In a message dated 4/21/2004 1:30:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
billvelek@alltel.net writes:
Seriously, what does $$ mean? ... dollar machines, five dollar
machines, twenty-five dollar machines
I thought it was the symbol for a DOLLAR machine.
R.
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BANDSTAND54@AOL.COM wrote:
In a message dated 4/21/2004 1:30:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
billvelek@alltel.net writes:
Seriously, what does $$ mean? ... dollar machines, five dollar
machines, twenty-five dollar machines
I thought it was the symbol for a DOLLAR machine.
Perhaps it is; I hadn't really notice, and it's not listed as a standard acronym in the vpFree Glossary, so I would have just figured "$1" instead of "$$" -- the same number of keystrokes and no ambiguity -- or else just "$" -- one less key-stroke and still no more ambiguous, and perhaps even less because _one_ dollar sign certainly implies _one_ dollar more so than two dollar signs. Anyway, I hope you didn't think I was being a smart-ass; I really didn't know what you meant.
Okay, so now I understand that you need a bankroll to play just 1,200 hands @ $5.00 per hand, or a coin-in of $6,000.00.
There are several bankroll links on this vpFREE page: http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1955/20228/VP/Bank.htm but off-hand I can remember a lengthy discussion where folks expressed a rule of thumb for an expected drain of anywhere from about 7% to 10% for JoB, which would mean a trip-stake of from $420 to $600 for _JoB_, and I believe that we were all assuming a 9/6 paytable using max-ER strategy. If all you want to do is be able to play 1,200 hands with the least amount of stake, Steve Jacobs will no doubt be able to provide a strategy requiring a smaller stake.
As for BP, full-pay has a variance that is only a bit higher than JoB -- 20.9 versus 19.5 -- but for the small number of hands you'll be playing, I'd expect a much more significant drain than JoB-9/6 due to BP's FH=8 and FL=5. You didn't provide the paytables, so I just assumed WinPoker's 'default' ER of 99.17% which matches the vpFree Glossary, but the "Gambler's Ruin" Calculator [see link above] uses a figure of 99.3% for BP, so that leaves a question, too. Anyway, I would encourage you to check out those various links if you're interested in things like Jazbo's explanation of Half-Life and Survivability, etc.
Good Luck.
Bill Velek