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The SIMPLE method

Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer
Date: Wednesday, 15 June 2011, at 3:53 p.m.

In Response To: The SIMPLE method (Bob Koca)

A possible scenario:

Chomp A Chomp B Neil Kazaross

Chomp A and B agrees to collude to get as many money as possible out of Neil's reach.

They know for sure, that he will not put in a figure below 36% against them, since he's a heavy favorite (let's call it 60/40 in the final). So instead of bidding honestly vs. each other, they agree to do the following:

They calculate what their "honest" bid should be, knowing that they would probably have to face Neil in the final. (This number should be 30% if they give themselves a 40% chance in the final).

Now, instead they calculate what Neil's bid should be and go close to that (they should go for around 35-36%).

Say the pool is $60.000 (10+20+30). If they are .40 in the final, such a final is worth $18K to them.

Buying one of them out at $21600 instead of $18000, gives $3600 less in the final pool, which makes it worth $21120 for Neil (instead of $22000 if they bought out 2nd place at $20000 or $23100 for Neil if they bought out 2nd place at the "true" value of $18000. So they do stiff him for almost 2 grand which they can split.

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