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The opposite of a market loser

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:07 a.m.

In Response To: The opposite of a market loser (Bob Koca)

Bob Koca wrote:

Note that a sequence being an anti-market loser as you define it is not equivalent with no longer being in the doubling window. Should there be a distinct term for such a sequence?

I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at. Are you saying I didn't phrase my definition quite correctly? Tacitly, I'm using the terms "market loser" and "market freezer" only if it's currently correct for my opponent to take. Assume I don't double now. A market loser is a pair of rolls such that next turn my opponent should drop. A market freezer is a pair of rolls such that next turn I should not double.

Maybe you're worried about cases where next turn I'm too good, so that something can be both a market loser and a market freezer? I'm not so worried about making sure the terminology is perfect in every conceivable scenario. I think the way I've defined the terms here is good enough for most situations. (Though now that I think about it, it strikes me that this may be another argument for "market freezer" over, say, "lemon"; we're supposed to be measuring what we might gain by not doubling, and sometimes we gain not because things next turn are sour but because things next turn are extremely sweet. "Freezing" indicates only that I'm unwilling to sell and doesn't indicate why.)

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• The opposite of a market loser
  Timothy Chow -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 3:46 p.m.
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    David Rockwell -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 4:38 p.m.
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      Ray Kershaw -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 4:50 p.m.
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        David Rockwell -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 4:55 p.m.
        • The opposite of a market loser
          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 6:39 p.m.
          • The opposite of a market loser
            Bob Koca -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 6:42 p.m.
          • The opposite of a market loser
            Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:51 p.m.
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              Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:22 p.m.
              • The opposite of a market loser
                David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:47 p.m.
                • The opposite of a market loser
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 7:03 p.m.
                  • The opposite of a market loser
                    Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 10 February 2010, at 12:52 a.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 5:11 p.m.
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    Maik Stiebler -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 10:58 p.m.
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      David Rockwell -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 11:24 p.m.
      • The opposite of a market loser
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 1:03 a.m.
        • The opposite of a market loser
          Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 5:34 p.m.
          • The opposite of a market loser
            Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 9:46 p.m.
            • The opposite of a market loser
              Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 11:05 p.m.
              • The opposite of a market loser
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 11:57 p.m.
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                  Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 10 February 2010, at 12:23 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:42 a.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 1:40 a.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:07 a.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:38 a.m.
        • The opposite of a market loser
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:07 a.m.
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    Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 9:12 a.m.
    • The opposite of a market loser
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:21 p.m.
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        Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 8:17 p.m.