>>4910033

(pb notable)

The thing about game theory and to help explain it to the layman….

There is optimal play and exploitative play.

Optimal play is the move you make that cannot be exploited by your opponent.

For instance, in a game where you and your opponent have to guess a number between 1 and 9 and you each get one guess. Whoever is closest wins. The optimal play is to choose 5.

The reason is you are guaranteed at at least 5 numbers to win. To expand on that, if you opponent chooses 6, you will win if the number is 1 through 5. If your opponent choses 4, you win if the number is 5 through 9. It is OPTIMAL. It cannot be exploited by your opponent.

Now enter EXPLOITATIVE PLAY.

Let's say you are playing an opponent whose favorite number is 9 and you know without the shadow of a doubt that he/she will choose 9. Your best play then becomes the choice of 8. Thus, you win if the number is 1 through 8.

I only know this because of my days of playing online poker and studying game theory as it relates to poker. It is a damn shame what the Obama administration did to online poker and it was my red pill to see it all play out. It would be nice to see online poker regulated and taxed on a federal level (because it crosses over state lines). I had to throw that in there.

>>4911161

>>4911191

I was pissed as well, anon. I had over 30k wrapped up on pokerstars and full tilt. It took a couple years for me to get my full tilt money from the DOJ because of the shit show they had going on.

Trump was supportive of online poker back in the day. I would love to see him legalize and regulate. The average person could give two shits. But a whole community would love it.

>>4911290

It was not rigged in my opinion. The quickness of the game (more hands per hour) and the quality of the play created the illusion of more bad beats (because you remember the big losses more than the big wins).

At least pokerstars and full tilt weren't rigged.

There are poker trackers (for hand histories) that prove that it wasn't rigged because of the long term expectations of specific scenarios.

However, There were cases of cheating going on though, but they had technology to sniff it out and overall (pokerstars at least) did a good job to stop it.

>>4911297

Poker is definitely a game of skill.

I have policy ideas regarding online poker. Like buying an online poker gift/funds card to fund your account, sold only at convenience stores. This helps quell the worry of kids playing, because you would need to be carded to get the funds at the convenience store. The reason I say that is because underage gambling seemed to be the biggest deterrent towards legalization back in the day. Plus, you could get the convenience store lobby to help back it.

>>4911447

There are ways to thwart cheating.

IP addresses, software that can see the other software running on your computer, etc.

That is one of the reasons for the call for REGULATION!

>>4911708

When you are in the political game mindset, you have to ask yourself….

Why waste the opportunity to raise funds?

I won't be donating, but I will not bash the dude for asking either.