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re :Dry spell from hell

#1

Brad wrote:

I am very close to 800,000 hands without a royal myself. I have
watched my bankroll shrivel up like a prune. It is very easy to lose
perspective when you find yourself in this situation. Pushing your
last Ben Franklin into a machine evokes very strong emotions.

Brad, you have the worst luck of any video poker player ever. If I were you
I would get another hobby. The chances of going 400,000 games with no
royals(figuring one out of 45,000 for the royal cycle) are .000137899 to 1.
When I tried to figure the odds for 800,000 games , Excel gave me one of the
long numbers in scientific notation. Anything can happen in video poker.
Good luck!

#2

I was always trained to believe only half what I see and nothing I
hear or read. Maybe the 800k story provides the logic behind such
wisdom.

"The chances of going 400,000 games with no
royals(figuring one out of 45,000 for the royal cycle) are .000137899
to 1. When I tried to figure the odds for 800,000 games , Excel gave
me one of the long numbers in scientific notation."

#3

ddjpus wrote:

I was always trained to believe only half what I see and nothing I
hear or read. Maybe the 800k story provides the logic behind such
wisdom.

And maybe in this case there's simply no reason or advantage to
disbelieve.

I'm a bit overwhelmed by the pervasive negative energy behind the
posts of late. Am I simply hypersensitive to this, for whatever
reason, or are there others tiring of the general tone things have taken.

- Harry

#4

Harry - I agree it seems that we are no longer seeing discussions but down
right Mudslinging. I seem to only need to read a few words before DELETE on
90% of the messages this week. Tom

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----- Original Message -----
From: <harry.porter@verizon.net>
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Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:00 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: re :Dry spell from hell

ddjpus wrote:
> I was always trained to believe only half what I see and nothing I
> hear or read. Maybe the 800k story provides the logic behind such
> wisdom.

And maybe in this case there's simply no reason or advantage to
disbelieve.

I'm a bit overwhelmed by the pervasive negative energy behind the
posts of late. Am I simply hypersensitive to this, for whatever
reason, or are there others tiring of the general tone things have taken.

- Harry

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#5

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter <harry.porter@v...>"
<harry.porter@v...> wrote:

I'm a bit overwhelmed by the pervasive negative energy behind the
posts of late. Am I simply hypersensitive to this, for whatever
reason, or are there others tiring of the general tone things have

taken.

- Harry

I have seen far worse on many other online forums and am not
overwhelmed, but I do agree with the sentiment. I rely on this group
for geeky intellectual disagreements:-)

#6

What excel function did you use?
Thanks, Gary

  The chances of going 400,000 games with no

royals(figuring one out of 45,000 for the royal cycle)

are .000137899 to 1.

When I tried to figure the odds for 800,000 games , Excel gave me

one of the

long numbers in scientific notation. Anything can happen in video

poker.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Warren Trotter" <wtrotter@e...> wrote:

Good luck!