That's a point I haven't seen made, and its a good one. I find it
doubtful that the combined play of this Internet group has a
positive expectation. Certainly if you combine the entire action of
the group - the play of the players in the group, the play of others
that accompany the players in the group, and spending in the casino
by all, the overall expectation is negative.
The one point you make that's impossible to achieve is players
categorizing their own skills. In my view, and its only an opinion
that I can't verify, is that most players that learn a bit, such as
which games have better paytables and some basic strategy points,
quickly reach a point where they think they are better players than
they really are. Ironically, the little learning they have achieved
actually has an adverse effect, as they go from playing chump change
for fun, to playing serious money at a higher, albeit still
negative, percentage EV. The danger is that the increased action
swamps the gain in percentage EV, such that the overall dollar
expectation is more negative than when they knew nothing.
How about conducting a poll with two questions: (1) Do you believe
that you play with a positive or negative expectation, and (2) Do
you believe that most members of vpFREE play with a positive or
negative expectation?
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and act accordingly.
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