Good post Rusty, thank you. And here's the true problem with 3dice's card games:
Like someone said earlier in this thread: "duh, you need a sample size larger than or equal to the budget deficit, duh. Completely moot as neither of us will live 60,000 years to play enough hands to get a 100% fair outcome. When casinos or dullards cite that excuse, you know you're being taken for a ride. The point is, when 9/10 or your sessions are statistical anomalies, always in the casinos favor, the outcome of the game is skewed. It does not matter if it's intentional or not, you will lose your money, period.
If you can't wrap your head around this, consider the following:
I know what the expected return in Pai Gow is, someone tried to be a wise-ass about it but clearly didn't quite get it. If you play a fair Pai Gow game, your chances of losing(this means whatever bet you placed on the felt gets removed = you lost both up and down) more than two out of every three hands over a period of months and years, you'd be a fool not to realize you're being taken.
Again, when streaks like this never occurs in your favor, the game is manupulated. Or in other words, just as random as the color of the coil I leave behind in the morning.
In conclusion, I can only agree that sidebets sucks. Sadly, my pleistocene ancestor never played them so we'll never accumulate a big enough sample size to really know, will we.
Also, I've given up trying to retrieve payout numbers from 3dice. They are always manipulated in some way, suggesting I'm even stevens lifetime. I will strongly consider closing my account there and recommend everyone I know to do the same.
Like someone said earlier in this thread: "duh, you need a sample size larger than or equal to the budget deficit, duh. Completely moot as neither of us will live 60,000 years to play enough hands to get a 100% fair outcome. When casinos or dullards cite that excuse, you know you're being taken for a ride. The point is, when 9/10 or your sessions are statistical anomalies, always in the casinos favor, the outcome of the game is skewed. It does not matter if it's intentional or not, you will lose your money, period.
If you can't wrap your head around this, consider the following:
I know what the expected return in Pai Gow is, someone tried to be a wise-ass about it but clearly didn't quite get it. If you play a fair Pai Gow game, your chances of losing(this means whatever bet you placed on the felt gets removed = you lost both up and down) more than two out of every three hands over a period of months and years, you'd be a fool not to realize you're being taken.
Again, when streaks like this never occurs in your favor, the game is manupulated. Or in other words, just as random as the color of the coil I leave behind in the morning.
In conclusion, I can only agree that sidebets sucks. Sadly, my pleistocene ancestor never played them so we'll never accumulate a big enough sample size to really know, will we.
Also, I've given up trying to retrieve payout numbers from 3dice. They are always manipulated in some way, suggesting I'm even stevens lifetime. I will strongly consider closing my account there and recommend everyone I know to do the same.
I made $600 from a free chip. If the software was rigged I doubt I would have won so much off a free chip it simply wouldn't have let me win... and I doubt I would have got my winnings.
and planning on having a holiday from gambling for a few weeks as I just can't seem to hit anything anywhere at the moment and this isn't much fun, would rather save my pennies... perhaps that's the key, just don't play when you're no longer having fun. When the enjoyment factor disappears and you start feeling angry, take a break. I think maybe with gambling it is easier to remember the losses and forget the wins... like it is easier to focus on the bad times in life than it is the good times.
