In a message dated 2/7/2003 6:50:05 PM Central Standard Time,
BJayGold@aol.com writes:
Increasing the variance makes the probability of very extreme
>results more likely. The impact on this situation is simply
>to increase the number of hands one must play to be very sure of
>being ahead. As an extreme case, a game like a lottery with a
>high jackpot might take trillions of games to become 'certain'
>of showing a profit.
Several years ago when I first discovered VP after casino's came to my home
town, I was playing a progressive opportunity next to a traveling pro. He was
here in my town to take advantage of a casino mistake and stayed for several
months. I asked him many questions and learned that I had a lot to learn.
When I asked him what the secret was to winning at VP he simply said " PLAY A
LOT OF ****ING HANDS", I did not understand him then but I do now.
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