dajakesta
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September 6th, 2016 at 9:08:47 PM permalink
Hi guys, I'm pretty new here and stumbled upon the wiz's site and clicked around to get to here lol. I have a burning question for you guys. I read about the wizard's strategy for flashy dealers when they accidentally expose one of his/her hole cards and I can actually take advantage of that and the player advantage is around 3% or so. I'm wondering what's an optimal bankroll in units to survive the negative swings?
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September 6th, 2016 at 11:41:23 PM permalink
Quote: dajakesta

Hi guys, I'm pretty new here and stumbled upon the wiz's site and clicked around to get to here lol. I have a burning question for you guys. I read about the wizard's strategy for flashy dealers when they accidentally expose one of his/her hole cards and I can actually take advantage of that and the player advantage is around 3% or so. I'm wondering what's an optimal bankroll in units to survive the negative swings?



Hi daja, and welcome. I'll let the math guys compute that for you rather than making a guess.
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September 7th, 2016 at 9:15:44 AM permalink
Quote: dajakesta

Hi guys, I'm pretty new here and stumbled upon the wiz's site and clicked around to get to here lol. I have a burning question for you guys. I read about the wizard's strategy for flashy dealers when they accidentally expose one of his/her hole cards and I can actually take advantage of that and the player advantage is around 3% or so. I'm wondering what's an optimal bankroll in units to survive the negative swings?



The swings are absolutely awful. 200 units should be sufficient.
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September 7th, 2016 at 10:14:15 AM permalink
what is the minimum bet?

the variance is low, 1.64 SD, squared = 2.6896

kelly approximation= advantage/variance = 3%/2.6896=1.1%

you need enough to make at least the minimum bet

min bet = 1.1% * bankroll
bankroll = min bet/1.1%

if min bet is $10, then 10/1.1%= $909

Considerations: you need to survive non-flashers to give cover. Also, even if flashing is constant, you can't start losing and stay Kelly.

$2000 for a $10 table sounds about right, RS had it right

if you start winning, you can increase your bet
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September 7th, 2016 at 11:28:07 AM permalink
Thank you all for the advice. I am playing on a 5 dollar table so 1k should be sufficient assuming perfect play
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September 7th, 2016 at 11:42:59 AM permalink
So how much does the OP stand to make per hour?
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September 7th, 2016 at 11:45:26 AM permalink
$5 table with $1k might not be the maximum value you could be earning for your money.

$/hour is fairly simple to calculate given the advantage/etc/etc.

N0 (the "long run") also isn't too terribly difficult to calculate.

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September 7th, 2016 at 11:48:54 AM permalink
This game can be crushing at times. You need plenty of nerve to withstand down swings. It will test your mental state, that's a certainty.
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September 7th, 2016 at 11:57:02 AM permalink
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This game can be crushing at times. You need plenty of nerve to withstand down swings. It will test your mental state, that's a certainty.

Very, very true... Though from personal experience I think a long bad run at blackjack is worse =P.
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September 7th, 2016 at 12:00:02 PM permalink
Quote: Romes

Very, very true... Though from personal experience I think a long bad run at blackjack is worse =P.


Agree, but this game is a ton more frustrating! Probably why most HC AP's won't touch this game anymore.
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September 7th, 2016 at 12:42:37 PM permalink
thanksguys, can you guys rate my strategy? I am thinking of increasing/decreasing my bet by 1 unit per 200 units won/lost. is this,optimal?
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September 7th, 2016 at 12:59:35 PM permalink
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thanksguys, can you guys rate my strategy? I am thinking of increasing/decreasing my bet by 1 unit per 200 units won/lost. is this,optimal?

You should be quite safe to up your bet 1 unit per every 100 units won.
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September 7th, 2016 at 4:26:11 PM permalink
Seems relevant:

https://apheat.net/2015/06/12/three-card-poker-hole-card-play-update-1/

https://apheat.net/2013/01/09/hole-carding-three-card-poker-random-walks-ror/
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September 7th, 2016 at 5:52:18 PM permalink
I already read both of those before coming in and saw that the pro player busted his bank of 50k within a 3 month period so that's why i came over to ask for advice lol
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September 7th, 2016 at 7:19:29 PM permalink
My worst day was down $8800 betting $200 a hand. Fortunately, I'm ahead lifetime at it mainly due to playing with others and chopping the win/loss. Playing solo can get quite brutal and disparaging.
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September 7th, 2016 at 9:41:39 PM permalink
I see, but i prefer solo since I can spread out a bit more so I can rest my head on my hand and see the card more clearly, also another plus is that there will be more hands/hour which means more money =)
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September 7th, 2016 at 9:44:29 PM permalink
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I see, but i prefer solo since I can spread out a bit more so I can rest my head on my hand and see the card more clearly, also another plus is that there will be more hands/hour which means more money =)



Don't do that....
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September 7th, 2016 at 10:07:30 PM permalink
Quote: RS

Quote: dajakesta

I see, but i prefer solo since I can spread out a bit more so I can rest my head on my hand and see the card more clearly, also another plus is that there will be more hands/hour which means more money =)



Don't do that....



