Back to simple maths At the moment a 1 min roulette rebuy is going on with blinds at 400000 and 800000 with 4 players remaining Total chips in Play 72000 and increasing Who's Winning? Posted by hawk7112
Back to simple maths At the moment a 1 min roulette rebuy is going on with blinds at 400000 and 800000 with 4 players remaining Total chips in Play 72000 and increasing Who's Winning? Posted by hawk7112
I'm guessing that your point is that Sky Poker is winning - handsomely. :-)))
I wonder how big the stacks would need to get before some catastrophic processing error occurred!
In Response to Re: Simple Maths : Ooh, me too! I was a "settler", & this was not only before computers, it was before the betting shop calculating tool called a "Genie". Loved it, & to this day, I still use my mental arithmetic "tricks" in preference to any calculator or PC when calculating odds & returns. We had "short cuts" for prices like 11/8 & 13/8 (e.g., evens + a quarter + half + 1 for original stake etc) & it's a terrific way to keep mental agility. The change to decimal odds, whilst sad for traditionalists like me, just makes calculating betting odds & returns something a 3 year old should be able to do in their head. Sadly, it ain't so. I was in a shop today, & the bill came to £10.06, so I proferred £20.06, expecting a tenner change. The girl returned the 6p to me, baffled by it's intent. I explained it, & she said, "oh, I see, sorry, but the cash register calculates the change for me, & I can't do it your way, how would I know how much change you need". And Blair promised us "Education, education, education"....... Posted by Tikay10
No he didnt - he offered us edukashun, edukashun, edukashun, and instead of 'fail' he gave us 'deferred success', is this like a rebuy tourney lool?
In Response to Re: Simple Maths : I'm guessing that your point is that Sky Poker is winning - handsomely. :-))) I wonder how big the stacks would need to get before some catastrophic processing error occurred! Posted by MereNovice
Sorry Vince it wasn't a dig at anyone
I just never seen blinds that high with that amount of chips in play and thought it was quite funny
Apologies if I gave you the impression that I thought that you were having a dig at someone/something. ;-)))
Yes, these tournaments are highly entertaining. I've only watched one which was a week ago and the same thing was happening. I assumed that it would be a very short-lived phenomenon; it appears that I was wrong!
Perhaps we could run a competition to see who can spot the one minute roulette tournament with the highest number of rebuys. The prize could be entry into a one minute roulette tournament.
In Response to Re: Simple Maths : Ooh, me too! I was a "settler", & this was not only before computers, it was before the betting shop calculating tool called a "Genie". Loved it, & to this day, I still use my mental arithmetic "tricks" in preference to any calculator or PC when calculating odds & returns. We had "short cuts" for prices like 11/8 & 13/8 (e.g., evens + a quarter + half + 1 for original stake etc) & it's a terrific way to keep mental agility. The change to decimal odds, whilst sad for traditionalists like me, just makes calculating betting odds & returns something a 3 year old should be able to do in their head. Sadly, it ain't so. I was in a shop today, & the bill came to £10.06, so I proferred £20.06, expecting a tenner change. The girl returned the 6p to me, baffled by it's intent. I explained it, & she said, "oh, I see, sorry, but the cash register calculates the change for me, & I can't do it your way, how would I know how much change you need". And Blair promised us "Education, education, education"....... Posted by Tikay10
Brings back some memories Tikay. I was taught by a gent called Bernie in 1975. He was Mecca Bookmakers settler trainer and he just made maths make sense to me.
When the Genie came out I used to be proud of the fact that I could usually produce the correct return in my head quicker than someone using the machine.
It was a matter of professional pride that the red pen would not touch the paper until writing the payout figure, after tax, on the betting slip.
I cant say I use much of it now, in fact I am struggling to recall how the add a point method for settling patents actually worked ! But the mental agility with numbers is never lost.
Yeh, Yeh, what a cheat! Are you trying to tell us all that you've worked that one out all on your lonesome, and piggies may fly lol. All you have done is read other peoples answers and copied them! Next you'll be telling us that no bananas divided into two makes a whole banana, or that tomatoes in the dark are colourless?
When dividing with fractions all you need to do is turn the second fraction upside down and multiply both top numbers and both bottom numbers, then divide top number by bottom number.
ie 1/2 divided by 1/4 is..........................
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I wonder how big the stacks would need to get before some catastrophic processing error occurred!
Yes, these tournaments are highly entertaining.
I've only watched one which was a week ago and the same thing was happening.
I assumed that it would be a very short-lived phenomenon; it appears that I was wrong!
Perhaps we could run a competition to see who can spot the one minute roulette tournament with the highest number of rebuys. The prize could be entry into a one minute roulette tournament.
When the Genie came out I used to be proud of the fact that I could usually produce the correct return in my head quicker than someone using the machine.
It was a matter of professional pride that the red pen would not touch the paper until writing the payout figure, after tax, on the betting slip.
I cant say I use much of it now, in fact I am struggling to recall how the add a point method for settling patents actually worked ! But the mental agility with numbers is never lost.
1 1
2 divided by 2 = 1
have we all done with this thread now? i think we've gone off topic a wee bit.
ps I can write b o o b s on my calculator
When dividing with fractions all you need to do is turn the second fraction upside down and multiply both top numbers and both bottom numbers, then divide top number by bottom number.
ie 1/2 divided by 1/4 is..........................
1 4 4
_ x _ = _ = 2
2 1 2
seeemples