Parrondo's Paradox

Post by nojs » Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

seanhunter wrote: post #38

I often wondered whether some old-school poker players are actually unintentionally doing a variant of this. If you analyze the play of someone like Daniel Negranu from a game theoretic perspective it's clear that lots of the things he does are just bad (blind limps, check in the dark on the flop etc)[1] but taken together over more than one hand they create situations which are positive ev by widening the ranges the…

Post by turboponyy » Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 10:19 PM UTC

nojs wrote: post #51

seanhunter wrote: post #38

I often wondered whether some old-school poker players are actually unintentionally doing a variant of this. If you analyze the play of someone like Daniel Negranu from a game theoretic perspective it's clear that lots of the things he does are just bad (blind limps, check in the dark on the flop etc)[1] but taken together over more than one hand they create situations which are positive ev by widening the ranges the…

I mean isn’t that the whole point of poker? If you play strictly rationally, you become predictable and easy to beat, which is why machines are bad at it.