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Old 24th May 2006, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by nafanny29
What I still cannot get my head around is the sudden drop-off of actual play from the day the "bug" entered the game.

These are the figures for the days before and after "bugday"

Apr 12: wins=1199, losses=1195, ties=121, win ratio=50.08%
Apr 13: wins=194, losses=266, ties=27, win ratio=42.17%

During the period Apr 1 - Apr 12 there were an average of 1993 double up actions every day. Why the sudden dramatic drop to 487 the very day the bug enters the mix. Something here just does not make any sence to me.
What Grandmaster said.

I think I addressed this much earlier in the thread - if you kept losing, would you continue to double? Then there is the issue of this thread warning people, and rightfully so...

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How many actual players keep a log of each bet they make and the results?
If you're going to make a claim, back it up with some evidence. You can't just shout "Fire!" and expect everyone to believe you when there isn't even any smoke present.

The "one-time glitch" statement is NOT the issue at hand here. The "non-randomness of the doubling game within video poker from April 14-May 2" is the issue at hand.

You can say you never cheated on your wife/gf/bf/significant other, and when caught claim it is a one-off after a heavy drinking session. Should you be required to produce all the people you have met in the past to verify that you didn't do anything strange with them too just to prove that it indeed was a one-off - or do you think admitting your mistake and allowing the evidence of the current issue to be examined is the right way to go?

Let me state one LAST time - I am trying to get to the bottom of the non-randomness of the doubling game during the period in question - NOTHING else. It's bad enough that I'm being sidetracked by a million (gee, maybe I better go count just to make sure) other things entirely unrelated to this issue.