probability Archives - MultiMedia https://www.telework.ro/en/tag/probability/ Știință și filosofie, afaceri online (web design, marketing, traduceri, cărți online, rețele sociale), artă. Știința informației (data science, business intelligence). Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:47:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.telework.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-logostore-32x32.png probability Archives - MultiMedia https://www.telework.ro/en/tag/probability/ 32 32 2257885 Henri Poincaré, Quanta hypothesis: Thermodynamics and probability https://www.telework.ro/en/henri-poincare-quanta-hypothesis-thermodynamics-and-probability/ https://www.telework.ro/en/henri-poincare-quanta-hypothesis-thermodynamics-and-probability/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:47:54 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=89929 Let us go back to the kinetic theory of gases; the gases are formed of molecules which circulate in all directions with great velocities; their trajectories would be rectilinear if from time to time they did not collide each other, … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/henri-poincare-quanta-hypothesis-thermodynamics-and-probability/feed/ 0 89929 Probability in games of chance https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-in-games-of-chance/ https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-in-games-of-chance/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:05:03 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=7927 One of the player’s goal is to find an optimal method to win the game. We say that the players play a martingale. It should not be confused with the martingale probability which is a stochastic process such that its … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-in-games-of-chance/feed/ 0 7927 Chen Point Count https://www.telework.ro/en/chen-point-count/ https://www.telework.ro/en/chen-point-count/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:52:50 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1931 There is a way to compute the Skalansky Malmuth table for those people who have trouble memorizing. The results are almost identical to those generated using the Chen Point Count.[1] To compute the point count the following formula should apply: … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/chen-point-count/feed/ 0 58406 Runner-runner outs in Texas hold ’em https://www.telework.ro/en/runner-runner-outs-in-texas-hold-em/ https://www.telework.ro/en/runner-runner-outs-in-texas-hold-em/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:56:38 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1547 Some outs for a hand require drawing an out on both the turn and the river—making two consecutive outs is called a runner-runner. Examples would be needing two cards to make a straight, flush, or three or four of a … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/runner-runner-outs-in-texas-hold-em/feed/ 0 58391 Example of drawing outs https://www.telework.ro/en/example-of-drawing-outs/ https://www.telework.ro/en/example-of-drawing-outs/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:36:12 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1475 The unseen cards principle states that to calculate the probability (from the point of view of a player about to act) that the next card dealt will be among a certain set, he must divide the number of cards in … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/example-of-drawing-outs/feed/ 0 58384 Availability error https://www.telework.ro/en/availability-error-2/ https://www.telework.ro/en/availability-error-2/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:55:48 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1445 Availability error, related to the gambler’s fallacy, is the distortion of one’s perceptions of reality due to the tendency to remember one alternative outcome of a situation much more easily than another. For example, if surrounded by slot machines people … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/availability-error-2/feed/ 0 58381 Flopping overcards when holding a pocket pair https://www.telework.ro/en/flopping-overcards-when-holding-a-pocket-pair/ https://www.telework.ro/en/flopping-overcards-when-holding-a-pocket-pair/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:59:28 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1358 It is useful to look at the chances different starting hands have of either improving on the flop, or of weakening on the flop. One interesting circumstance concerns pocket pairs. When holding a pocket pair, overcards (cards of higher rank … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/flopping-overcards-when-holding-a-pocket-pair/feed/ 0 58375 Probability of the dominated hands in Texas Hold’em https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-of-the-dominated-hands-in-texas-holdem/ https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-of-the-dominated-hands-in-texas-holdem/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:54:44 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1243 When evaluating a hand before the flop, it’s useful to have some idea of how likely the hand is dominated. A dominated hand is a hand that is beaten by another hand (the dominant hand) and is extremely unlikely to … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-of-the-dominated-hands-in-texas-holdem/feed/ 0 58353 Lottery Mathematics – Odds of getting other scores in choosing 6 from 49 https://www.telework.ro/en/lottery-mathematics-odds-of-getting-other-scores-in-choosing-6-from-49/ https://www.telework.ro/en/lottery-mathematics-odds-of-getting-other-scores-in-choosing-6-from-49/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:57:36 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/2009/04/03/lottery-mathematics-odds-of-getting-other-scores-in-choosing-6-from-49/ One must calculate the total number of lottery combinations (c(49,6) = 13,983,816, as explained in the section above), and divide it by the number of those combinations which give the desired result – which equates to the number of ways … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/lottery-mathematics-odds-of-getting-other-scores-in-choosing-6-from-49/feed/ 0 58344 Probability for starting hands in Texas Hold ’em https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-for-starting-hands-in-texas-hold-em/ https://www.telework.ro/en/probability-for-starting-hands-in-texas-hold-em/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:56:13 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1154 The probability of being dealt various starting hands can be explicitly calculated. In Texas Hold ’em, a player is dealt two down (or hole) cards. The first card can be any one of 52 playing cards in the deck and … Read More

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