You know, this thread had me thinking. It's a dangerous thing;-) Up until
now, a session bankroll has been based on my experience playing a game over
many practice and low denomination sessions. It has been a fuzzy and intuitive
estimate but it is definitely different for different games. The 5%/10% rule
of thumb got me to thinking. Allowing for a $400 loss based on 4K in did not
seem nearly enough for the $DB player. And the obvious reason would be the
greater concentration of return on less probable hands... or volatility. RF, SF
and all quads account for 8.44% of return for JB and over 17% of return for
DB. Yes, I looked it up on Winpoker;-) Anyone who's gone through a quad
drought on the higher volatility DB games knows this torture. OTOH, $400 for the
same 4K of action at JB does not seem unreasonable. Anyway, the line of
thought (coupled with a bit of free time due to some canceled appointments) took me
to <A HREF="http://videopoker.fws1.com/favorite_links.html">Cost Per Hour</A> , a neat little page that gives you the bad news on exactly
what you lose during those droughts. And it also took me to a really
interesting page on volatility on Jazbo's site <A HREF="http://www.jazbo.com/">Jazbo's Home Page</A> . I'm still
scratching my head over it because I'm a bit math challenged but the comparison of the
volatility of different games is truly intriguing. Fun stuff. And goes to
show that there's a little more to VP than just ER.
Chandler
"...there is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat,
plausible, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
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