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  • butlike11 minutes ago
    What bet you can make consistently gives you at least 51% odds? As far as I know, the best you can do in a casino is 48%. If I plug 48% into the simulation, it states there is no Kelly edge for that bet.
  • nemesis1710 minutes ago
    Back in the day when I played HU Hyper-Turbos on Pokerstars I created one of these in Mathematica (not as fancy with Monte-Carlo)
  • SomaticPirate31 minutes ago
    Interesting, I recently learned about this.<p>So there is a term called &quot;Full Kelly&quot; which is were you actually wager the amount given by the formula. This is pretty aggressive and not for the faint of heart. Usually, you do something like a &quot;half Kelly&quot; where you halve the suggested bet amount. Usually because you assume you might be incorrect in your estimated advantage.<p>What I haven&#x27;t found yet is some mental math rule to apply this. Given some assumed advantage, what percentage should I &quot;wager&quot;?
    • tdullien14 minutes ago
      Optimal bet size is 2x the coin bias. Dérivation here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.edwardothorp.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2016&#x2F;11&#x2F;TheKellyCriterionAndTheStockMarket.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.edwardothorp.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2016&#x2F;11&#x2F;TheK...</a>