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Why MCR

#1

While I find the discussions on alternate strategies interesting, I don't
find them practical. By "practical," I mean that I see no need to actually put
them into practice in a casino, except for very specialized short term events
like VP tournaments.

For every VP hand I am dealt, I want to win the most money, or lose the
least money. I believe that is the definition of max ER play, and I attempt to
play each hand in that fashion. And I also believe that most "serious" players
share this goal. For the hands we play, we wish to win as much as possible,
or lose as little as possible. That is MY goal.

So, to answer the question asked below, I (me, myself, not speaking for
anyone else) can't think of a good reason to play ANY strategy other than max ER
during "normal" casino play.

Brian

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In a message dated 8/8/2006 11:00:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
deuceswild1000@yahoo.com writes:

Ok, now that I got a straight answer regarding
EV of MCR vs MER.

How about a simple answer why, I would want to play that strategy.
Now maybe you can bring in your ROR and etc. I do have some concept
of those, even though I am not comfortable doing the math. So keep
it a the public school level.

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#2

While I find the discussions on alternate strategies interesting, I don't
find them practical. By "practical," I mean that I see no need to actually
put them into practice in a casino, except for very specialized short term
events like VP tournaments.

It isn't a question of "need." If a player wishes to maximize some measure
of performance other than dollars per hand played, then there probably is
an alternate strategy that will perform better than max-ER by the desired
measure of performance.

My usual analogy is driving a car. If you see no "need" to maximize gas
mileage, and you always drive to minimize travel time, then that is your
choice. These days, people may be more interested in factoring gas
mileage into the equation.

For every VP hand I am dealt, I want to win the most money, or lose the
least money. I believe that is the definition of max ER play, and I attempt
to play each hand in that fashion. And I also believe that most "serious"
players share this goal. For the hands we play, we wish to win as much as
possible, or lose as little as possible. That is MY goal.

Is it really? Ask yourself this -- if there was a VP machine that was
favorable and would allow you to wager any amount you wanted, then
would you always bet your entire bankroll on each hand? If the answer
is "no" then your goal isn't really to maximize ER.

So, to answer the question asked below, I (me, myself, not speaking for
anyone else) can't think of a good reason to play ANY strategy other than
max ER during "normal" casino play.

That's fine. I can think of 20 or 30 that _some_ people might consider.
But that's just me.

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On Wednesday 09 August 2006 12:34 am, bjaygold@aol.com wrote: