--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bornloser1537" <bornloser1537@...>
wrote:
I tried to send this earlier, but it must have gotten lost (or the
administrator threw it
out....LOL...who knows? I'll just try it again. Anyway...
I use the VP Analyzer quite a bit and find it fun and
informative, I mainly use the "trip
ROR" calculations. Requesting "enhancements", it might be nice to
have more information
than just the average bankroll remaining (with and without
bankrupts) after running a
simulation.
It seems to me that it might be easy (???) to accumulate
histogram data as the simulation
is being run and then plot (or produce a table) giving a histogram
of remaining funds in
bins that are $50 or $100 wide (or, maybe, even be auto-scaled).
Just a request/suggestion.
Thanks for listening.
.....bl
bl, Good timing! It so happens I'm in the process today of sending
to beta-testers an upgrade of Dunbar's Risk Analyzer for Video Poker
that will do exactly what you suggest. I agree that the histogram
charts are informative, and I have to say they are darn fun to
generate.
There is also a new table and chart that show the chance of
completing various fractions of the hands you set out to play
(before Ruin rears its ugly head!). For example, if you head to LV
with $300 hoping to play 16 hours of 25c 9/6 JOB, what's the chance
you'll complete 50% of that play before going broke? 80%?
The upgrade should be at shopLVA.com by early August.
Also, thanks for the kind words about DRA-VP. I know I personally
own several pieces of software that I've never even opened, so even
just hearing that someone is using my Excel-based program is good
feedback. Hearing they are having "fun" with it is super.
--Dunbar
Answers to the hypo above, assuming 500 hands/hr: RoR is 48%.
Chance of completing 50% of play (8 hours) is 84%. Chance of
completing 80% of play (12.8 hours) is 63%.