That statement must be qualified with a phrase such as, "when play is limited to a relatively short session, such as one weekend."
With unlimited play, playing fewer than maximum coins makes risk of ruin certain on most games.
Dan
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At 9:27 PM +0000 7/21/03, vpFREE@yahoogroups.com wrote:
"Reduced risk
outweighs a modest reduction in EV."Let me add that sometimes the reduction in EV might not be so modest,
but the risk is reduced.
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Dan Paymar, author of the book, "Video Poker - Optimum Play"
Editor and Publisher of "Video Poker Times" newsletter
Web site at http://www.OptimumPlay.com
"Chance favors the prepared mind."
-- Louis Pasteur