I was gonna say... Why don't you just tell the pit boss what you're doing?
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September 7th, 2016 at 11:35:46 PM permalink
Quote: Deucekies

Quote: RS

Quote: dajakesta

I see, but i prefer solo since I can spread out a bit more so I can rest my head on my hand and see the card more clearly, also another plus is that there will be more hands/hour which means more money =)



Don't do that....



I was gonna say... Why don't you just tell the pit boss what you're doing?



Thing is, I play blackjack in this position too so i don't think it's a big deal. The only game where i sit upright is baccarat lol
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September 8th, 2016 at 2:43:48 PM permalink
I have just been doing some work on 3 card poker so I have the figures at had. The previous posters were correct, if you get a full hole card 100% of the time the EV is 3.348%, variance 3.034, N0 2500, Kelly ratio 0.0115, DI of 20.00 and SCORE of 399.87.
If you get the read 90% of the time (a more likely upper bound when you include playing a few hands against a relief dealer etc.), the figures change to EV 2.797%, variance 2.999, N0 3833, Kelly ratio 0.009326, DI of 16.15 and SCORE of 260.88.
Looking down my tables your $5 bet should be under kelly for a $1000 Backroll as long as you catch the Hole at least around 75% of the time.
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September 8th, 2016 at 9:47:21 PM permalink
Update: lady variance kicked me in the balls today. played the game with a 40 unit br and i kept on seeing 2-j and then the dealer qualifies most of the time with a bad bottom card. I lost about 38 units due to variance. Good thing is the session ended positive because I went to grind on some double deck blackjack and some baccarat. It sucks when you play a game with an advantage and you lose and win on some game that is due to random chance (baccarat) and basic strategy (blackjack)
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September 10th, 2016 at 3:22:15 PM permalink
Quote: teliot

https://apheat.net/2013/01/09/hole-carding-three-card-poker-random-walks-ror/



Did he adjust and lower his bet as he was losing? This is one huge mistake AP's make when they don't have a replenishable bankroll.
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September 10th, 2016 at 5:53:07 PM permalink
I think that (at least partially) defeats the purpose of a random walk sim.
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September 10th, 2016 at 6:01:47 PM permalink
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I think that (at least partially) defeats the purpose of a random walk sim.


Wasn't asking about the sim. Was asking about his friend. As I'm losing, I'm adjusting my bet lower to keep the RoR near 0%.
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September 10th, 2016 at 6:43:27 PM permalink
Quote: dajakesta

Update: lady variance kicked me in the balls today. played the game with a 40 unit br and i kept on seeing 2-j and then the dealer qualifies most of the time with a bad bottom card. I lost about 38 units due to variance. Good thing is the session ended positive because I went to grind on some double deck blackjack and some baccarat. It sucks when you play a game with an advantage and you lose and win on some game that is due to random chance (baccarat) and basic strategy (blackjack)


If you're going to play 3cp you better get used to having many losing sessions.
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September 24th, 2016 at 6:51:14 PM permalink
Last time I played 3cp there were 28 hands I had that basic strategy said to fold but I played cause that's what you're supposed to do. I didn't miss any cards and didn't make any mistakes. The dealer qualified on 26 of them. For fun sake I tried it again a few weeks ago. 16 hands that were supposed to be folded, the dealer qualified on 14 of them.

One thing I've always wondered but have never found the question to is if I am playing 2 hands or if I happen to glance at another players cards and all of the hands are fold hands, are you still supposed to always raise? If no, does it make any difference if any of the cards are copy cards to the dealers?
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September 24th, 2016 at 6:55:47 PM permalink
What others have makes no difference in strategy. There's been plenty of times where I've seen a dealer K with my neighbor having one also and I raise with A high only to have the dealer turn another K for a pair. Again, this game is brutal a lot of the time. You can even deal hands at home to see for yourself.
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September 24th, 2016 at 7:28:28 PM permalink
Quote: Sandybestdog

Last time I played 3cp there were 28 hands I had that basic strategy said to fold but I played cause that's what you're supposed to do. I didn't miss any cards and didn't make any mistakes. The dealer qualified on 26 of them. For fun sake I tried it again a few weeks ago. 16 hands that were supposed to be folded, the dealer qualified on 14 of them.

One thing I've always wondered but have never found the question to is if I am playing 2 hands or if I happen to glance at another players cards and all of the hands are fold hands, are you still supposed to always raise? If no, does it make any difference if any of the cards are copy cards to the dealers?


It's discussed in the "book",but even if you can see all others cards the gain is negligible.
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