    • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 12:03 a.m.
      • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 4:11 p.m.
        • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
          Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 5:13 p.m.
          • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
            Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 16 September 2009, at 6:05 p.m.
            • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
              Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 4:22 a.m.
              • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
                Jason Lee -- Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 5:46 a.m.
                • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
                  Bob Koca -- Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 6:05 a.m.
  • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
    Stick -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 7:36 p.m.
    • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
      Michael Petch -- Monday, 14 September 2009, at 7:41 p.m.
    • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
      Carter Mattig -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 2:16 a.m.
      • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 7:07 a.m.
        • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
          MaX -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 7:18 a.m.
        • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
          Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 11:52 a.m.
  • Why so much debate over Opening Rolls?
    Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 15 September 2009, at 9:43 a.m.